{"id":6872,"date":"2020-08-12T13:53:21","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T13:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/durban\/?p=6872"},"modified":"2020-09-02T20:41:05","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:41:05","slug":"enjoying-gin-pura-soda-live-a-little-pura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/durban\/enjoying-gin-pura-soda-live-a-little-pura\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoying Gin &#038; PURA Soda &#8211; Live a little PURA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tasting greatness!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Trailblazer PURA Soda is the better-for-you soda that&#8217;s making local and international waves.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>With a philosophy that everyone should try to\u00a0<em>live a little Pura<\/em>, they believe that if you are in a position to make a difference, then you should. No grand gestures, just small things that all people can do every day to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n<p>With roots in Cape Town, PURA Soda has cemented its position as a global brand, exporting to 13 countries including the US, UAE an the UK. In 2019, they won kudos at the Aurora Internaional Taste Challenge, thrilling expert tasters and being named the\u00a0<em>Best Tasting Non-alcoholic Beverage.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Offering seven pioneering new flavours, this bold soda delivers big on taste and refreshment without the bad stuff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>With just a sprinkle of sugar, all-natural flavours and zero colourants, everyone can <em>little a little PURA<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Living a little PURA with Gin &amp; Soda<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Did you know that tonic water has\u00a033 grams of carbs and 32 grams of sugar per serving? If you are looking at your waist line or getting that beach body ready for summer, you might want to skip on your favourite G&amp;T but rather enjoy a Gin &amp; Soda with PURA instead.<\/p>\n<p>We still found a bottle of gin hiding in the spare room a few weekends ago and decided to give a celebration of Gin &amp; PURA Soda a try. Slicing up our favourite botanicals we opened up cans of cranberry, cucumber &amp; lime and seville orange PURA sodas. Add a little gin into the mix and the drinks where ready to be served. You do miss the tonic flavour at first, but after a few sips, these drinks were just as refreshing to enjoy on a beautiful day in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/cape-town-specials\/\">Cape Town<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>With the warmer weather around the corner (and the alcohol ban hopefully lifted soon), this may be our new favourite drink come summer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-84454\" src=\"http:\/\/www.food-blog.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_9701.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1150\" height=\"767\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tasting greatness! Trailblazer PURA Soda is the better-for-you soda that&#8217;s making local and international waves. With a philosophy that everyone should try to\u00a0live a little Pura, they believe that if you are in a position to make a difference, then you should. 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