My most recent conversion experiment is over. I have not successfully switched to diet soda. I thought things were going well. I had mostly adjusted to the different flavor of diet sodas. I was even zeroing in on some favorites (I like Diet Dr. Pepper and Fresca).
But then the bitter-metallic aftertaste of the artificial sweeteners finally caught up with me. Maybe it took a while to build up or maybe I slowly lost tolerance for it. I realized one day that I was tasting that taste and I hadn’t had any diet soda for hours. Dang.
For now I’ve switched back to regular. Experiment suspended…
Welcome back to the dark side – the sweet, sweet dark side.
I’m sorry it didn’t work out. Don’t you have a method for making your own diet soda? A giant cup filled with ice and some warm Pepsi poured over that (and watering it down)?
Dang…I’m sorry the diet soda world has failed you. It’s not necessarily a bad thing…because diet soda is the worst thing for people with troublesome stomachs.
Have you ever tried these?
http://www.zevia.com/products_about.html
They have quite a few flavors, including “Dr. Zevia”. You gotta try that one.