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@Sunshine some examples from Germany are
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spezi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club/_Cola
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinalco
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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.
Brit here.
Chinotto is goddamn awesome. Pls export more.
Norway has Solo
Like an orange flavored soda, apparently it predates Fanta by a few years
It's a must
Julmust?
Yes
From Germany, i would recommend https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club-Mate
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Litteraly translates to "Thirst extinguisher", which is also a general german term.
Julmust/Pรฅskmust from Sweden. Soda thats derived from malt and hops. Only availible around jul(christmas) and pรฅsk(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
Very pleased to see must mentioned. That shit is awesome.
I like Estonian Kelluke, a local carbonated lemonade. Probably mostly meant for kids, but hey...
Uk. Dandelion and Burdock.
It's closest equivalent would be root beer, but it's quite distinct from that.
Sadly, almost all UK soft drinks taste like shit now because of the Sugar Tax, where they've been reformulated to use more artificial sweeteners to avoid being taxed more heavily.
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.
Years ago I had some imported drink called Jul Must. Haven't seen it since. Came from somewhere Scandinavian. Weird flavor, probably an acquired taste, and I WANT MORE!
That's Swedish. Check your local Ikea around christmas and easter.
Thank you!
A Czech friend likes Kofola, a cola created in Communist Czechoslovakia, when Coca Cola wasn't available there. Nowadays, Coca Cola is available, but Kofola still reigns supreme โ when I visited her, I discovered that the majority of pubs that I visited had Kofola as their "house cola" on the tap. Coca Cola was often available, but in comparatively expensive bottles, because it was not the default
Kofola is life! ;-)
Water from the tap. Healthier, cheaper, local and better for the environment(no shipping)
Birch beer. It's like root beer but a bit of a different taste.
We have Irn Bru and it's made from girders.
It also has some of the most amazing Adverts
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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
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Poland has oranลผada, soft drink of orange taste. Its also available in a powder form. Also this photo from Wikipedia goes hard:
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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.
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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)
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I love chinotto so much. They used to sell the San Pellegrino one here in the UK, but it got discontinued.
It's great. Like a Campari and soda without the booze.
I personally can't stand it, but chinotto is either you love it or you hate it.
Fun fact: the picture is for chinotto Neri, with the motto: chi beve neri, neri beve. (Literally "who drinks Neri, Neri drinks" but "Neri beve" sounds like ne ribeve "drinks it again").
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