In honor of summer I'm doing this post on peach drinks. Peach is a flavor that can easily go sour for some reason, but when done right it can be good. The most common way to find peach is in teas. One of the best teas I've ever had was when a restaurant used real peach juice to make their tea.
Drinks You Can Pick Up At The Store
Calpico White Peach
This is an example of where the peach flavor can go sour. This drink actually reminded me of the Sour Peachy Os that you can find at grocery stores or gas stations. I'm not a fan of sour peach and would not buy this again. I found this drink at Hmart in Aurora, Colorado. (140 calories per bottle, 34g or 12% carbs, and calcium 47mg or 4%)
Clear American Peach Flavored Sparkling Water
Actually better then I was expecting. I could still taste that weird taste that seems to come with all of the Clear American waters. I would be willing to buy this one again, but it would not be in the top Water flavors for me that Clear American makes. You can find this product at Walmart.
Signature Select Peach Crème Flavored Sparkling Water
A little gross actually. I think if they would have left the crème part of it out it would have been much better, but it gave it a sour quality like spoiled dairy product. this is one of the Safeway brand drinks and I tried it in April 2023.
Peach (Dragon Ball)
I found this drink at POM (got bought out by Great Wall) in Aurora. I paid around $3 for the can, but have seen them sold for much higher at anime or specialty snack stores. The flavor was mellow, but there was a slight after taste that was not to pleasant and because of this it took me a while to finish the can.
Elisha Peach
I have found that the Elisha drinks in general are good. This one continues the pattern. The peach flavoring was not over powering. I would get it again. The only thing I would say is maybe they should adjust the picture on the product. With the picture being straight on like that the cut open peach really looks like something else... yah, my brain went there and now that I took you there you can't un-see it.
Snapple Peach Tea Zero Sugar
For a zero sugar drink it wasn't too bad. We get these from Walmart a lot mostly for my mom. It was slightly bitter due to whatever sugar replacement or additive that they use. I wouldn't actively buy this drink, but if offered one for free I'd drink it. Tried in February 2023.
Drinks At Restaurants
Peach Tea at The Cracker Barrel (Summer 2022)
I was a little upset when I was forced to get the peach tea because they were sold out of their water melon tea. This is the place where they used real peach juice to flavor their tea. It was actually really good and I wish more places would use real peach juice (yes, I know this increases the cost but it is worth it) instead of the artificial syrup. This was probably the best peach tea I have ever tried and I went through several glasses of it.
Peach Mojito at Sharetea
This was a really good drink and one of the top 3 drinks I have had at Sharetea. The problem is that a small is the same price as their other drinks that come in a larger cup. This means that you don't get a good amount of product for the price. If you really want to treat yourself and you're willing to drop a good chunk of money I would recommend this drink. For the average person though it's just not worth the money even though it tastes really good.
Peaches & Cream (Kataluma Chi, Flat Irons Mall)
I got this drink cold since I thought peach would best come across as a cold drink. I have tried many other drinks here with some being in the top things I have ever tasted. This drink was not one of them. For this drink they used their vanilla as the base. This is an example of peach gone wrong. It had a very metallic flavor too it like peaches that have expired in a tin can. I would not get this drink again, but would recommend their other flavors.
Peach Slush (Snowl on Parker Rd)
It was sort of peachy, but the flavor was really weak. I think it just got watered down with the ice/slush. It was ok, but I wouldn't waste my money on it. Tried April 2022.
Peach Tea w/ Aiyu Jelly at Sharetea
What I like about Sharetea is that you can control the sugar and now that I need to avoid sugar I can request no added sugar there. I had expected this drink to be bitter or just not good without the sugar, but it was really good and the peach in it was just enough to still make it seem like it was sweetened. This was a very good drink and I would recommend it.
Peach Lemonade (Charleys Cheesestakes)
I was supper disappointed when I found out that they had stopped carrying their blueberry lemonade and now had peach instead. To start with the peach flavoring did not spread through the lemonade. The pieces were also large and most would not go up the straw. You would have needed a large boba straw to suck up the peaches. After I had finished off the liquid I then went in and scooped out the peach to eat. This was a failure as a lemonade and I hope they bring back the blueberry one. Tried April 2023.Bring Out the Booze
Chi- Chi's Peach Margarita
To start off with, I'm just going to say that this little bottle packed a punch. A lot of times you will buy these types of drinks and there is basically no alcohol in them. This was not this case with this drink, the flavor left no doubt in your mind. At the same time the peach was really nice. I would get this drink again. I found this at the King Soopers near Parker on Parker rd near C470.
Simply Spiked Peach
Kind of gross. There was a slight peach taste. The problem is what other flavors and alcohol they put in it. It didn't tell you what type of alcohol they used, but whatever it was did not go well with the peach. This product you can find at your average liquor store, but I would recommend avoiding it. Tried April 2023.
Top Picture From: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/benefits-of-peaches/
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