A small lemonade cost me $3.89.
The look:This one looked very similar to other fast-food lemonades, with a light, yellow-green hue.
It was quite cloudy too, with no visible pulp.
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The taste:Eek!
This tasted like liquid sugar with some lemon juice squeezed in.
This was way too sugary and artificial tasting for me and I would not buy this one again.
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Thismedium-sized drink cost me $4.65.
The look:Translucent and more lime green in color than yellow.
I spotted some pieces of lemon pulp in the liquid, but not many.
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A medium-sized cup in New York City set me back $4.65.
The look:Much more pulpy than the diet version and the color can be best described as lemon-lime.
The taste:Very sweet and packed with lemon flavor.
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If I was a kid on a hot day, I would gobble this up.
Both options are labeled as organic.
When I visited, I was only offered the bottled version.
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The bottle cost me $3.45.
The look:Very pale yellow and translucent.
The taste:Very lemony, but with zero tartness.
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It wasn’t too sweet, which I appreciated, but it didn’t taste fresh, either.
All in all, it was fine, but nothing special.
Besides its classic lemonade, the chain also sells strawberry- and peach-flavored lemonades.
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A regular-sized cup of the classic version cost me $2.89.
The look:A very pale, translucent yellow.
The taste:Reminiscent of a store-bought lemonade.
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It doesn’t taste freshly squeezed or overly sweet.
Like the chain’s other medium beverage options, this one clocks in at $4.65.
The taste:Easily drinkable.
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Even so, there were a few other options that I liked even more.
Panera Agave Lemonade
Panera describes itslemonadeas “crisp.”
The drink is made with lemon juice, sugar, agave nectar, and water.
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In addition to the classic flavor, Panera Bread also recently came out with a blueberry-lavender lemonade.
The taste:Like a classic store-bought lemonade.
It wasn’t overtly sweet and had a slightly acidic quality due to the lemon.
It doesn’t taste fresh-squeezed, but it definitely does the job.
It’s very drinkable, but still not the most memorable in this survey.
A small size of the classic lemonade cost me $4.29.
The look:Very pale in color and very cloudy, too.
The taste:This was a really pleasant, not-too-sweet lemonade.
I really enjoyed this one, but it was still not my absolute favorite.
Sonic All Natural Lemonade
Sonic is perhaps best known for its limeades.
But it also serves anall-natural lemonade.
This lemonade cost me $2.99.
The look:A pleasant pale yellow with lots of crushed ice on top and no visible pulp.
The taste:Very sweet and tartin a good way.
The flavor was really good and the acidity made me pucker like a natural lemonade should.
It is certainly sweet but the sourness helped to balance it out.
