Dry Soda
Category: Specialty Food [Edit]
Neighborhood: Pioneer Square410 First Avenue South
Seattle, WA 98104 (206) 652-2345
- Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
9 Reviews for Dry Soda
I am addicted to this soda. I hate soda. All sugary things make my teeth hurt. Dry Soda only has 4 ingredients. A 5-year-old can pronounce them. Most importantly, it's friggin' delicious... Oh Lavender Soda... I crave it daily. If you don't want to get all cracked out like me, don't get into Dry Lavender Soda.
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The guys at Dry Soda have such a keen sense of design, a visit to their Seattle headquarters will leave you inspired to paint your walls bright orange.
The soda tastings are unique and a lot of fun. Special "Dry Soda" champaign flutes are brought out so that you can sample the four different soda varieties. Although the flavors are very light, it is the simplicity of the ingredients and the subtlety of the sweetness that makes the soda surprisingly refreshing.
From the four flavor offerings, rhubarb was our favorite .. although all were worth bringing home to test out their food pairing recommendations.
I'm glad they have 5 stars. It's a cool soda and it's a cool product...
When was the last time you had a soda that was refreshing? Seriously, I love my Diet Coke, but it isn't exactly "light" despite being sugar-free. Enter Dry Soda. Not too sweet, not too flavored. Just right, Goldilocks! I love the Lemongrass.
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Awesome alternative to sicky-sweet sodas.. pop in to their head quarters to buy up some Dry Soda! They even have a little bar where you can ask to taste flavors before you buy them. The sales lady was super duper nice and we chatted it up for a while. I brought home an assortment of their four flavors and my boyfriend and I had fun pairing them with different dinner & desserts! We don't drink so this place is an awesome find!!
Their website says; "all-natural culinary soda, DRY is non-caffeinated, flavored with fruit and herb extracts, carbonated with fine champagne-style bubbles, and sweetened with a small amount of pure cane sugar. In addition, each bottle of DRY Soda contains only 50-70 calories" - rad, it will help me stay thin too!
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Since I stopped drinking booze about 6 years ago, I have been on the look out for a beverage to accomplish the task that wine and sometimes beer completed for me back in the drunk days - pair well with food.
I basically resigned myself to Pellegrino long ago, which is fine. It doesn't overwhelm the flavor of what's on my plate the way a soda, juice or coffee would and it offers a bit more excitement than a glass of water. Ho-hum.
I was DELIGHTED to find Dry Soda about a year ago for all of these reasons. This is a local company that creates slightly sweetened soda that is meant to be paired with good food. Hell, it's meant to be served in a Champagne flute - even more fun for the girl who drinks Pellegrino out of wine glasses.
At present there are four flavors: Lavender, Lemongrass, Kumquat and Rhubarb.
Lavender was the first one I tried ( I really like eating flowers). Great flavor and according to the Dry Soda website is best paired with cheese courses, duck, pork, desserts and chocolate.
Next I tried Kumquat - like a very subtle orange soda, but not at all comparable to say, an orange flavored Talking Rain. Great, refreshing, very, very nice. Suggested pairings: Oysters, mussels, sweet leafy greens, duck, white fish and risotto (though I would venture to guess it would really depend on the preparation).
Lemongrass next - what a nice one. Very tangy, very dry. Pairs with the obvious Asian foods, also suggested is shellfish, goat cheese and asparagus.
It took me a really long time to get around to Rhubarb. It has some floaties in it and it's the only on that isn't clear. But man - NUMMY. Crispy, sweeter than the others, sort of reminiscent of apple cider. Don't fear it - guzzle it. Pairings: Cow based dishes, and comfort foods.
I have found it at Chandler's on Lake Union, Uwajamaya, Whole Foods and QFC at Harvard and Broadway.
TRY TRY TRY!
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Dry Soda is perhaps the best beverage I've ever passed through my lips. Not only does it taste *exactly* how it should it also smells DIVINE. The flavors of lemongrass, rhubarb, lavender, and kumquat are exceptional.
The soda's are light, slightly sweet, not overwhelmingly carbonated, and delightful.
The website, www.drysoda.com gives food paring ideas as well as a few choice recipes.
The bottles retail for a little under $2 and are found at "better" grocery stores - Metropolitan Market, Whole Foods, etc (there is also a listing of restaurants where it is sold on the website). Worth every cent!
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Soda for those who can handle tastes above the usual high fructose corn syrup stuffed pablum.Compare this rating to my Jones soda rating.
Have you ever wondered why most soda and juice companies seem to stuff about 33 grams of high fructose corn syrup in 8 ounces of drink? Why does apple juice need to be as sweet as Coke? I've always wanted - at least as an quasi adult - a soda that was thirst quenching, not too sweet and tasty. Dry soda meets all those criteria and more.
Each bottle contains 16 grams of real sugar. No high fructose corn syrup, no weasel words "may contain", but real honest to goodness sugar and less then half the going rate for most soda.
The choice of flavors , at present, is limited to four. I tried: lavender, rhubarb and kumquat. All were dry, crisp and refreshing. I found the lavender well a bit too perfumed for my tastes, but others enjoyed it. The rhubarb is outstanding; it's refreshing, dry, clean and a bit reminiscent of rhubarb wine. I have not tried the lemongrass yet.
My only complaint is the price. At about $2 a bottle this stuff won't be a stock item in my fridge. Any soda that's pricier then beer is looking for a very limited, or nonexistent, market.
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not cheap, but oh so good.
i never thought anyone would make kumquat soda, or, for that matter, the delicious rhubarb. i am consistently amazed at what i can pair this stuff with to boot.
the lemongrass also proves a pleasant surprise but i think i like it better as a mixer, alas.
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