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Originally Posted by octothorp
I've been experimenting with agave nectar as a sugar replacement in my home-made soft drinks (SodaStreams are awesome). It's got a much lower glycemic load, so no sugar rush compared to sugar. I tried some artificial sweetners, but for a mild recipe, you could always taste the sweetner. Overall though, I've found that in doing my own soda recipes, I actually like sodas that are far less sweet than most commercial brands; I have a hard time going back to sweet commercial sodas now.
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+1 on the SodaStream, I find that a lot of the time I don't even add any flavour, just the soda water is a lot more refreshing and palatable than plain water.
I find I don't notice the artificial sweetener taste in most diet sodas anymore, like many things it's an acquired taste (I can't understand how anyone can drink coffee for example).
The corn syrup in most sodas now leaves a strong bitter taste in my mouth now, I can hardly drink them.