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June 17, 2016 3:50 PM Subscribe
"At the end of this post I find myself saying, 'You had a lot to say about that.' I am a little judgey of self. There is so much going on in our world, big and little, that I do feel a little silly devoting time and energy to a fizzy drink. But, maybe that’s the root of it. LaCroix is a beautiful escapist beverage. I think that’s why we love it. Crack open a can and just for a minute, you’re on vacation, the world is sane, and it’s all sunshine and sprinklers and rainbows."LaCroix quilt, LaCroix love (single link blog post, Dorie on Tumbling Blocks)
I haven't looked at the link, but I do like LaCroix. It's my go-to for "I want something that isn't beer and isn't soda and isn't just water". Although, really, it mostly IS just water, as far as I can tell.
posted by hippybear at 3:55 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by hippybear at 3:55 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
i love lacroix SO MUCH and i usually hate fizzy waters
my housemates and i go through at least 2 boxes a week, usually pamplemousse but right now we have peach-pear. also i own a shirt that says LA CROIXS OVER BOYS (i know the french is wrong but still)
posted by burgerrr at 3:57 PM on June 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
my housemates and i go through at least 2 boxes a week, usually pamplemousse but right now we have peach-pear. also i own a shirt that says LA CROIXS OVER BOYS (i know the french is wrong but still)
posted by burgerrr at 3:57 PM on June 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
My place of work has sparkling, flavored water in cans. I love it, but now I wish it was La Croix.
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 3:59 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by sandettie light vessel automatic at 3:59 PM on June 17, 2016
I feel like somebody's just angling for a free pallet of La Croix here, and I can't hardly fault them for that
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:00 PM on June 17, 2016 [7 favorites]
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:00 PM on June 17, 2016 [7 favorites]
The wild world of pamplemousse lacroix memes
posted by GuyZero at 4:14 PM on June 17, 2016 [8 favorites]
posted by GuyZero at 4:14 PM on June 17, 2016 [8 favorites]
No way, man. I'll trade you a La Croix for an Izze any day of the week!
no seriously. send me Izze. lots and lots of Izze. any flavor. please i beg of you.
posted by bologna on wry at 4:19 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
no seriously. send me Izze. lots and lots of Izze. any flavor. please i beg of you.
posted by bologna on wry at 4:19 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
laCWAH or laCROY?
posted by infinitewindow at 4:22 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by infinitewindow at 4:22 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
lack-ROW-icks
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:24 PM on June 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:24 PM on June 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
Lack-row-icks.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 4:25 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by paper chromatographologist at 4:25 PM on June 17, 2016
PBO, I owe you a La Croix.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 4:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
posted by paper chromatographologist at 4:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
I buy several cases of LaCroix per week, because I always need to be better at hydrating and plain tap water is just, ugh, so boring. Fortunately, this need is easily accommodated, as Chicago is awash in LaCroix, with some stores carrying all known flavors*. My current seltzer jam is BlackberryCucumber, also known by its faux fancy frenchified name, Múre Pepino. I drink the heck out of most of it. These days, however, as the weather has been off and on hot, I also leave a can or two, with an icepack, out for the mailman on hot days. In thanks, he draws little hearts with his highlighter pen around our names and all over the envelope on our incoming mail.
So yes, I agree, La Croix makes the world a happier, better place.
*not all parts of the country are so lucky... some of my cousins leave in LaCroix backwaters like DC, and can only dream of so many flavors from which to choose.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 4:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [20 favorites]
So yes, I agree, La Croix makes the world a happier, better place.
*not all parts of the country are so lucky... some of my cousins leave in LaCroix backwaters like DC, and can only dream of so many flavors from which to choose.
posted by Cold Lurkey at 4:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [20 favorites]
Want a similar quilt, only I want it to be Moxie themeed. Also, I don't think I've ever tried La Croix. How accessible is it in N. America? I live in Ontario Canada.
posted by Fizz at 4:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Fizz at 4:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
la croix is also the best hangover beverage besides topo chico
posted by burgerrr at 4:28 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by burgerrr at 4:28 PM on June 17, 2016
WHAT THE HELL IS IT WITH LA CROIX?! i love seltzer but for real i do not see what is so amazing about la croix except for some wacky flavors. sigh. is it the wacky flavors that everyone loves?
I live in Baltimore now, but grew up in central NJ and lived in NYC for a while. One of the things I miss the most about living in the northlands is having seltzer available, cold, at every single bodega / corner store / Krauzers / whatever.
ZAZZ 4 LYFE
posted by capnsue at 4:32 PM on June 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
I live in Baltimore now, but grew up in central NJ and lived in NYC for a while. One of the things I miss the most about living in the northlands is having seltzer available, cold, at every single bodega / corner store / Krauzers / whatever.
