Schweppes - the Original Mojito
not a standout, but a positive experience
we have a guest on this one - the awesome people at Catered Experiences have put their two cents in for this review. we appreciate their patronage and hope for future collaborations.
soft drink pioneer, creator of one of the most recognisable brands of tonic water, and object of personal affection - Schweppes is simply put one of my favourite brands of drinks. their catalog has never quite stopped surprising me and I still find myself browsing Schweppes products in unlikely locations: gas stations, corner stores, tiny supermarkets. i always find something new and it’s never a bad experience. mediocre at times, certainly, but never bad.
taste profile: the smell is marked by subtle tones of lime, followed by a strong waft of mint. the lime is not soapy at all and instead comes across as refreshing. our guests today have detected a hint of something sweet in the aroma - grapes, perhaps? the mint is also convincing, not unlike the sort i grow in my balcony. whenever i spray the bush with water, a very similar smell takes over the entire chamber. in terms of taste, Schweppes’ mocktail starts off sweet, perhaps a bit too much for a mojito-like concoction. i can still make out the lime, but the flavour profile subverts my expectations completely - the brown sugar may have been replaced by a different flavour and therein lies the grape. the mint rounds off the experience nicely - compounded with the mild to medium fizziness, it makes for a strong, refreshing ending, with little of that sticky aftertaste, typical to so many cocktails. our guests have characterised it simply as a lighter mojito, but the aftertaste is where things appear to have gotten a little more complicated: according to them, what this mocktail leaves behind is a flavour reminiscent of cucumbers, left to sit in sugar.
rating: 7/10; by no means a lacklustre experience, but it fails to stand out. a bit like a mocktail you would whip together at home, having inquisitively opened the fridge to a limited palette of ingredients, on a hot summer sunday. our guest contributors would have preferred for it to be more sour and likely fizzier: straight out of the can, it feels a little flat.
background: Schweppes debuted in 1783. damn.
