Is “ranch water” a thing outside of Texas (and California)?

[Anonymous]

We love them. Heard about them and tried them.

[Anonymous]

We are in Colorado and it is everywhere!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of it (in California)

Same, until I saw it in the New York Times.

Article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/27/dining/drinks/regional-cocktails-lunchbox-brandy-old-fashioned.html

Recipe:
Ingredients
Yield:1 serving
2 ounces blanco tequila
1 ounce fresh lime juice, plus a lime wedge for serving
Carbonated mineral water, such as Topo Chico, as needed

Preparation
Step 1: Fill a highball glass with ice. Add the tequila and the lime juice, then top it off with Topo Chico. Gently stir to mix. Serve with a lime wedge. Keep topping off with Topo Chico to dilute to your liking and extend the life of the drink.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024842-ranch-water

[Anonymous]

I tried ordering one at a popular Texmex restaurant in an upscale suburb and they had zero idea what I was talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in Colorado and it is everywhere!

+1. I’ve mostly seen them in TX and CO.

[Anonymous]

This is my first time hearing about "ranch water" but I've been making Spindrift vodkas for a while now and that seems like a better, cheaper version of Ranch Water.

[Anonymous]

My husband loves ranch water. He orders it all the time. No one ever knows what it is. I tell him to just order vodka soda with lime like a normal person but he insists on ordering ranch water and then having to explain it.

[Anonymous]

The term ranch water is a new thing.

[Anonymous]

what’s so special about Topo Chico vs any other sparkling water for this drink?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They sell it in a can now

Yup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what’s so special about Topo Chico vs any other sparkling water for this drink?

Topo is bottled in Mexico? Perrier and S Pelle are Euro.

Easier to find the small glass bottles of Topo as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a tequila soda with lime. I think it only became a thing when people became obsessed with Topo Chico.

I have a friend who grew up in Texas, moved here over 20y ago and has always called it Ranch Water.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The term ranch water is a new thing.

Uh no. This has been a drink for years. But par for the course on DCUM to discover a thing that has existed for years and they think it’s new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:what’s so special about Topo Chico vs any other sparkling water for this drink?

It’s a mineral water. Not carbonated water like LaCroix etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The term ranch water is a new thing.

Uh no. This has been a drink for years. But par for the course on DCUM to discover a thing that has existed for years and they think it’s new.

Don’t be cranky