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Last time: Picky Apple, Lemon, Mānuka Honey & Ginger, this time: Picky Hydrate Berry.

250mL can, found at Woolworths in Wellington - I haven’t seen it back home. This must be the same Picky that does the juices and the smoothies, which I’ve had plenty of times, and rated recently (the Apple and Pear is surprisingly hard to find).

It’s soda water with a little bit of fruit taste (from actual fruit) and some electrolytes. The problem is the balance: it tastes far too much of the soda water. I do like a flavoured water, but only a still one, and I do like a fruit-flavoured soft drink, but with a lot more flavour than this - and, if I’m honest, probably a lot more sugar too. This lands in the gap between the two things I actually want.

Interesting, and worth trying, but not one I’d reach for again. 5.4/10.