My first choice is always water... however "ginger" which is not necessarily ginger in flavour but the old Scots name given to any fizzy soft drinks (in central and south Scotland anyway). Well, for ginger I'd always choose Irn-Bru every time.

I believe Scotland is in the minority of countries where Coca-Cola isn't the top selling fizzy drink - for us it's Irn-Bru.

1. Cola:
a. Pepsi Light Twist ( ex US)
b. Lemon Diet Pepsi
c. Diet Coke

a. is getting harder to find in Europe. b. was a special NFL kickoff flavor one year so now its mostly Diet Coke as I don't like the new Diet Pepsi or Pepsi One.

2. Lemon Lime
Diet Sprite

3. Root Beer
None of them

4. Citrus
Diet Mt. Dew

5 Dr Pepper(ish)
none of them

6 Ginger Ale
Diet Vernors

Other flavors not included in readywhenyouare's taxonomy
a. Dr. Brown's diet Celrey Tonic
b. Schweppes Bitter Lemon Slimline
c Nesbitt's Cream Soda

Pepsi/Diet Pepsi
Diet 7UP
Diet A&W Rootbeer (naturally caffeine free)
No citrus soda
Dr. Pepper
Canada Dry or Vernors Ginger Ale

My favorite type of soft drink is Guaraná.
I like the Guaraná Antarctica brand the best and also the Kuat brand.
Kuat is made by Coca-Cola, but I haven't seen any Guaraná for sale in the States.

Favorite Sodas

1. Schweppes Creme Soda - only available in Hong Kong and some chinese supermarkets stateside.
2 Sparletta Cream Soda - south africa
3. Stoney Ginger Beer. - south africa
4. Fanta Lychee - Malaysia and Singapore.
5. Coke Zero
6. Sprite Zero
7. Any juice mixed with Tonic Water.

While in Croatia this summer, and needing a break from alcohol, I enjoyed several Schweppes Bitter Lemons while staring at the Adriatic. It's a wonderful summer drink. I don't believe it's sold in the US (other than at extremely high prices on Amazon), and the two substitutes I've tried are just not the same.

Canada Dry ginger ale

Pepsi Zero Sugar/Pepsi Max/Pepsi Black Cherry.

1. Diet Coke
2. Diet Coke
3. Diet Coke
4. Coke Zero when absolutely necessary (was in Japan for a week recently, no Diet Coke, only Coke Zero :eek: )
5. Vernors when needed

1. Mezzo Mix
For all those never been in Germany: Mezzo Mix is a mix of Coca Cola and Fanta Orange - 50/50 mix I guess ...
2. Mountain Dew
3.Ginger Ale (Schweppes only !)

Pretty much describes me, too.

In Sweden, at least, it's becoming much more difficult to find Diet Coke (also known as Coca-Cola Light). Coke Zero is all over the place. Wouldn't surprise me if the rest of Europe was like that, too.

Mostly ginger ale (diet Schweppes or Canada Dry, whichever I can find) for me, alone or occasionally at the cocktail hour with gin (foghorn) or vodka (Moscow mule) and a wedge of lime. I keep some Coke Zero around mostly in the summer for those times when it's too darned hot to start the morning with hot tea or coffee. I keep a few diet 7-Ups around to make an old-fashioned on those occasions when I wish I were dining at a Wisconsin supper club.

Is that a pretty recent development? I have been to several countries in western Europe in the last few years and had no problem finding Coca Cola Light.

I may buy a 2L of Diet 7Up every other month, but flavored/essensed sparkling water has been my go to for about six years now.

For a tailgate, I'll buy a couple of the 10 calorie Mtn Dew Kickstart Ultras or Monster Mutant sodas as mixers.

That said, since it's now November, I'll buy Diet Sierra Mist Cranberry or Sprite Zero Cranberry, whichever is on sale, so generally the PepsiCo product.

And when seen , I'll grab a Cheerwine.

No Fresca fans? I rather enjoy a Fresca, particularly in the summer.