![]() The citrus-adjacent flavor made me briefly forget what I was drinking before being hit with the subtle, sour aftertaste of balsamic vinegar. I also tried a combination of balsamic vinegar and pamplemousse LaCroix, which admittedly was a bit better. I added some lime juice because I didn’t have any lemon juice - improvisational queen! - which did make it a little more tolerable. ![]() ![]() It was light and refreshing in the way sparkling beverages are usually light and refreshing, but you could definitely taste the vinegar. Because I am a scared little baby, I started with a half-tablespoon of balsamic vinegar over a glass of ice and added plain seltzer water until it resembled Coke.Īnd, folks? It was … fine. However, it’s reminiscent of a strawberry-balsamic shrub, which is typically added to prosecco or liquor, or a switchel, which is made with ginger, vinegar, water, and honey.) This company’s balsamic-soda recipe calls for one to two tablespoons of balsamic vinegar added to sparkling mineral water. (Outside of its Pilates-teacher lore, it’s unclear what the exact origins of this “healthy Coke” are. One company that specializes in olive oil and imported balsamic vinegar has a similar recipe for balsamic soda that appears to predate the TikTok recipe. Jones’s initial video didn’t provide exact measurements, and I didn’t want to completely ruin my esophagus with vinegar. Healthy Coke, by name, is meant to taste healthy.īefore making my own healthy Coke, I wanted a bit more guidance. Where dirty soda was overly sweet and vaguely Christian, healthy Coke is self-flagellation masquerading as wellness. ![]() I tried and enjoyed this milky soda beverage, as my generally indiscriminate palate is wont to do. It’s particularly popular in Utah, where there’s a sizable Mormon population and, in turn, a sizable population of people looking for alternatives to coffee and alcohol. Dirty soda, which also had a brief and delicious chokehold on TikTok, is an equally confounding mixture of milk (or coffee creamer) and Coke. “Healthy Coke” is not to be confused with dirty soda. Regardless, over just a few days, Jones’s TikTok has amassed 5.1 million views and inspired hundreds if not thousands of videos under the hashtag #healthycoke, mostly from people baffled by the idea that this pungent vinegar could magically become a sweet soda. It’s brown and fizzy and seems like it should be refreshing. That said, I’m pretty sure if you mixed any dark liquid with a clear carbonated drink, it would also look a lot like Coca-Cola - 7 Up with some juice from a can of black beans, hot tar and a mango Bubly. To her and her Pilates instructor’s credit, it does look a lot like Coke. Jones promises the concoction tastes “just like a Coke.” Then, you top it off with your sparkling water of choice she uses a guava LaCroix. Per her recipe, you add a few splashes of balsamic vinegar - yes, the brown, stinky salad-dressing base - to a glass with ice. She says she learned about the drink from her Pilates instructor, which makes everything I’m about to say self-explanatory. Thus, it was only a matter of time before I tried the “ healthy Coke” recipe currently ravaging TikTok.Įarlier this week, Amanda Jones posted a TikTok about a “healthy alternative” to Coca-Cola that was puzzling, to say the least. My taste is bad, but I know it is bad, which actually makes it very good. Left unsupervised, I would subsist solely on sour beer that verges on barf-y, ripe kombucha, and hearty spoonfuls of lemon curd. I am a yucky girl who enjoys gross things. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Photos: Getty Images
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