With Joia Soda, the craft cocktail movement has slipped into the G-rated soft drinks aisle. The brainchild of Dan Oskey, the mixmaster behind the bar at the Strip Club, each bottle of fizzy, color-soaked soda is miles away from Coca-Colaland, brimming with such taste-bud-tickling combinations as ginger-apricot-allspice or orange-jasmine-nutmeg. Made with all-natural ingredients, they're refreshing on their own, but it should come as no surprise, given their origin, that they also do double duty as highly distinctive cocktail mixers. joialife.com
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