Sodas Tier List

Soda is a product you finish, which makes the last sip the honest test. Twelve drinks, unranked, judged on how they hold up, whether they mix, and how much sugar you are willing to defend. Every entry starts in Unranked — drag or tap a tile to fill S through F, rename any row, then export the finished board as a PNG.

first sip vs last siphow well it mixessugar or not

12 items pre-filled Food template Nothing pre-ranked No sign-up

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Unranked (12)

Coca-Cola

Pepsi

Sprite

Dr Pepper

Mountain Dew

Fanta

7Up

Ginger Ale

Root Beer

Cream Soda

Tonic Water

Sparkling Water

How this board is built: the 12 tiles are an editorial starting set, not an official roster and not a published ranking — every entry waits in Unranked until you place it. Item tiles are original pictograms or two-letter emblems drawn for this site rather than character artwork, film stills or club logos, so nothing here is licensed material reused from a rights holder. Tiers you set are your own judgement.

What's included in this Sodas board

The board arrives with all 12 entries present as tiles and none of them assigned to a tier. That is deliberate: a template that opens with a finished ranking only invites you to agree or disagree with whoever made it, whereas an empty ladder makes you commit to an ordering of your own. Drag a tile onto a row, or on a phone tap the tile and then the tier you want. You can add rows for extra categories, rename the standard ones, and remove any entry you do not recognise — a list you can defend is more useful than a long one you cannot.

How to rank this Sodas board

Rank the first-sip to last-sip curve first. Almost every soda is good cold and ahead of you; the good ones stay good at the bottom of the can. Then weigh mixability — some of these are better as a component than as a drink, and that is a legitimate reason to rank them. Third, judge the sugar problem. Sweetness fades fast and the aftertaste does not, so drinks with a bitter or acidic counterweight tend to score better than pure sugar. Finish by separating diet versions. They taste different enough to be separate entries, and lumping them in produces an argument about nothing.

Using the board without over-thinking it

Most people finish a board like this in a couple of minutes and then reorder the middle rows for another ten. That middle is where the honest disagreement lives, so do not rush it: place the obvious top three and the obvious bottom three first, then work inward. If two entries still feel identical, that is a real observation — say so in a row note or a text tile rather than inventing a difference. When the ordering settles, export the PNG so the arrangement is saved somewhere permanent, and copy the share link if you want someone else to argue with it.

Ranking criteria used here

first sip vs last sip
how well it mixes
sugar or not

Before you share it

Put your criterion in the board title, so a reader knows whether they are looking at a favourites list or an analytical one. If the subject changes with patches, seasons or releases, add the date. And remember the share link carries tier names, colours and the tile order — uploaded photos stay on your device, so export a PNG when those matter.