Americans, what do you prefer for lunch (which Drink)?

r/

Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, apple juice, beer, sparkling water (San Pellegrino), cocktails, or plain water? or something completely different?

Of course, it depends, but what do you prefer, and tell us why?

Comments

  1. sics2014 Avatar

    Plain water. I drink mostly water. I bring a reusable bottle to work to have at lunch and throughout the day.

  2. MacaroonSad8860 Avatar

    sparkling water or a beer on a weekend

  3. Pingu779 Avatar

    I usually just go for plain water, but sparkling water does it for me too

  4. Courtneyukno Avatar

    Diet Pepsi!
    I don’t have a taste for drinks with real sugar in them anymore.

  5. OhThrowed Avatar

    Water. Water is my preferred drink for all meals.

  6. Misstucson Avatar

    Water or iced tea

  7. DecemberPaladin Avatar

    Diet Coke (NEVER Pepsi), unsweet tea, a sparkling water, apple or cranberry juice, in that order of preference.

  8. minecraftjahseh Avatar

    I’m an Arnold Palmer diehard. So lucky to be living in the South rn because nearly every counter service restaurant has a sweet tea dispenser and lemonade in the soda fountain. Arizona’s version is pretty good too.

  9. eratoast Avatar

    Still water with ice. I drink it basically all day.

  10. Wielder-of-Sythes Avatar

    Iced tea and/or water.

  11. Thick_Maximum7808 Avatar

    Ice Water, ice tea or sparkling water.

  12. CupBeEmpty Avatar

    Just plain water. Maybe a fizzy water but not often. A soda if I am on vacation but that’s a few times a year type of thing.

  13. Vachic09 Avatar

    I go with juice, plain water, or maybe vitamin water.

  14. lawyerjsd Avatar

    Iced tea, usually unsweetened (unless I’m in the South and its the summer, then sweet tea).

  15. spacefaceclosetomine Avatar

    Water, always water unless it’s a cocktail.

  16. Boring_Detective142 Avatar

    Pepsi with real sugar. For every meal that doesn’t contain peanut butter or syrup, then it’s chocolate milk

  17. SunnySydeRamsay Avatar

    T1 diabetic, used to be a diet coke addict. When I didn’t drink soda it was just carbonated water or carbonated lemonade.

    Started on an appetite suppressant that made anything carbonated taste metallic/flat.

    Now I drink either lemonade, sugar free sports drinks or water for about the last month, usually just water. Sometimes I’ll have maybe a slurpee, once every two weeks.

  18. Bvvitched Avatar

    I drink plain water all day after my morning coffee. Why? Because drinking water is good for you.

    I have soda maybe once a month, if that

  19. MyLittleDonut Avatar

    Sometimes a soda, but usually water. During the weekday I can’t have any kind of alcohol if I’m going back to work after or if I need to drive.

  20. causeyouresilly Avatar

    Water at work. Lunch out not during the work week, cocktail or wine.

  21. NurseDave8 Avatar

    I don’t leave my desk for lunch, so I just drink water from the dispenser in the office.

  22. junkmail0178 Avatar

    I have one 12-ounce Diet Dr. Pepper everyday at lunch. I don’t drink full flavor DP because I’m avoiding the calories. I just don’t like the syrupy feel and flavor of it. Other than that, I only drink coffee and water the rest of the day.

  23. Avery_Thorn Avatar

    Generally speaking, drinking Beer or cocktails for lunch on a work day is significantly frowned upon if you are expecting to go back to work.

    I would guess that different sodas (Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper, ect – not sparkling waters) and still water would probably be the most common choices.

    I generally drink Diet Dr. Pepper myself, until I switch over to water sometime around 5.

  24. discourse_friendly Avatar

    I’d prefer sparkling water but I just get water.

  25. gremlinsstore Avatar

    Water, or tea on occasion.

  26. BurnerLibrary Avatar

    diet Coke, or plain water

  27. Hollow-Official Avatar

    Water or Coffee. If I have to have a real drink that early a Bloody Mary (tomato juice cocktail) but I prefer water.

  28. Judgy-Introvert Avatar

    Water or unsweetened ice tea. I’ll have a beer with lunch once in a while on a weekend, but it’s not the norm.

  29. 1chomp2chomp3chomp Avatar

    Water or green tea.

  30. sto_brohammed Avatar

    Coffee, beer or water, depending on the context and probably in that order.

  31. Professional-Cat2123 Avatar

    Sparkling or plain water

  32. Colodanman357 Avatar

    Unsweetened iced tea or water both as cold as is possible. Those are my go to’s for drinks 90% of the time as I don’t like sweet stuff very often and find them refreshing. 

  33. baddspellar Avatar

    Milk. I can’t believe I’m the first to answer that way.

    If there’s no milk, water or unsweetened iced tea

  34. theflamingskull Avatar

    Iced tea. Lemon, no sugar.

  35. uberphaser Avatar

    Either a diet ginger ale or a sparkling water

  36. FloridianPhilosopher Avatar

    Dihydrogen monoxide in its liquid state.

  37. Odd-Software-6592 Avatar

    Lime in pelligrino or beer

  38. AnymooseProphet Avatar

    Water or Milk. I used to like to have a soda, but when they started using corn syrup, for some reason it has a funny aftertaste I do not like.

    Some Mexican restaurants have Jarritos or Mexican Coke which is real sugar, those I will have with lunch.

