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They Took Away the One Thing Getting Me Through the Week

It wasn't my limes

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Rani Monson
Mar 17, 2026
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Spring in Mexico wants to break my sparkling water habit

Topo Chico is my adult beverage of choice. With or without vodka, it’s perfect. But always with lime — preferably two. That’s not negotiable. Out for dinner over the weekend, I heard something horrifying.

“We don’t have Topo Chico,” our waiter Carlos informed me in response to my Tito’s and Topo request.

“Sorry,” I asked, thinking I must have misunderstood.

What the Bubble Is Going On?

“Haven’t you heard? There is a shortage of Topo Chico. Aside from what’s already out there in stores, there is none to be found,” Carlos told me with empathy.

No I had not heard. His kind eyes told me he understood my panic.

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