Off Topic: Cheapest Beverage

"Dusty Ventures" (dustyventures)
11/16/2014 at 20:47 • Filed to: None

An idle discussion with family last night resulted in an interesting theory: At just a dollar for a 24 oz can and less than three dollars for a gallon jug, Arizona teas are, by volume, the cheapest name brand beverage on the market, including bottled water. Are we forgetting something? Or is Arizona Sweet Tea genuinely the best beverage deal out there?

DISCUSSION (49)

scoob > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:49

I love Arizona, but I don't want to get me some diabeetus!

jkm7680 > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:49

It's a lot of drink for not that much money, I'd say it's a pretty good value.

promoted by the color red > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:51

It's really good tea-flavored sugar water. Try the bottled Pina Colada if you can.

As for beer, Whole Foods has a $3 six pack. It's cheap beer, so don't expect anything good.

dogisbadob > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:51

Soda frequently goes on sale for $1/2L bottle, and Coke has the 1.25L bottles for $1 regular price

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:51

Kinja'd!!!

Dusty Ventures > dogisbadob
11/16/2014 at 20:53

I'm only factoring in regular prices, not sale prices. During sales the Arizona tea can be had for 50¢ per can. Also I've never seen Coke that cheap. Clearly I'm going to the wrong store

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:54

1 liter brisk is $1.00 all the time

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PRBot II > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:54

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I've heard their trick is putting the price right on the can, so retailers can't mark it up.

Also, I love how those gallon jugs are filled right up to the rim. It's like they care about the consumer or something!

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:55

at the local walmart, mountian dew is always 98 cents for a 1.5 liter bottle.

GhostZ > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:56

Kinja'd!!!

Tap water, with your own filter. Bring your own refillable bottle if you need something portable.

Seriously, I can't understand why people will spend so much money on sugary drinks that aren't alcohol. It's expensive and generally bad for you.

Plus, arizona tea tastes like shit. That's right. I said it.

Dusty Ventures > PRBot II
11/16/2014 at 20:56

I heard the same about the can and if it really is true then I love them. Also, having just cracked open one of those gallon jugs, I agree. Arizona knows how to do it right.

dogisbadob > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:57

Your local supermarket should have it, Walmart, Walgreens, etc.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > dogisbadob
11/16/2014 at 20:57

HAH, our local walmart has always has mountain dew 98 cents for 1.5 liters

Dusty Ventures > GhostZ
11/16/2014 at 20:58

Seeing as the last time I had alcohol was the podium champagne at Tall Pines 2013 I'm probably the wrong person to ask

GhostZ > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:59

1.25l is 42oz. That's like a large McDonalds size drink, so that's not TOO extreme.

Dusty Ventures > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
11/16/2014 at 20:59

I didn't even know Mountain Dew had a 1.5 liter bottle. Seems like a rather odd size.

GhostZ > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 20:59

Still, water man. Your body needs water, so drink that shit!

banjo cat ghost of oppo past > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:01

Kinja'd!!!

I want this to be a racing livery so bad. Velvety smooth yet full flavored, local, and $1.19 at every gas station.

Wait non alcoholic or..I drink way to much arizona, not just because you can buy a gallon of their "Stress" tea for like $3 so I switched to Peace tea, which is the same thing but .30 more. Snowberry is where its at.

crowmolly > PRBot II
11/16/2014 at 21:01

Kinja'd!!!

Dear Arizona,

We did this out of spite.

Love,

Christmas Tree Shops

Dusty Ventures > crowmolly
11/16/2014 at 21:04

CVS had a 2-for-$1 sale last week. I like having a can at work, so I bought eight.

Dusty Ventures > GhostZ
11/16/2014 at 21:04

Tea is just flavored water ;)

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:05

walmarts the only place I've seen the 1.5 liter size

what was funny was the other day i was in walmart, and they had different sizes of mountain dew on one of their stands out in the middle of the aisles, and they had 20 oz bottles for like $1.59, and then right below it, they had the 1.5 liter bottles for $0.98, I bought the 1.5 liter bottle

yamahog > GhostZ
11/16/2014 at 21:05

I grew up only drinking water or 100% juice, no sugar added, because my mom refused to buy soda (ironically enough, she was a smoker at the time) and I never got hooked on it. I still drink only water so I'm with you most of the way there. Living in the midwest, I have no idea how people can be downing two-liters like they'll never see one again.

BUT OMFG HAVE YOU NOT HAD SWEET TEA WITH BOURBON OR VODKA AND/OR LEMONADE IT IS FANTASTIC GO TRY SOME

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:05

I regularly see 48 packs of bottled water, 500 ml each for $5. That's 1.2 cents an ounce.

dogisbadob > crowmolly
11/16/2014 at 21:06

Christmas Tree Shops is awesome!

Dusty Ventures > BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
11/16/2014 at 21:06

Name brand bottled water or local label?

Jayhawk Jake > GhostZ
11/16/2014 at 21:06

I never thought I'd see that reference on Oppo...

BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest. > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:08

Real Canadian. Here it's a brand name.

this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
11/16/2014 at 21:10

Kinja'd!!!

Axel-Ripper > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:14

Generally store brand 2L of soft drinks are the best value I've seen. Last I checked you could get bottles of Dr. Thunder for like sub-$0.80.

Dusty Ventures > Axel-Ripper
11/16/2014 at 21:19

That's why I made sure I specified name brand. We had some Valu Time orange soda last year that was just $1 for 3 liters. Having had it I can now tell you I wouldn't buy it again if they were giving me the dollar.

Axel-Ripper > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:21

Yeah some of them are decent (like aforementioned Dr. Thunder). Faygo in MI was also like $0.90/2L

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:21

At my place of work, a bottle of Coke is $1.69, and a bottle of Dasani water is $1.79. Dasani is owned by Coca-cola, which means that the coke is cheaper than the exact same water used to make it.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dusty Ventures
11/16/2014 at 21:27

The ultimate best deal for a cheap drink is... tap water.

:-)

GhostZ > Jayhawk Jake
11/17/2014 at 06:11

MY REFERENCES ARE OUT OF CONTROL!

GhostZ > yamahog
11/17/2014 at 06:37

I'd rather drink the bourbon straight and put the vodka into a cocktail. I'm one of the weird people who likes alcohol for the alcohol.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > yamahog
11/17/2014 at 06:57

My parents were the same way. I drink soda, but Im not hooked on it. I only drink it every once in while. not growing up with it has allowed me to be able to not crave it

George McNally > Dusty Ventures
11/17/2014 at 19:56

This costs 2 bucks and makes 3 gallons of delicious grape flavored drink.

Kinja'd!!!

If you wanna get fancy, just add some Everclear and it will knock you straight back on your ass.

Dusty Ventures > George McNally
11/17/2014 at 20:19

Powdered mixes violate the spirit of the discussion, and the one in your picture isn't name brand, which violates the word as well ;) Also Dukey beat you to it.

George McNally > Dusty Ventures
11/17/2014 at 21:16

Oops. :-)

It's pretty much the only thing I buy at Wally World.