Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Jones Soda Strawberry-Lime

Urban Juice and Soda Company began in 1987 as a beverage distributor out of Vancouver, Canada. By 1995 the company began producing its own line of soft drinks under the name of Jones Soda. In 2000, the company relocated to Seattle, Washington in the US and changed it's name to the Jones Soda Co. Since 2007 the entire Jones line up has been made with cane sugar rather than high-fructose corn syrup.

Jones Soda is most commonly known for two things, one of them being their labels which vary from bottle to bottle. Consumers can submit their own photos to the Jones Soda photo database which continually rotates the images on the labels. The marketing draw lead to selling customizable soda packs which can be ordered with your choice of photo. Secondly, Jones is well known for a wide selection of unique flavors such as Fufu Berry, Chocolate Fudge and even flavor named Fun. There are also many limited edition flavors made popular more for their novelty than flavor. The Thanksgiving flavor pack included sodas created to taste like turkey, green-bean casserole, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie and brussels sprouts. In future years the Thanksgiving pack included flavors like smoked salmon pate, and pecan pie. Jones Soda also produced a theme pack for the hometown Seattle Seahawks NFL team which included flavors like Perspiration, Dirt, Natural Field Turf and Sweet Victory. Among other themes, there is a set based on a Magic: The Gathering card set, a Dungeons & Dragons theme pack, Halloween, Valentines and even a Chanukah themed soda pack.

This flavor smells of sweet strawberry candy. It has a pretty good level of carbonation to tingle the mouth. I like it's tartness. There isn't much of a lime flavor but it's more of a strawberry with a puckering sourness to it.

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