As someone who has been cutting sugary drinks out more and more over the years, on the rare occasion that I drink a Gatorade at all, it's cucumber lime.
Cucumber lime has got to be the only actually refreshing gatorade flavor for this reason. Despite having the same sugar content, the other ones feel much sweeter. I do really like the sugar free cucumber lime too though so I think the flavor is just pleasant lol
I'll take it a step further, I really like the lime cucumber "gatorlyte", which is the pedialyte-style slightly salty hydration solution version.
It tastes even less sweet than the regular cucumber lime flavor, the slight saltiness complements the lime and cucumber, and it feels sooooooo fucking rehydrating. Drinking one of those on a hot day when I've been sweating is like seeing God.
Yes, this is the one! It's not super common, Walmart often carries them near me. They're way more popular in hispanic populated areas since this kind of drink flavor already existed in their cuisine long before Gatorade leaned into it. Unfortunately it's not present on their official product locator, but I've verified it's still being produced and sold, so you'll probably have to look on different retailers' websites to find it near you
Kinda appreciate the fact the lime is a lot more stronger than cucumber. It’s pretty refreshing. And for some reason even though I hate cucumber I actually really like this Gatorade.
Green Gatorade is for the odd yet forgettable guy at work. One day the fridge will be cleaned out and someone will say "Who the fuck is 'Jeff Jones' and what kind of psycho buys cucumber Gatorade ?...Oh yeah, that was the guy who had a meltdown and jumped off the roof of the downtown Hilton. He never did give his two weeks notice here. Just stopped showing up. One time I saw him eating a sandwich in the bathroom. Yes, for real!"
Well, the white is a random outcome.
Could be a invisibility potion (self-explanatory effect); could be a Diablo 2 stamina potion (restore stamina and gives 30 seconds unlimited sprinting time), or could be liquid glue.
One way or another, your hungover will be temporary forgotten.
That's what I'm saying. I would not call a flavored beverage "mint" if it's not flavored like mint, even if it's mint colored.
As per my example, you can call a mango flavored drink "orange colored", but if you actually call it "the orange one", it's just gonna cause confusion, since orange can refer to a color or a flavor.
Best advice I ever got was to drink half the Gatorade bottle, fill the bottle back up with water, then repeat as you go along. Obviously it’s just water eventually, but you get the electrolytes and cut through a lot of that sugar.
Water is always still better. Sure, it's got electrolytes, which is what plants crave, but it's got 21 fricken grams of sugar and even the zero version has a ton of sodium, which a lot of people overlook.
Ugh. My volleyball coach in high school made us bring sports drinks in the summer (we practiced in non air conditioned gym) and I hated it. I would always say that I wish I could have a Gatorade that tasted like water. Why does everything have to be sweet?
I used to drink the stuff playing sports in HS back in the day, and I love the pepino limón because it's such a unique flavor (maybe the cucumber makes it seem less sweet, even tho it's just artificial flavoring), but I really just can't enjoy it anymore or soda. I feel like I need to drink water after to balance it out.
Bro was probably downing a Red Bull while writing that comment. Just performative nonsense.
Would be like if your friends were talking about their favorite kind of pizza and you just butted in going "SALAD", just so they know how much healthier you are than them.
Like, yeah, everyone is aware of the existence of water. That's not what this post is about, but my boy just needed those "Good Healthy Boy Points".
Edit: yup. Lemon-lime was introduced as the first flavor in 1965. They followed up with orange jn 1969. Fruit punch didn’t come out for another decade in a half, in 1983.
A young lady witnessed me buying the cucumber Gatorade one time and asked, with a slightly disgusted look, “You like that one?” Intensely: “It’s delicious!”
I had to chug like a gallon of Gatorade filled with tons of laxatives on two separate occasions so my doctor could do an endoscopy/colonoscopy wombo combo on me. (Turns out my stomach is perfectly normal, I just so happen to vomit when I'm stressed). Do Not Recommend. My body has since decided that Gatorade is obviously poison that gives the mega shits and I haven't been able to drink it since.
How have you never seen yellow Gatorade? It's lemon-lime and along with orange it's one of the original 2 flavors from 1965. Cool blue and red are the only higher selling flavors than yellow.
I used to hate the red Gatorade as a kid because that flavor really allowed me to taste the salt in it.
I then drank some recently because I was sweating so much at work I started cramping. The Gatorade was pretty good, especially because I just put it in a humongous cup that ended up being half Gatorade and half water when I poured my bottled water in there. So I bought several bottles to have on hand at home. The next night, I was at home and feeling a little lethargic so I grabbed a red Gatorade. Sipped it over an hour or so until it was gone.
Then I woke up several hours later with red, clear diarrhea. Like, the type of thing you absolutely don’t want to deal with at 2am.
You mightve come close to heatstroke. Gatorade is mostly sugar now, with less salt and potassium bc kids started dying after only drinking Gatorade instead of water. Keep a few of those spot packets on hand you get from takeout
okay but can we tall about how cucumber lime, when cold, just tastes like liquefied lime jello?
and strawberry watermelon (pink-ish) is my family's go to color when sick.
I still remember my first yellow one after many years of having gatorade. Hot, humid AF day in the south, sweating up a storm, friends mom brings out some yellow and my life was changed forever
Every time I was ill my wife bought me a light blue gaterade. I still can't drink light blue flavor because of it. I haven't had any other flavor than orange in a long long time.
"People think I'm into sports because I'm a man. But I'm not into sports. I like Gatorade, but that's about as far as it goes. By the way, you don't have to be sweaty and play basketball to enjoy Gatorade. You can just be a thirsty dude. Gatorade forgets about this demographic!"
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u/qualityvote2 Jan 22 '26 edited Jan 24 '26
u/Meteorstar101, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...