ZAZZ 4 LYFE
posted by capnsue at 4:32 PM on June 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
La Croix, darling.
posted by The Tensor at 4:34 PM on June 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by The Tensor at 4:34 PM on June 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
From the company FAQ:
How is ‘LaCroix’ pronounced? Also LaCroix ‘Cúrate’ ?
La-CROY, rhymes with enjoy. Cúrate is COO-rah-tay.
posted by danabanana at 4:36 PM on June 17, 2016
How is ‘LaCroix’ pronounced? Also LaCroix ‘Cúrate’ ?
La-CROY, rhymes with enjoy. Cúrate is COO-rah-tay.
posted by danabanana at 4:36 PM on June 17, 2016
no no no it's pronounced them FAY an see cayans of wahwturrr
But I live in NC, this might be a regional pronunciation?
posted by bologna on wry at 4:37 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
But I live in NC, this might be a regional pronunciation?
posted by bologna on wry at 4:37 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I like to enjoy a refreshing La Croix after practicing my coo-rah-tay
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:38 PM on June 17, 2016 [11 favorites]
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:38 PM on June 17, 2016 [11 favorites]
WHAT THE HELL IS IT WITH LA CROIX?!
It's just trendy. Those alive in the 80's remember the last seltzer trend.
posted by GuyZero at 4:40 PM on June 17, 2016 [8 favorites]
It's just trendy. Those alive in the 80's remember the last seltzer trend.
posted by GuyZero at 4:40 PM on June 17, 2016 [8 favorites]
i had some of that ny seltzer yesterday hoping it would be similar to la croix and boy howdy was i disappointed
posted by burgerrr at 4:43 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by burgerrr at 4:43 PM on June 17, 2016
New York Seltzer! I saw a bottle of one of those in the street the other day and had a serious 'did I just become unstuck in time?' moment. Weren't those hella sugary though?
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:44 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by prize bull octorok at 4:44 PM on June 17, 2016
You know in my memory they were unsweetened, but googling it up my memory is totally wrong. They have 30-ish grams of sugar per bottle. Huh. I guess that was before they invented modern seltzer flavour technology.
posted by GuyZero at 4:48 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by GuyZero at 4:48 PM on June 17, 2016
i was going to post "metromint or GTFO". then i read their page... "We regret to share the news that Metromint will no longer be available for purchase."
i guess i'll GTFO.
posted by bruceo at 4:55 PM on June 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
i guess i'll GTFO.
posted by bruceo at 4:55 PM on June 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
Polar Seltzer, the woven leather belt with the Kelly green accents in the back of your closet of seltzer
posted by The Whelk at 5:02 PM on June 17, 2016 [13 favorites]
posted by The Whelk at 5:02 PM on June 17, 2016 [13 favorites]
Metromint was really, REALLY minty. Like, dental surgery prep levels of mint. Borderline numbing.
posted by GuyZero at 5:03 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by GuyZero at 5:03 PM on June 17, 2016
La Croix is my "wake up in the middle of the night thirsty" drink. The lime is ideal; the pamplemousse (which I like to think of as "pomplamoose") after. It is the next best thing to shouting for a glass of water.
posted by octobersurprise at 5:04 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by octobersurprise at 5:04 PM on June 17, 2016
I ponder the profundity and heritage of Polar Seltzer for a few seconds every time I cruise through Worcester at 65mph and see their billboard. Except when I miscalculate and hit it at rush hour and then have a good hour or hour-and-a-half of stop and go parking-lot-on-the-highway traffic for contemplation.
Ever since I was a little kid too:
Ever since I was a little kid too:
*looks up from reading*posted by XMLicious at 5:14 PM on June 17, 2016 [7 favorites]Mom, look! Another giant polar bear sign!
No, honey, that's still the same one.
La Croix only seems to make me thirstier even though there's no sodium in it. I still drink it though, because I can test my personal willpower by chugging a whole painful can of it and as a bonus then unleash huge grotesque belches at my girlfriend/the dogs/the uncaring void.
posted by cmoj at 5:27 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by cmoj at 5:27 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
La Croix (I say La CWAH, because I'm right and they're wrong) is my favorite flavored sparkling water, and I live in a place where Mountain Valley Spring is cheap and accessible. I even bought one of those pins.
posted by box at 5:49 PM on June 17, 2016
posted by box at 5:49 PM on June 17, 2016
I've heard there's a new tangerine flavor, and I am on a mission to find it! Need need need!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:51 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:51 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I do not like any of the "skinny can" flavors. They all taste too weird.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:53 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:53 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
But melon pomelo!
posted by box at 6:22 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by box at 6:22 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm still angry that Target discontinued their house brand of delicious seltzer in cans... the cucumber mint was refreshing but the ginger peach was my favorite thing, and now it is gone, and no other seltzer beverage will suffice.
posted by palomar at 6:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by palomar at 6:26 PM on June 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
Fuck this. La Croix used to be like $3 for a 12 pack before it got hip and gentrified. Now I can't afford to buy it on the regular anymore.
posted by Enemy of Joy at 6:33 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Enemy of Joy at 6:33 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Coconut La Croix is LIFE
posted by jason_steakums at 7:12 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by jason_steakums at 7:12 PM on June 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Target is pulling some increasingly bullshit game where they now sell lacroix in 6 packs for outlandish prices.
