LACROIX/BACKGROUND: CHANGYU LU/GETTY IMAGESMe he mea lā he nui nā manaʻo o nā kānaka makaʻu . Akā ʻaʻole wau. ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā i nīnau mai kekahi iaʻu he aha kaʻu mea ʻono wai punahele i hoʻokahi makahiki i hala, ua ʻōlelo wau ʻaʻohe o lākou . ʻIke ʻoe, a hiki i kēia manawa, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu ka manaʻo holoʻokoʻa o seltzer. He wai, me nā ʻōhū. A me nā mea ʻono? He kaumaha lākou, ʻino, hāwanawana hoʻohālike o nā mea ʻono maoli aʻu e makemake nui ai e ʻai ma mua o ka inu. E hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ke aniani wai maʻemaʻe a me kahi lima o nā huaʻai ma luna o kahi wai ʻala ʻala i kēlā me kēia lā. Akā, ua loli koʻu ʻano i ka wā i ʻike ai au i ka ʻono maikaʻi loa o ka wai ʻālohilohi i ʻike ʻia e ke kanaka: LaCroix Hi-Biscus!
Aloha-Biscus! (ʻo ia kaʻu e kapa ai ʻo ka hibiscus mai kēia manawa no ko mākou maʻemaʻe hui) ʻo ia wale nō ka mea ʻono iaʻu, a eia ke kumu: E like me ke kī hibiscus maoli, i hana ʻia mai kahi ʻāpana o ka pua roselle hibiscus, ʻaʻole ia. pū kekahi pāʻina. ʻAʻohe mea ʻawaʻawa a ʻoluʻolu ʻole, lōʻihi, ʻona hope. Hōʻike ia i ka ʻono, akā ʻoiai ʻo ia ʻo LaCroix, ʻaʻohe mea ʻono e pili ana, hana a i ʻole. A e like me nā mea ʻono a pau, he paʻakikī wale nō e mālama i nā mea hoihoi. (ʻOiaʻiʻo, aia ʻelua hale kūʻai ma kahi mamao o koʻu home, akā hoʻokahi wale nō o lākou e lawe i ka ʻono.) ʻO ka mea hiki ke hoʻokipa iā ʻoe me kāna mau kiʻi hibiscus i hana nui ʻia a me ka ʻōlelo hoʻōho e ʻōlelo nei ʻaʻole wau e hoʻoweliweli like. he leka uila hana aloha loa.
LaCroixE hoʻomanaʻo paha ʻoe i ka wā i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ai ka ʻono hou ma Mei 2019, ua hoʻoulu ʻia (a i ʻole ka nui o ka hoʻoulu ʻana e like me ka wai ʻālohilohi e hoʻoulu ai), ʻoi aku hoʻi i waena o nā poʻe haipule LaCroix i manaʻolana i ka wai. Akā inā ʻoe e nīnau mai iaʻu, pono mākou a pau e mahalo no ka mea ma kahi o kahi mea inu ʻono e like me ka Jolly Rancher, ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia mākou me ka mea ʻono e like me ka waimaka o ka ʻānela o ka hauʻoli i hui pū ʻia me nā raspberry a me ka pomegerane. (Ua hoʻokomo ka brand i kahi ʻono meloni, i kapa ʻia ʻo Pasteque, akā aia kēlā ma ka ʻaoʻao.)
ʻO koʻu maoli ʻO ka manaʻo e pili ana i ke kumu o kēia mea ʻono e like me kēia: ʻOiai e hoʻāʻo ana nā mea ʻono seltzer e hopu i ka ʻono o kahi meaʻai, maʻamau he huaʻai, hoʻopau pū lākou i ka ʻono maoli no ka nele o nā calorie. ʻO ke kī Hibiscus, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻaʻole ia he hua a ʻaʻole ʻono i kona ʻano maoli. No laila, piʻi nui ka nui o ka ʻono ʻana o ka seltzer ʻono hibiscus e like me ka mea maoli.
ʻAe, lohe au iā ʻoukou he poʻe haʻihaʻi ma hope. Hiki iā Pamplemousse fanatics ke mālama i kēlā mau kini kemika, a ʻaʻole mahalo, e hāʻawi mau wau i kēlā seltzer ʻono kukumba i kahe manuahi mai ka mīkini wai ʻālohilohi o ko mākou keʻena. niu? He ʻono e like me ka pale lā. A ʻo nā wai ʻālohilohi a pau he mea make. ʻO Hibiscus LaCroix wale nō ka wai huʻihuʻi e hoʻomaikaʻi i koʻu mau lehelehe, ʻo $7-no-ka-kini-nui ka hōʻailona kumu kūʻai. E ʻōlelo paha wau ua hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia kaʻu hydration holoʻokoʻa ma kahi o 200 pakeneka. He hana koʻikoʻi ka ʻohi ʻana i ka hapalua i ʻōlelo ʻia i ke kaumaha o kou kino i nā ʻauneke o ka wai palahalaha, akā ua inu wau i ʻekolu mau kini o ka hibiscus LaCroix i loko o ʻeono hola. (Aneane au e lana ana mai ka carbonation, aka, damn, ua hydrated au.)
A inā e heluhelu ana nā akua LaCroix i kēia, manaʻolana wau ʻike lākou ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopau i kēia ʻono. A i ʻole, ua pau iā mākou.
