Dua Lipa is giving Diet Coke a bold twist. While in Austin for the Austin City Limits Music Festival on October 5, the pop star made a unique soda creation at a local restaurant, which she shared in a TikTok video.
Lipa poured Diet Coke into a cup and added pickle juice, whole pickles, and jalapeño juice. “Everyone is staring at me,” she said as she mixed in the ingredients. “The lady in the back is like, ‘What the hell is she doing?’”
After taking a sip, Lipa passed the drink around to her friends, who had mixed reactions. “It’s randomly not bad,” one friend said, while another found it “really pickle-y.” A third grimaced after tasting it, but Lipa seemed satisfied with her concoction.
The trend of “dirty sodas”—soda mixed with syrups and creamers—has grown in popularity, especially since The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. These drinks became popular in Utah in the 2010s, partly due to the Mormon community’s avoidance of alcohol.
In March, Coffee Mate and Dr. Pepper launched a coconut lime creamer designed for dirty sodas. More recently, influencers have tried mixing soda with protein shakes, with Meredith Hayden of Wishbone Kitchen calling it “phenomenal.”
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