Only thing I would like more would be a polar orange cream soda water.
posted by Ferreous at 8:06 PM on June 17, 2016
Only thing I would like more would be a polar orange cream soda water.
posted by Ferreous at 8:06 PM on June 17, 2016
A friend in recovery swears by the stuff. I almost bought a carton of it the other day, but was recently gifted a SodaStream, so.
Anyways, I am STILL awaiting the promised return of Clearly Canadian.
posted by old_growler at 8:16 PM on June 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
Anyways, I am STILL awaiting the promised return of Clearly Canadian.
posted by old_growler at 8:16 PM on June 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
I seriously do not get the La Croix renaissance. My mom used to drink it in the '90s if she was in a "healthy" phase.
The stuff tastes disgusting.
posted by kyleg at 8:40 PM on June 17, 2016
The stuff tastes disgusting.
posted by kyleg at 8:40 PM on June 17, 2016
Fuck this. La Croix used to be like $3 for a 12 pack before it got hip and gentrified. Now I can't afford to buy it on the regular anymore.
Aldis has their house brand "La Vie" (grapefruit, berry, lime) which runs .59 per 1 liter bottle. I was buying it by the case, but I haven't seen it in a few weeks and I'm beginning to worry
posted by sourwookie at 9:05 PM on June 17, 2016
Aldis has their house brand "La Vie" (grapefruit, berry, lime) which runs .59 per 1 liter bottle. I was buying it by the case, but I haven't seen it in a few weeks and I'm beginning to worry
posted by sourwookie at 9:05 PM on June 17, 2016
Ferreous , will orange vanilla do it for you?
Fairway in NYC has been selling the main Polar flavors, but they're now on the skids.
Gristedes and Morton Williams have Polar on the shelves, but never the entire line.
A few years ago I was able to get the seasonal flavors in the Hudson Valley, but they weren't on the shelves this past May.
posted by brujita at 9:17 PM on June 17, 2016
Fairway in NYC has been selling the main Polar flavors, but they're now on the skids.
Gristedes and Morton Williams have Polar on the shelves, but never the entire line.
A few years ago I was able to get the seasonal flavors in the Hudson Valley, but they weren't on the shelves this past May.
posted by brujita at 9:17 PM on June 17, 2016
I like La Croix just fine (although you can pry my proper French pronunciation from my cold dead hands) but I just found out that they aren't making Metromint anymore and I've officially lost the will to live.
EVEN CHOCOLATE FLAVOR?? YOU BASTARDS
posted by town of cats at 9:59 PM on June 17, 2016
EVEN CHOCOLATE FLAVOR?? YOU BASTARDS
posted by town of cats at 9:59 PM on June 17, 2016
My place of work has sparkling, flavored water in cans. I love it, but now I wish it was La Croix.
My place of work has La Croix and it's about as goddamn dangerous as you might expect.
posted by Itaxpica at 10:48 PM on June 17, 2016
My place of work has La Croix and it's about as goddamn dangerous as you might expect.
posted by Itaxpica at 10:48 PM on June 17, 2016
I wish Trader Joe's had more flavored seltzer but all they have in the four-packs is plain, lemon, and a particularly acrid lime. Also wtf is with a four-pack of bottles, that's unnatural.
My loyalty is still to Polar Seltzer's cranberry-lime, incidentally, but that was in simpler times, he said, wistfully twisting a black and silver Claddagh ring
posted by en forme de poire at 1:44 AM on June 18, 2016
My loyalty is still to Polar Seltzer's cranberry-lime, incidentally, but that was in simpler times, he said, wistfully twisting a black and silver Claddagh ring
posted by en forme de poire at 1:44 AM on June 18, 2016
btw I remember being really charmed by Sweden's seemingly-ubiquitous flavored seltzer Ramlösa seven or eight years ago (I mostly saw the more pedestrian ones in person, but oh my god, rhubarb! Cactus! Elderflower!!!!).
