Lemonade which doesn't taste of lemons... (Asda Smart Price Lemonade)

Member Name: cezzybunny

Product:	Asda Smart Price Lemonade
Date:	29/09/09 (27 review reads)
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Advantages: Cheap

Disadvantages: See headline!

I've recently taken to drinking tequila and lemonade as a kind of budget margarita, so when I was doing my weekly shop the other day and came across this 2 litre bottle of smart price lemonade for just 18p, I thought I'd give it a try.

Big mistake.

I'm not too keen on tequila as it is, and have been using lemonade as a way of kind of masking the smell and taste. However, as this lemonade has no discernible taste or smell, I failed in quite a big way. The drink is quite fizzy, I will give it that, but when you open it you can't smell lemons at all. I see this as being a fairly essential pre-requisite for the drink. Also when you taste it, it doesn't tast of lemons, or partiularly sweet. In fact, it largely resembles carbonated water, but without that bitter taste you get.

There's not much of anything to this drink - trace of calories, no fat, no salt etc... so probably not all that bad for you, apart from the aspartame. However, it tastes of nothing so isn't good for much either!

You could probably use this drink if you were mixing it, e.g. with Archers or with squash. However, on it's own it isn't refreshing or tasty. In future I'll shell out the extra 25p and get a bottle of lemonade which actually tastes of something..!

Summary: I wouldn't bother...