Plus caffeine, carbonation, and way more sugar.
this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2026
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Cola generally has less sugar than lemonade. (And orange juice, for that matter.)
Lemonade has sugar and carbonation?
It doesn't have carbonation in it that I've ever had in lemonade
All store bought lemonade is carbonated here 😅 I had to think if I've ever had uncarbonated lemonade before
That, to me, is strange 😅👍
here in colombia there is a drink additive called Kola Granulada and it's basically a multivitamin with cola extract. It's pretty tasty and everyone adds it to all sorts of juices including lemonade. I like in with orange and passionfruit juice.
Irn Bru is just girder lemonade.
Found the Scotsman
I like to mix a bit if lemon into my coke
Damn, doesn’t that burn your nostrils?
Only if I forget to pick out the seeds.
At Wendy's you can add a shot of lime to your coke using that machine there. But there's no rum button…
Plus so so so so sooooooooo much sugar. Then add more sugar
Have you ever made lemonade?
Here in the US, we like our veins full of corn syrup. It's not real sugar anymore
In what way?
Cola is vanilla, cinnamon, and lemon/lime/orange flavor
In that it is a sugary carbonated beverage served cold, just with different flavour than traditional lemonade
Lemonade isn't carbonated, it's lemon juice, water, and sugar. Cola has dozens of ingredients, most of which aren't available to private consumers, it has caffeine, it's carbonated, it tastes nothing like lemonade, and, as it's recipe is almost always proprietary, said recipe is obviously not commonly known or easily replicated. I guess I just don't see it.
It's more like sugar tea but yes.
Have you had southern (US) sweet tea?
there's just primary and secondary plant metabolic substances. and spices, herbs, etc. fall in the second category
