Surely I can't be the only one who hates all fizzy water. After growing up on Coke, fizzy water and flavored fizzy water all tastes like bitter piss to me. My mouth feels the fizz, expects sugar, and then rejects it.

I long ago quit soda, and in fact recently (and with no drama) basically quit a pint-of-cold-brew/4-6 shots/day espresso habit. Pretty much the only beverage with any taste I drink these days contains alcohol (that's a story for another day).

Mostly I only drink plain flat water. But I can't stomach that fizzy, bitter junk.

Funniest thing about my soda addiction is the only thing that makes me crave it is ice cream. Which is so funny; try drinking a coke after ice cream. It tastes terrible because you can't taste the sugar in the soda anymore, after the sugar rush of the ice cream. But I still crave it. All I can figure is my brain has associated the sugar rush with a caffeine hit, and my brain isn't happy when it gets sugar but no caffeine.