Apparently there is a rival company that has I shit you not, mango panna cotta seltzer, which I am happy exists but am not actually particularly interested in trying, can Swedish mefites verify its existence or is this some kind of prank
posted by en forme de poire at 2:06 AM on June 18, 2016
Apparently there is a rival company that has I shit you not, mango panna cotta seltzer, which I am happy exists but am not actually particularly interested in trying, can Swedish mefites verify its existence or is this some kind of prank
posted by en forme de poire at 2:06 AM on June 18, 2016
also you guys this "lacroix over boys" article is not only hilariously gen-z but also has one of the best comments ever, I won't spoil it
posted by en forme de poire at 2:21 AM on June 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by en forme de poire at 2:21 AM on June 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
Our local home improvement store ran a sale where you could get 24 packs of La Croix in any flavor for $4. It was amazing. People were filling entire shopping carts, pallet loaders, and even at least one pickup truck.
I have a Soda Stream too but I can never seem to make the water taste as interesting as La Croix. Someone should start a seltzer recipes blog.
posted by miyabo at 6:56 AM on June 18, 2016
I have a Soda Stream too but I can never seem to make the water taste as interesting as La Croix. Someone should start a seltzer recipes blog.
posted by miyabo at 6:56 AM on June 18, 2016
en forme de poire: Loka mango pannacotta is a thing that exists, yeah. I haven't tried it myself though, but I've seen it in the wild (and on Instagram). Loka has done a few stunt flavors over the years (see here, for instance) and they're usually (actually) pretty good.
This thread has made me thirsty. I wonder if I can get hold of LaCroix in Sweden?
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:59 AM on June 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
This thread has made me thirsty. I wonder if I can get hold of LaCroix in Sweden?
posted by soundofsuburbia at 8:59 AM on June 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
so much going on in our world ... I do feel a little silly devoting time and energy to a fizzy drink.
Because sometimes the world is pretty much a fizzy drink
posted by Twang at 3:03 PM on June 18, 2016
Because sometimes the world is pretty much a fizzy drink
posted by Twang at 3:03 PM on June 18, 2016
I'm posting from Polar central and just have to say that their summer limited editions flavors go toe-to-toe with all the fancified LaCroix flavors without requiring you to know a foreign language like some sort of un-American!
posted by TwoStride at 4:59 PM on June 18, 2016
posted by TwoStride at 4:59 PM on June 18, 2016
Damn. I just checked Target's website and they carry a fairly complete line of Vintage and Polar---but not in the only location here for hundreds of miles. And--they don't ship to store.
posted by sourwookie at 5:04 PM on June 18, 2016
posted by sourwookie at 5:04 PM on June 18, 2016
Coconut LaCroix + sangria = delicious tropical sangria spritzer
posted by lurkElongtime at 6:50 PM on June 18, 2016
posted by lurkElongtime at 6:50 PM on June 18, 2016
Thanks to this thread I bought a six pack of Mure Pepino. It's... no grapefruit, but interesting! That said I was too impatient to let it get all the way down to fridge temp so it was merely cellar temperature. I'll re-evaluate it tomorrow.
posted by en forme de poire at 12:39 AM on June 19, 2016
posted by en forme de poire at 12:39 AM on June 19, 2016
I'm a transplant to New England and now I can't leave because of Polar. La Croix is good but the bubbles are too small or something.
I'm hoarding a bottle of the unicorn flavor Polar came out with for April Fools this year!
posted by apricot at 7:19 AM on June 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm hoarding a bottle of the unicorn flavor Polar came out with for April Fools this year!
posted by apricot at 7:19 AM on June 19, 2016 [1 favorite]
I just last week wrote a letter to the founder and CEO of Crystal Geyser requesting the return of 80s favorite colaberry. And in my letter I said, "don't let La Croix win the cool flavor war!" I hope that will do the trick.
posted by vespabelle at 8:22 PM on June 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by vespabelle at 8:22 PM on June 19, 2016 [2 favorites]
Cascade Ice has a line of unsweetened flavored seltzers which are way better than La Croix, and cost $1 for a 2-liter. Try the coconut!
posted by rabbitrabbit at 8:23 PM on June 19, 2016
posted by rabbitrabbit at 8:23 PM on June 19, 2016
next up: wormwood, galangal, sassafras, artichoke, clove, cinchona, sweet basil, lemon verbena, Zoloft
(this started out as a joke except I would legit drink all of these)
(just don't mix Zoloft with grapefruit)
posted by en forme de poire at 12:46 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
(this started out as a joke except I would legit drink all of these)
(just don't mix Zoloft with grapefruit)
posted by en forme de poire at 12:46 AM on June 20, 2016 [3 favorites]
MAKRUT LIME. NEROLI. JASMINE. PERSIMMON.
sorry I am drunk.
posted by en forme de poire at 12:47 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
sorry I am drunk.
posted by en forme de poire at 12:47 AM on June 20, 2016 [2 favorites]
vetiver seltzer camphor seltzer castoreum seltzer iso e super seltzer
posted by en forme de poire at 12:56 AM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by en forme de poire at 12:56 AM on June 20, 2016 [1 favorite]
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