COMPARATIVE LIT ESSAY:
Today is Memorial Day and the unofficial start of a much-needed summer, and I thought what says summer more than garden-party drinks like sangria and pink lemonade? So, I tried these two hoping one could serve as my new summer go to; my unofficial summer-time drink of choice.
While Easy Squeezy is more inviting at first glance with the most glass appeal, neither had an aroma that really enticed me as the Easy Squeezy was really tart and when you smell the Sangria you are not sure what you are in for as there are a lot of fruits competing with each other. When it comes to taste and mouthfeel the Easy Squeezy was really acidic and dry and the lemon definitely drowned out both the berry and cider flavors. The Sangria was obviously more filtered, but it did have a better mouthfeel and was more refreshing. But again, the flavor profile was confused as all the fruits never really came together to make a unified whole.
The Sangria is fairly good, and the 2 Towns is okay, but neither left me completely satisfied. In fact, what I have learned is that imitations can be bad and maybe sometimes you shouldn’t mess with the real thing. As much as I love cider, I think I would rather have an actual lemonade (and to a lesser degree a sangria) on a hot summer day. But the slight nod in this case goes to Portland Cider Company.