Haha long story short, I was in the middle of one of the *stan countries driving through and we bought a 12 pack of 2 litre bottles that we didn’t realise was sparkling. Making cheap packet pasta, coffee and brushing your teeth with sparkling water is not fun!

Totally agree. Since they have a super tax here all the drinks have gone either fully diet or reduced sugar and added sweeteners to it.
I can’t stand it. Coke is basically the only hold out left and the full sugar version is getting less and less prominent in supermarkets.