On 7/3/2015 10:52 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
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> "Acme Bully Control" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On 7/3/2015 5:14 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On 2015-07-03 5:17 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> We have been drinking lemon water. Alas there are water quality
>>>>>> problems in this area. The drought has caused a lot of algae and the
>>>>>> treatment for it is causing the water to taste and smell just awful.
>>>>>> So I am having to use bottled. I wish there was a sweetener I could
>>>>>> use. So far I haven't found one. I did buy a bag of lemons and
>>>>>> another of limes at Coscto.
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Julie, for sweeter water, try the mio bottles or if that doesnt fit
>>>>> the budget, fix a packet of KoolAide with 2 cups water and use a
>>>>> little
>>>>> of that in a bottle. Use the ones that have no sweetner then add a
>>>>> little sweetner of a type that works for you. You arent re-creating
>>>>> KoolAide here but a bit of fruit flavor to the water. At the lightly
>>>>> flavored water version, that 2 cups from one packet will flavor
>>>>> 2-2-1/2
>>>>> gallons for most of us.
>>>>
>>>> Can't people drink water without sweetener? I mean... buying bottled
>>>> water and wishing there was a sweetener she could use...
>>>
>>> That's not what I said. I don't want sweet water. I said that I wished I
>>> could make lemonade but there is no sweetener I can use.
>>
>> SUCRALOSE.
>
> I can't have it. I have since looked up what a Mio bottle is.
> Apparently it is a water flavoring which I have no interest in and it is
> indeed sweetened with that. AFAIK, the Aspartame in Diet Coke is fine
> but the stuff that *I* can buy has a corn based bulking agent so I can't
> have it. I believe that liquid Aspartame is made but it's not in any
> stores around here and I think I did see it online but it was super
> expensive. If it wasn't that, it was something else I could have but
> again, super expensive and literally the only thing I would ever use it
> for would be a few pitchers of lemonade so... I'll do without.
>
> I know that some people like flavored waters but I'm not one of them. I
> do like lemon and lime slices in water and perhaps once in a while,
> berries. Not so much other fruits. They serve fruity water where my mom
> lives so I have probably tried every kind there is. I really don't like
> oranges in water.


Instead of actual fruit, how about:

http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/stor...ord=sodastream

You can give the orange essence to a friend.