Zevia Zero Sugar Soda, Cola, 12 oz Cans (8-Pack) – Naturally Sweetened, Non-GMO Project Verified, Gluten-Free, Vegan

I love having this in a large size! It tastes fantastic, and it is SUPER fizzy. The product is great, but the delivery almost never is. Most of the time, I receive cans that have obviously been dropped (maybe multiple times), because they are concave on the bottom, which means they have to be poured into a glass to use. Sometimes, one or two have burst. It's a delivery issue, not a product issue, but it is very frustrating.

Good & Gather made the perfect caffeinated sparkling water, but they've all been discontinued. That's how I got here. First, I like Stevia as a sweetener. I use Stevia regularly, but this soda is rough. I tried 3 flavors. They all taste pretty much the same. The flavor is medicinal, probably the Stevia. The execution of this is slightly off. Still my choice of sugar alternatives is Stevia. Something I look for in carbonated beverages is zero-calorie, zero-carb and caffeinated. Not just before or after a workout but also while I'm working. I wanted this to be good. I tried 3 different flavors. Cola, Vanilla Cola & Dr. Zevia. They're all sweet, with a medicinal flavor. But sweet alone, shouldn't be the bar. It also seems like caffeinated sparkling water, aside from Sparkling Ice+ caffeine, is a thing of the past. Which is really disappointing. This is my last hope for something healthy with caffeine, bubbles and flavor. It didn't have to be great. I would have been happy with okay plus. But this adds some caffeine to your life if you can get past the taste. The company has the right idea, and everything needed to make a great soda alternative and Caffinated sparkling water beverages. This is only a Review of the product, not the delivery. I'm not rating these based on how they got delivered. Those people have a hard job, this isn't their fault. The boxes use a weak cardboard & the cans are too thin. So regardless of the boxes arriving wet with bent or broken cans. One was even sliced open. What's that? I'm just talking about the product itself. If you manage to get a can, that's not leaking in the refrigerator, until it's cold enough to drink. Be prepared for something sweet and lacking any real discernible flavor. The Vanilla Cola might be one of the worst things I've drank on purpose. Is it possible I could get used to the medicinal flavor? Maybe out of desperation for the stevia & caffeine. There are several great sparkling water beverages on the market but all lack caffeine. They keep discontinuing caffeinated sparkling water. And 35-45mg of caffeine is perfect. This feels like a beta test. Still I might try to get use to the Vanilla Cola out of desperation. Yeah, it has a medicinal taste but I can drink things pretty fast. I just want the clean caffeine (green coffee beans) and Stevia in this anyway. I'll update if I decide to keep drinking these. But there's still an opportunity here that's being missed. The color is clear, which is fine. I don't need artificial colors. The sugar content is zero. It's made with Stevia. The fact that this company has access to a facility where they can make Stevia soda but managed to fail so spectacularly is simultaneously impressive and disappointing. I think that covers all the review tags. Finally, if I were making this, I would try to improve the flavor & make the Caffinated one 45mg or 50mg of caffeine. And 100% Make a lemon-lime with the same amount of carbonation as sprite (I miss Sprite) Right now, the caffine varies depending on which flavor you choose. Dr Zevia has 42mg, the Cola & Vanilla Cola have 45mg and they make a Mountain Zevia with 55mg of caffeine. Other flavors like Ginger Ale have zero caffeine. That's fine if the flavor is on point. I haven't drank soda in a while, but I think it's similar. Still why not use the same amount for all the Caffinated flavors. If Zevia fixed issues like the flavor, a little more carbonation (I miss Sprite) and the thin cans. They'd be a unicorn, that make the healthy soda or caffeinated sparkling water beverage! This isn't necessarily a negative review. I want Zevia to go back to the drawing board and do better. I want them to succeed. I want this to be great. So I can enjoy a caffeinated, zero-carb Soda or sparkling water without sugar, sucralose or aspartame again. Right now, my only other choice is Sparkling Ice + caffeine. Besides that, caffeinated sparkling water looks done. All I'm saying is Zevia should & could be better. I'm rooting for Zevia. I'll update this, if I continue drinking the Vanilla Cola version. Maybe I'll get used to the medicinal taste? 3/5 for effort, caffeine content and ingredients.

Tastes good but NOt enough of a COKE flavor.

The CONCEPT of this soda is wonderful. My husband and I made the switch to stevia sweetener for coffee and breakfast cereals years ago. We try as hard as we can to avoid purchasing anything with sucralose in it. There are no "diet" drinks in our house. So, it's usually water and water only (to drink cold) for us. But, of course, like most people, we sometimes get tired drinking nothing but water. Once in a blue moon, we will buy full sugar Root Beer as a treat. (Delicious, but ack! SO much sugar!!!) The bottom line is... we REALLY, REALLY wanted to love this soda! We tried the Black Cherry and the Root Beer. However, in both our opinions, it simply tastes TOO SWEET. Yes, even compared to traditional Root Beer that has 44 GRAMS of sugar in each serving. We experimented a bit. If we mixed this soda with plain, carbonated seltzer at about a ratio of 80/20 or 70/30, it was perfect! It tasted just like the real thing. Simply Fantastic. But, that extra step makes it complicated to pour a glass to drink, and further makes it impossible to simply grab a can and walk out the door. I was truly hoping this brand was the future, at least for us. We certainly wish the manufacturer would consider tweaking it. We can only hope... and try it again in a couple years. ~Laura C.

Very expensive for 6 drinkable cans. Other two cans were damaged.