On the subject of cracking open a fizzy, (hopefully) refreshing, nonalcoholic beverage, I typically discover myself in considerably of a grey space. I didn’t develop up ingesting soda and discover most of them too cloying to get past a couple of sips. Likewise, the invisible “pure flavors” of the seltzer growth by no means fairly landed for me. So when Bawi Glowing Agua Fresca crossed my radar, my curiosity was piqued. Glowing water, fruit juice, and a touch of (actual) sugar? Now we’re speaking.
Created in Austin by faculty pals Victor Guardiola and Jordan Hicks, the Bawi Glowing Agua Fresca is an up to date homage to the agua frescas that Guardiola was nostalgic for from his childhood in Monterrey, Mexico. The pair experimented with a wide range of juice combos, in the end touchdown on a trio of flavors—El Limón, La Maracuyá (ardour fruit), and La Piña. The lime and fervour fruit every get dosed with simply sufficient cane sugar to convey the bitter fruits into stability, whereas the pineapple, being candy sufficient already, is tarted up with a touch of lime. Whereas I’m usually a sucker for something ardour fruit, my fave of the trio was La Piña—fizzy, fruit-forward, and decidedly refreshing. $39.99/12-pack, drinkbawi.com
