Exotic/Disgusting Foods and Beverages Forum--French Soft Drinks

     Normally my local grocery at home (Shop-Rite) isn't a great place to find foreign foods or drinks.  But this time it came through.  I was able to get a couple of beverages from Geyer Freres, from their Lorina line.  Specifically, their sparkling coconut lime and sparkling pomegranate flavors.
     The Lorina website notes that the company was developed by Victor Geyer, starting back in 1895.  They have a short company video, too.  The site also mentions that they're a "well kept secret."  Hopefully for their sake this refers to the products' secret recipes, and not their overall sales.  Not sure if more than two people know the recipes, as is the case with the American Coca-Cola.  Additionally, Lorina makes various modern popular claims, such as their products lack gluten, artificial colors and flavors, and high fructose corn syrup.  (Their sweetener is "pure crystal" sugar derived from sugar beets.)  There's also an unusual item about their containers.  It's "more than a bottle, a decorative item."  It's suggested that consumers use the empties as vases, or as water carafes.  I think this refers to the glass, metal flip top-equipped ones that are evidently sold in France.  The two I bought were plastic, with twist off, plastic caps.  Clearly one could reuse these plastic bottles to hold your flowers or drinking water, but I don't think they'd have the same panache.  Finally, it appears that the local French Lorina flavors are slightly different from their export ones.  They list pink lemonade, blood orange, pomegranate blueberry, Authentic French lemonade, lemon, strawberry, and coconut lime.  Plus citrus lemonade and French berry in their "prestige" sub-line.
     But on to my impressions.  Both bottles were 1.15 liters (38.3 ounces).  The coconut lime one does not contain any actual fruit juice, but does boast its water is from Vosges sandstone.  The drink's color was a cloudy whitish.  It had a weird taste.  I could pick up on the coconut tinge, as well as a citrus-y one.  It was a little off-putting at first, but it kind of grew on me.  So my eventual opinion was that it was alright, but not great.
     The sparkling pomegranate cam in the same size bottle, and had a red color, of course.  This one did have a little juice--a whole 2%.  This drink was pretty good.  Nicely tart.  I liked this one better than the coconut lime.  It was a solid soft drink.
     Therefore, neither beverage was bad or anything.  I might get the pomegranate one again. To be fair, I'm more familiar with, and enjoy the pomegranate flavor more than coconut.