Off-topic post on the world's greatest beverage | Michael Tomasky

I've been meaning for some time to look into the story of the world's greatest soft beverage, the Aloe Vera King drink. Do you know it? It's a natural, organic, not-too-sweet aloe beverage, brimming with natural fruit pulp, that comes in a green (original flavor) plastic bottle of 16 oz. in the US that sells for about $2.

It is heaven, kids. Beverages always have their ups and downs - sometimes Diet Coke tastes good, sometimes it tastes like mercury. Fresca is often my beverage of choice. I...