Finland has (vappu)sima, but it is only produced and sold around 1st of May. Or you can make your own at home with white sugar, molasses, lemon and baking yeast.
We have Irn Bru and it’s made from girders.
It also has some of the most amazing Adverts
Scotland also has Buckfast. It’s not from there (it’s from Devon I think) but only the Scottish will drink it.
There are places that serve bucky on tap.
But I wouldn’t call it a soft drink.Wreck the hoose juice!
Only the Scottish could think “caffeinated wine” is a highly desirable beverage.
It’s the OG Red Bull and Vodka.
It’s popular in some parts of Ireland too
I just spent 20 minutes watching commercials. Thanks!
Me too, but i still don’t know what it is? Definitely involves caffeine.
Looks like there’s a version of it that is a caffeine drink. But yeah, I’m pretty curious about what it tastes like. Unsweetened and originally a replacement for beer, so I’m going to guess it’s nothing like a conventional soda.
I tried it once canned, can’t remember the brand but it was Italian. It was slightly sweetened but had this bitterness that hits the back of your tongue in a very unpleasant way then fills the rest of your mouth. I would not recommend it.
And what is a girder?? “Made from girders” is no help at all, as I think of a girder as an architectural support.
Edit: looks like there’s some ginger involved, which helps the ginger commercial make slightly more sense.
Edit 2: well, they really do mean steel/iron girders. There ya go. Still no help at all.
Edit 3: people claim it tastes like orange the color but not orange the fruit.
Yeah, if you read the article linked above, it was originally marketed to steel workers as a replacement for beer when on the job. Originally Iron Brew. But the ingredients are a closely guarded trade secret. I’ll have to see if I can find some to taste.
Litteraly translates to “Thirst extinguisher”, which is also a general german term.
From Germany, i would recommend https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate
This one does not spark joy.
shudders
Why not?
Well, some people like the taste of this drink.
The other hand of the spectrum mostly thinks it tastes like what you would imagine a ashtray would taste like.
I’m part of the second kind. Had seen lots of people in the office drink it. Wanting to try it out gave it a shot. Absolutely regret that.
Well it tastes like mate but if you don’t like the taste of mate, fair enough ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Hackerbrausengenießer?
Dandelion and Burdock, originating in the British Isles. Traditionally made from fermented dandelion, and burdock roots.
I think it tastes sort of similar to root beer.
All the fentimans stuff is tasty, tbh
orange jigger ftw
Their cola is awesome! Vastly superior to Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
Surprised that Club-Mate hasn’t been mentioned yet, I’m not German so I didn’t discover it till more recently but I quite like it, not as sugary as other drinks
Australia has bundaberg ginger beer which is good shit. Nice and spicy.
Seen it in Europe as well. It’s good stuff, can confirm! (Altho I guess you’re German and you know that already, but still)
I’m in the US (California) and can often get Bundaberg in the grocery store here. I do like their ginger beer. Their root beer is good, but a little too heavy on the licorice for me.
I haven’t seen them sell root beer here in Australia, but the sarsaparilla isn’t hard to find. I wonder if they just modified that.
I would love to try their sarsaparilla! I haven’t seen it at the regular grocery store, but there’s a world market close by that might have it. I’m going to look.
I was going to suggest some other flavours to try while you’re at it, but honestly they’re all pretty good.
We get it here in canada and it’s good stuff.
Brit here.
Chinotto is goddamn awesome. Pls export more.
In Austria we have Almdudler
Olmdudla honn i Geschto kopp, Olmdudla honn i haint, Olmdudla honn i jeidn Toug sollong mis gfrait. xD
Julmust/Påskmust from Sweden. Soda thats derived from malt and hops. Only availible around jul(christmas) and påsk(easter) and stands for half of the total soda consumption around that period.
Also Cedevita from Croatia. Vitamin enriched powder, originally in orange flavour. When mixed with water it’s like a soda
Would Traubisoda count as unique?
Very pleased to see must mentioned. That shit is awesome.
Norway has Solo
Like an orange flavored soda, apparently it predates Fanta by a few years
Trocadero, a soda with orange and apple flavour from Sweden. They released a zero sugar version which is now called Trocazero.
Guess I’ll piggyback and rep our local apple and grape soda. Fun fact, Champis was created as an alternative to champagne during the era when Sweden discussed prohibition.
Tried Trocazero recently, I usually hate zero sugar soda, but this one was pretty good!
Jag gissar på något inom IT, btw.
Stämmer gott och väl
IT arbetare och Lemmy
Nämn en bättre kombo Det går inte
My girlfriend is Swedish and I make sure to always drink a bunch of this before I leave. I love it ❤️
Trocazero and pucko are staples whenever I visit Sweden
I am Swiss and Scottish, we have Rivella and Irn Bru respectively. In the UK we also have a drink called Lucozade which was interestingly designed as a medicine but was saved from liquidation (no pun intended) by the rave scene as they needed something that would keep you hydrated, not get you too drunk and helped with comedowns.
Rivella, a Swiss soda produced from milk whey.
And nothing special about the Migros Ice Tea, it is an Ice tea, but it is the best tasting one in the world and a casus belli for war in Switzerland (yeah, the only reason we have to fight).
I still remember the Dutch slogan for Rivella: “A bit strange, but tasty!” (“Een beetje vreemd, maar wel lekker!”)
True people drank Mivella. It tasted way better.
The new thing in Switzerland is El Tony Mate. It’s so popular that Lidl and Aldi introduced their own versions.
I do drink a lot of El Tony Mate in bars that have very few non alcoholic choices. It is very nice.
Since moving to Switzerland a year ago I fell in love with ice tea. But I just buy the cold brew tea from Aldi and add a bit of sirup, mint and lemon rind.
I was wondering what it tastes like. It’s 35% whey according to Wikipedia, so I’m guessing that for “original” /“plain”, it’s watered down whey flavored? Seems like there are lots of flavors of it too.
Red, Blue, Green, Refresh, Grapefruit, Mint (Switzerland); Yellow, CLIQ Peach, CLIQ Rhubarb, Elderflower (Switzerland, discontinued); Original, Green tea, Cranberry, Pineapple, Raspberry (Netherlands)
I honestly cannot describe the taste, except that “it’s good”
I only drink the red one (and pretty rarely) so I can’t tell for the others.
I love Rivella, they now make a vegan one too. Switzerland also has Cswiss which is a lot nicer than the CBD infused drinks they are making over here in the UK.
Tasted when in switzerland. Very tasty indeed
Japan has Pocari Sweat inspired by a doctor drinking IV fluid.
