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00:00Hi, I'm Holly Alden, a food and drink writer for National World.
00:03Today, I'm going to be taste testing Dua Lipa's Diet Coke Cocktail,
00:08which has got everybody talking.
00:10What it consists of is Diet Coke...
00:17..pickle juice...
00:21..and jalapeno juice.
00:24Dua Lipa took to social media to share her putting together this drink
00:28and having a taste and saying how absolutely delicious it was.
00:32However, a lot of people can't get their heads around the fact
00:35that this could actually be nice.
00:37So, here I am today, I'm going to taste test it for you
00:40and give my opinion on the drink.
00:42Now, I will say I'm a little bit of a weird eater.
00:44I like to eat things that other people would see as gross,
00:47such as olives, oysters and plenty of other things.
00:52So, I was wondering if this actually would be something I would enjoy
00:56or whether I, too, will think it is absolutely disgusting.
00:59I think, for me, what I'm most apprehensive about
01:02is the jalapeno juice.
01:03I don't like jalapenos.
01:04I am a big fan of spicy food,
01:06but jalapenos are a bit too much spice for me.
01:09I think the Diet Coke and the pickles together
01:12will be an acquired taste.
01:14However, I don't think it'll be too bad.
01:16But the addition of the jalapeno juice, for me,
01:17I think will be the thing that makes me dislike this drink.
01:21Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has also taste tested this drink
01:25and in the funny social media video that he posted,
01:27he actually spat the drink out instantly
01:30because it was that disgusting.
01:33I, however, really don't want to make my kitchen dirty,
01:35so I will not be spitting the drink out if I don't like it.
01:38But I, of course, will give you my honest opinion on what I think.
01:41So, I've laid out all of the ingredients of this cocktail in front of me
01:46and I'm going to mix it all together and give you my opinion.
01:49So, first of all, I've started off with a glass filled with ice.
01:53In Giulipe's video, she had ice in this drink
01:56and I also think it will help to dilute the flavour slightly,
01:58so I've added that in and pre-prepared it.
02:01I've just purchased a can of Diet Coke.
02:03I'm not actually a Diet Coke drinker either,
02:05so this won't help the situation.
02:08But it's what she used, so it's what I will also use for my cocktail.
02:11And I'm just going to pour that in now.
02:13I've poured the Diet Coke a little over halfway into the glass
02:16as I do think you need to have more of that
02:18than any of the other ingredients.
02:20Next, I'm going to go in with the pickle juice.
02:22I'm going to pour this directly from the jar,
02:25as I am going to do with the jalapenos.
02:27So, I hope I don't actually get any in.
02:29Although, having said that in Giulipe's video,
02:31she did have pickles scattered around the top,
02:33but because hers were sliced circular and mine aren't,
02:37I don't think it'll be as easy to do that.
02:38So, I'm going to skip that step and just pour the juice in.
02:42I'm going in with the jalapeno juice and I'm so nervous about this.
02:45I think it's going to absolutely blow my mouth off with spice.
02:49But let's see how we go.
02:51And just to make sure it isn't all sitting on the top,
02:54all the spiciness and the flavour of the pickles,
02:57I'm going to add in a little bit more Diet Coke,
03:00just to kind of sandwich it all together.
03:03So, now I'm going to taste test Giulipe's Diet Pepsi cocktail,
03:08which has pickle juice and jalapeno juice included.
03:12I'm really nervous. Here goes nothing.
03:18That's weird.
03:20It doesn't really taste of anything, actually.
03:23Although I can taste the juices, the pickles and the jalapenos,
03:28it's nowhere near as strong as I thought.
03:30Maybe I put too much Diet Coke in.
03:32I will say, though, although I'm not a fan of Diet Coke,
03:34it actually does taste a little bit nicer with this in.
03:38I think I'm going to go in and add some more,
03:39just in case I haven't put enough in.
03:42So, no more Diet Coke,
03:44but let's go right in with some more pickle juice.
03:48The smell, though, isn't great.
03:51And more jalapeno juice.
03:54Right, I definitely poured in a larger quantity that time,
03:57so let's go in for a second taste.
04:05It tastes like nothing.
04:07It really doesn't bother me.
04:09I can taste a slight kick of spiciness,
04:13but it's actually a lot blander than I was expecting.
04:17That is so strange.
04:19I was expecting to either absolutely hate it
04:22or absolutely love it.
04:23One more taste.
04:28Yeah.
04:31Conclusion.
04:33I won't be drinking it again.
04:35And the smell of all of it mixed together is disgusting.
04:38But the taste really isn't bad.
04:42I don't know if I have really weak taste buds,
04:45and that's why I like such strong, salty things
04:47to eat and drink.
04:50Or if Gordon Ramsay was being a very big drama queen
04:53when he spat his across the room.
04:54Because that, to me,
04:57is more overpowered by the Diet Coke than anything else.
05:00And even when I added more in
05:01and I could taste a little bit of a stronger hint,
05:04it's still really bland, which is such a shock.
05:07I definitely encourage you all
05:09to try this for yourselves at home.
05:10It was really easy and cheap to pick up the ingredients
05:13and make the cocktail.
05:15So yeah, let me know what you guys think of the cocktail.
05:17But for me personally, I'm really underwhelmed.