
I used to call Coca-Cola the "elixir of the gods," and we went through buckets of it at my house, but we've pretty much switched completely over to plain old water or, if only fizzy will slake the thirst, club soda with fresh lime juice.
Used to be, we made our sweet tea so sweet we might as well have skipped the tea part, but we're ratcheting down the sugar content (baby steps...) and now, sometimes, we can even taste tea!