Hey, this is good. | How About Orange

June 12, 2007

Hey, this is good.

We just bought some of this grapefruit soda at Trader Joe's, and I love it. Real grapefruit taste, just a tiny bit sweet. So refreshing. I'm drinking it right now in front of my computer. I think I'm addicted.

22 comments:

Rachel said...

that does sound good!

Anonymous said...

We've been doing a lot of cocktail craft at home lately and are fixated on grapefruit as an ingredient.

Our current fave:

1/2 grapefruit, hand juiced
3.0 oz light rum
1.0 oz Pimm's #1
shaken with ice, poured into 2 ice-filled highball glasses, topped off with Izze grapefruit soda.

Anonymous said...

Ooo, thanks for blogging about this. I love grapefruit soda and I didn't know Trader Joe's sells it.

Fern @ Life on the Balcony said...

Oooh, I love Hansen's grapefruit soda, I'll have to keep an eye out for the TJ brand sodas...

hungry little bird said...

What up JJ - back visiting your blog again - just love it! Oh and I LOVE Trader Joe's. I have to look for the soda next time, sounds refreshing. Did you see their new reusable shopping bags? I had to buy one - I have a pic of it that I'm going to post soon.

Claudia said...

mmm... that sounds really good, specially for this time of year :)
i love trader joe's!

Jennifer said...

I wish I had a trader joes near us. Ugh!

Anonymous said...

I must look out for this @ my grocery stallS here albeit I don't think I will find it. I can only imagine how refreshing that must be ... chilled with crushed ice ... heavenly! Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Aaaannnd...the can's colors match your blog! It's perfect in every way! :)

kickpleat said...

good to know! i'm heading stateside this weekend and i'm sure we'll end up at a trader joe's. grapefruit is one of my favorites!

fleur_delicious said...

oh yeah, we just polished off our last bottle last night! We like to mix it with oj. And a splash of vodka if we're in that kind of mood. mmmmm. I wish I had some right now.

Anonymous said...

I wish there were a Trader Joe's around here....

Lola said...

Sounds yummy! I may just have to get over to a Trader Joe's...

Jane said...

Don'tcha just love all the interesting things they have at Trader Joes!

Moxie said...

Fresh Market sells two different brands of grapefruit soda. One is GUS (grown up soda.) I forget the name of the other one, but they're both in the refrigerated and soda shelf sections. They're both a bit sweeter than the TJ's version.

Head Hen said...

Fresca is grapefruit soda...from the grocery. :)

PearlGirl said...

I have a random martini that I made with this one night from random ingredients in my fridge/bar...my friends LOVE it!!

1 part Absolut APeach Vodka
2 parts grapefruit soda
splash of POM

stir and serve in a martini glass or over ice if you want...either way, it's awesome!!

p.s.
...don't shake in a shaker unless you want it to explode (duh)

Jessica Jones said...

Thanks for the recipe! I'm dying to try it! And the one above from cior.

margaret lee said...

i'm obsessed with trader joe's. i live walking distance within 2 of them. now whenever i go to a regular supermarket, i feel like i'm going to go into panic mode with all the overstimulation.

Iris said...

Oh, this looks good. I have a weakness for the Safeway brand of grapefruit soda. Maybe this one has better ingredients? More actual juice? Unfortunately the nearest Trader Joe's is a day's drive away. Next time I'm around one of their stores, though, I'll have to try that kind

Anonymous said...

have you ever had Fresca? it's a grapefruit soda and it is DELICIOUS! get the original - i'm not a huge fan of the new flavors. :)

Jessica Jones said...

Strangely enough, I'm not really a Fresca fan!