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Way on the seltzer/club soda........like it with a shot of gin and lime

Pay attention to the labels. At least where I live, the sodium levels are nearly identical. Once upon a time that was true, but things are different now, at least hereabouts. The saltiness, something I generally like, just didn't fly with me. Mr. Meatloaf, though, an old Brooklynite, loved the stuff. When we traveled in Europe, I found I preferred my mineral water with gas rather than flat, and he finally pointed out that if I liked that, I'd probably like club soda, too. And so it came to pass....

Just a wedge of lime, please. The other stuff is nice, but I can live without it.

Welcome Widget - love that name!

I reach for quinine water, aka tonic. I love it with a twist of lime. Gin is nice, too, but not necessary. Salt & sugar, I know, I know - although you sure can't taste either. It's an occasional summer drink.

I drink a lot of fluid in a day--sometimes it's the only healthy thing I do. But diet soda was too expensive and straight fruit juice was destroying my stomach. I discovered MASH, which is just about a perfect mixture of not-too-sweet fruit juice with not-too-gassy bubbles, but it's way too expensive. Now my drink of choice is Ceres unsweetened pineapple juice with San Pellegrino water. Next step: switching out SP for a cheaper brand of bubbles. I'll get to physical/financial help yet!

It depends on my mood, so I would have to say Way (some of the time).

I'm with your friend who said it's too sour. My husband and father-in-law love it though. They mix it with juice all the time. To me this just makes the juice watery.

Way - I love club soda but for some reason I only drink it on airplanes. It really settles my air-sick stomach.

On the fence.

While I did enjoy many bottles of raspberry New York Seltzers in high school (I can't find it anymore), I have a feeling that's not really what you all like about or consider seltzer.

I was extremely thirsty while at a Greek festival and asked the bartender what "kind of soda" they had, expecting a response like Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, whatever. He filled a disposable tumbler with something clear and fizzy, I paid $3, and thought, I guess the answer was Sprite. I took a sip, shocked at the salty, dry fizz, then choked it down, and gave it to my husband w/o telling him just to see his reaction. Same reaction. I didn't expect club soda. *frown* By itself, no.

Orange concentrate with carbonated water is essentially what my daily fix of Aranciata and occasional Limonata are made of, so I would probably not mind club soda/seltzer w/ juice as long as I can get it w/o the salt.

Way. In everything from drinks (boozy and non) to cooking and baking.
Gives me fizz without having to drink pop/soda.

I have to be honest I dont care for either one, but I can kill a litre of pellegrino in record time. I love it mixed in with a bit of cranberry juice especially in the summer.

PS - Also love Pellegrino but not so crazy about Perrier.

I love plain seltzer but I also enjoy using it to make my own sodas. I mix it with almond syrup, maple syrup and also homemade fruit syrups. I suspect this is at least somewhat healthier than commercial soda and a lot cheaper than drinking juice all the time (I don't particularly like plain water).

I also like it with some vodka and lime but I'm not going to claim there are any benefits to that.

Mr. Meatloaf is an Erasmus Hall grad, thank you very much. ECs go without saying, since we can get Fox's U-Bet. But we try to control the calories, so it's an occasional thing.

@lemons and @NYCEater. Thankfully, we can also get Fox's U-Bet locally. But as for every-day use, well, I usually give in every weekend. Truly, truly, ambrosia! ;-]