Feeling fruity ?

Are you a ‘Raspberry Romantic’ ? or a ‘Grapefruit Lovegod’ ? Take a look at what you drink says about you as a person.

TOWN LADS AND LASSES ARE FEELING FRUITIER THAN EVER!

New survey reveals the City’s out for fun in the sun now it’s hot! hot! hot!

If you’re looking for a holiday romance this summer, chances are you might have more luck back in the clubs and beer gardens of Leeds than in the Costa del Sol or Ibiza, according to a new poll by H2 Fruit Flavoured Spring Waters, the funky new drinks brand from Macaw Soft Drinks.

But forget cheesy chat-up lines and small talk, if you want to know whether you will hit it off with the cute stranger you’ve spotted at the bar, checking out the drink they’re seductively sipping from, could uncover vital clues about their personality according to H2’s research.

With more than four out of five people in Leeds (84 per cent) describing themselves as feeling ‘passionate’ this summer and more than half (58 per cent) claiming to be impulsive party animals, according to the survey’s findings, H2 enlisted the help of behavioural psychologist Donna Dawson, to get to the heart of the matter.

Analysis of the poll of more than 1,000 men and women reveals our tastebuds can say a lot about us - our flirting foibles and pulling preferences.

What they’re drinking should get you thinking

Lemon & Lime Living It Up
You’re in for a raucous time if the apple of your eye orders a white wine and lemonade or perhaps lager with a lime shot. H2’s survey found six out of ten (62 per cent) of those who like Lemon & Lime are major party animals with an ‘up for anything’ attitude. They are the most likely to want a partner who can make them laugh (91 per cent) and are passionate to the extreme, both in love and arguments (79 per cent).

Famous Lemon & Lime personalities include glamour girl raver JORDAN.

Raspberry Romantic
If they go for a fruits of the forest cocktail of raspberry or cranberry, they’re likely to be cool, calm and collected, with never so much as a hair out of place (25 per cent). They’re also very loyal (82 per cent) and hopelessly romantic (76 per cent).

Aussie songbird KYLIE could be a classic romantic ‘raspberry’ personality.

Grapefruit Lovegod
Grapefruit drinkers are thick skinned and most likely to make the first move (60 per cent), but they like to take things slowly and hate to commit themselves too soon (58 per cent).

Never backward in coming forwards and always with a lady on his arm, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE seems to be textbook ‘grapefruit’ guy.

Cheating Orange?
Vodka & orange? – proceed with caution, orange drinkers get themselves involved too quickly (68 per cent), and they were the most likely to admit they’d ask someone they fancied out even if they were attached (21 per cent). They can be grumpy in the mornings too.

Serial dater, with several failed romances, ROBBIE WILLIAMS could be an ‘orange’ type of guy.

Behavioural Psychologist, Donna Dawson attributes the emergence of personality traits to the visual qualities of the various fruits; for instance the colour red denotes love and romance - hence, romantic types can be subconsciously more attracted to berry flavours, and yellow is infused with energy from the sun so that’s perhaps why grapefruit appeals more to the early birds.

Donna said “Research shows you can pick up clues about an individual’s personality by what they choose to eat and drink: this is because from infancy onwards our social interactions with others are connected to our need to eat, and so mealtimes are one of the prime places where our personalities develop! Our food and flavour choices are formed in infancy, and are modified by later experiences. The trick, of course, is in knowing what the specific food and drink choices actually mean – and the H2 survey has made interesting, informal discoveries relating to fruit flavours. The drink-personality match-ups in the H2 survey could serve as both an appraisal aid and an early warning system regarding a date’s potential, as well as providing some good chat-up lines!

Marnie Mumby from the Macaw the makers of H2 explained the thinking behind the research: “We wanted to get under the skin of our customers and find out what makes them tick. It’s useful for us to know what flavours different types of people go for, so we can continue to develop delicious drinks which appeal to them and their lifestyles.”

How they measure up - regional variations:

• Londoners are twice as likely (60 per cent) as those in Wales (30 per cent) to pluck up the courage to ask a stranger out on a date.

• Mancunians are the least romantic with almost half (44 per cent) admitted they’re not into wining, dining and wooing. Coventry came out as the Casanova capital; a whopping 78 per cent of people there said they were old romantics.

• Those in Birmingham are the most likely to need a bit of Dutch courage before a big date; 50 per cent admitted they’d calm themselves with a few stiff drinks. Those in Wales are most likely to keep a clear head (71 per cent).

• 15 per cent of all Brits H2 spoke to admit that they’d make a move on someone they fancied, even if they were already attached! The majority were in Bristol (26 per cent)

• Cash is a major turn on for almost one in five people (18 per cent), and it’s the Scots who are most likely to be impressed by the size of a person’s wallet. The Welsh are the least impressed by money (3 per cent).

• A worrying one in six (16 per cent) men have been out with someone just to get closer to their better-looking best mate, and it’s those in Norwich who are the worst culprits!

• Scots are the most likely to put love on the back burner for their career (45 per cent). Those in Newcastle think nothing of taking a sicky off work for a hot date; only a quarter (27 per cent would put a job before a relationship).