    Sometimes I have a coffee (drip, black) or a green tea with lunch.

  39. -DoctorEngineer- Avatar

    Water or Diet Coke/pepsi

  40. Competitive_Box6719 Avatar

    Diet/Zero Coke or Pepsi

  41. firesquasher Avatar

    Anything flavored. I can’t have just water with a meal, however I do drink a lot of water throughout the day.

  42. alfabettezoupe Avatar

    coke, i love the taste

  43. azuth89 Avatar

    With lunch I’m usually finishing off the pot of coffee I made that morning, tbh. 

    It’s there, so why not?

  44. JunkMale975 Avatar

    Coke Zero or water

  45. realmaven666 Avatar

    water or coca cola

  46. boomslangs Avatar

    Just water to actually hydrate me. If I want anything special I might have an unsweetened iced tea, or a La Croix on occasion. Sometimes a second iced coffee.

  47. frank-sarno Avatar

    In order: hot tea, cold tea, water, lemonade.

    I don’t really enjoy sweet drinks so pretty much every canned drink is out. Soda tastes disgusting to me in general, apple juice you can buy in the stores tastes like a sugar bomb, I don’t drink beer. I can abide sparkling water but it’s not worth the extra cost in general. I drink plain water at night but prefer something bitter with my meals.

  48. Miserable_Smoke Avatar

    Coffee. I prefer it because that’s how preferences work. My beverage choices have no underlying motive.

  49. No-Profession422 Avatar

    Water or Coke Zero.

  50. dazzleox Avatar

    Water every time. Diet coke sometimes.

  51. OrthodoxAnarchoMom Avatar

    Water. Water is a drink. Milk is a food. Everything else is candy.

  52. PopEnvironmental1335 Avatar

    I almost always drink coffee or plain water. Sometimes a Coke Zero if I don’t feel well but have to power through.

  53. HaltandCatchHands Avatar

    I have hot green tea and water

  54. notthegoatseguy Avatar

    I usually don’t eat a formal lunch. Its usually a protein bar with my second coffee or some such.

  55. Drew707 Avatar

    Still water the most, sparkling second, often with a sugar free flavor, and beer next if I’m not needing to be super productive after lunch. Cocktails at lunch would be reserved for vacation, and I try not to drink caffeine after noon. However, if there is Fresca in the house, that probably beats out all the other options.

  56. STL-Raven Avatar

    Water usually. Sometimes Sprite.

  57. TrillyMike Avatar

    I fuck witta sparkling water but I know I’m in the minority there. Need that sparkle in my life

  58. Ecstatic-Corner-6012 Avatar

    We all prefer Mountain Dew, obviously

  59. ButItSaysOnline Avatar

    Wild Cherry Pepsi.

  60. Express_Leading_4840 Avatar

    Some kinda of soda with caffeine.

  61. JoeDonFan Avatar

    Iced tea, unsweetened.

  62. Irresponsable_Frog Avatar

    Doctor Pepper. It’s the elixir of life for me. Any time and every time I eat out or at home, every meal…..it’s doctor pepper!

  63. accountantdooku Avatar

    Plain water. I try to stay hydrated throughout the day (using a water bottle) and that includes lunch. 

  64. ASS_MY_DUDES Avatar

    20 years ago there would be completely different answers. We used to go to fast food places or quick/casual joints and get our favorite soda regularly.

    Low-grade fast food places will still be overwhelmingly sodas, but the most popular overall drink has to be water followed by sweet/unsweet tea. Ice water is also free pretty much everywhere in the country. Sodas cost like $2-4 which is ridiculous.

  65. idontknowjuspickone Avatar

    Sparking water is the best if available, otherwise plain water

  66. Fear_Loathing1966 Avatar

    I’d prefer a Coke, but I don’t need the calories. I break down and have a Coke every 2/3 months. I drink water everyday at lunch, but not because I like it.

  67. GhostsInTheAttic Avatar

    I prefer coke or coke zero, but I have water 99% of the time.

  68. Puzzled-Register-495 Avatar

    Plain water. If I’m having lunch out, usually a Coke Zero. If I’m travelling, Coke. If I’m on vacation, alcohol.

  69. Duckpuncher69 Avatar

    If you drink beer at lunch in most professions in America you’ll get fired. It’s not Europe where that is acceptable

  70. princepii Avatar

    falls ich auch mal darf: i am german and i like just leitungswasser😉

  71. surfingonmars Avatar

    sparkling water aka soda water aka seltzer aka agua con gas

  72. OkAd8714 Avatar

    Unsweetened iced tea.

  73. Bron_Bronson Avatar

    Ideally, sweet tea. Or water. It’s just that my workplace has absolutely shit tasting water.

  74. wheeler916 Avatar

    I enjoy a delicious IPA for lunch. Especially after starting the day with a healthy Guinness.

  75. Sleepygirl57 Avatar

    Water is all I drink out. I prefer iced tea but can’t have caffeine so can only have that at home.

  76. SueBeee Avatar

    Water. I loathe sugary drinks. Always have.

  77. renee4310 Avatar

    Sprite for soda. Mainly I drink water but if its soda its Sprite

  78. Rick--Diculous Avatar

    I’m going to be honest with you, and not the majority of these people who are lying commenting that they just drink water….

    I drink items off the shelves I purchased at a grocery store that has water in it.