[delackner]

C: Ice Mint Rooibos Tea, lemon water, lime water, green tea, sparkling water with a dash of lime (not "lime flavored bottled water, which usually contains sweeteners). If none of those satisfy your tongue, you might look into diet adjustments to re-calibrate your flavor response.

[sergiosgc]

I can recalibrate my taste buds in all manner of ways, and sparkling water with a dash of lime will never even be in the same satisfaction category as an ice cold Coke Zero in a sunny day.

Had you mentioned a good lager, you'd have a contender, but there's another slew of health issues there.

In the end, living is slowly killing me. Let's just focus on the slow part and not fret about small risks.