My Bubly Flavour Journey - Introduction

I used to drink a lot of pop. I mean a lot. I could go through a case in a day. It wasn’t good. Drinking that much soda, pop, cola… Whatever you want to call it… Isn’t good for you. I still drink some pop. I don’t think I’ll ever get away from it completely. I have cut back significantly, though. Instead of drinking a case every day or two, I’m down to maybe a can. More if there’s some sort of get together, or I’m at a restaurant. A lot of times, though, I don’t even drink pop in a day.

Most of the pop I drink at this point is paired with restaurant food because you need to buy a non-water drink for a special. Or it’s a crazy, just released flavour that I want to try out of curiosity. But I realized that most of the reason I used to drink pop wasn’t the taste. I could take or leave the tastes for the most part. It was the carbonation. I liked the feel of the bubbles in my mouth. That sounds a lot weirder than it’s meant to be. I liked the feel of carbonation. So I’ve transitioned out of pop, for the most part, into carbonated water. Specifically, I’ve turned to Bubly.

You might know Bubly. You may have seen it’s bright, solid colour packaging on the shelves at the local grocery store. You may have seen the commercials that feature Michael Bublé trying to convince people that the drink is named after him. Or you may have seen people drinking it. Whatever the case might be, you have likely seen Bubly in some form.

I’ve been drinking Bubly for years now. I’ve tried most of the flavours that I’ve seen. More recently, I’ve been wondering which flavours I’ve liked more than others. I’ve wondered which Bubly tastes I’ve thought were the best and which I’ve thought were the worst. Now I’m at the point where I want to write about them. I want to write about what I think of the flavours and maybe some of my history with them. Yes, I have history with a few of them. It’s not great history, but it’s there.

There are ten readily available flavours of Bubly in Canada, where I live. I’ve tried most of them. There’s lime, pineapple, grapefruit, blackberry, cherry, strawberry, orange, peach, watermelon, and the new raspberry. I’m want to go through the ten flavours to see what I think of them. I haven’t had cherry before, and I don’t remember if I’ve had orange. I’ve definitely had the rest. I’ve even had apple, which was a limited time release last summer.

As I go through the flavours, I’ll write about them. I may even find some other flavours to write about. Living in a border city makes it easier to find the American flavours. Who knows what could come of that? This might not be the journey you want to read. It’s the journey I’m going to write. I hope some people come along for the ride. I’ll be writing about them anyway. I’ll see you soon for the first flavour.