America here.
- Loganberry Juice
- Root beer
- Cheer wine
Water from the tap. Healthier, cheaper, local and better for the environment(no shipping)
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.
San pellegrino makes chinnoto as well, had it at a really good thin crust pizza place called Emilio Finnati’s
Sadly they don’t often have it in stock anymore, but I’ve found a bunch of it from various makers now that i know it exists.
Is not for everyone for sure but it’s absolutely worth trying just to see if you are one of the people that find it really great.
I think anyone who likes or isnt bothered by the bitterness marmalade would be likely to enjoy this
Beer is everywhere. It’s one of the most “local” products pretty much everywhere in the world.
I adore chinotto its absolutely delicious
(Not european) South Africa: granadilla twist/lemon twist - both just a passion fruit/lemon flavoured soda but they’re delicious
UK: Irn Bru, a Scottish drink with a secret recipe that tastes like flavour (honourable mention for Iron Brew, a South African drink that is also delicious but does not taste remotely like Irn Bru)
Tastes like licking a girder 😋🤤
That tetanus that just can’t stop
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.
Poland has oranżada, soft drink of orange taste. Its also available in a powder form. Also this photo from Wikipedia goes hard:
that sandwich! holy shit that’s where chick fil a stole their recipe from
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faxe_Kondi
Faxe Kondi in Denmark. It is citrus, less sweet than Sprite and available sugar free. I like it and will miss it when I move out of Denmark.
Dont know if Norway have that much unique sodas, but two of my favourites are Flux Soda (vanilla with a citrus hint) and a cool name. And Pink Panter Special a fruit soda with mostly pear taste and a pink color.
We have Solo! IMO a better than Fanta alternative.
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
Hungary has Traubi soda which is made of grape juice.
In Soviet times we also had the Bambi (yes, like the deer) soft drinks in various fruit flavours, which also had a characteristic tar flavour, that (as I just learnt), contrary to popular belief wasn’t because tar was one of the ingredients, but because they used expired orange oil. When the drink was reintroduced in recent times, some older customers said they missed that nostalgic tar flavour O.o (+ Bonus racist vintage ad poster from the '40s-'50s in that article.)
In my new home in Scotland we have Irn Bru, which has a strong metallic tutti-frutti flavour which I personally hate, but the locals love it 😬
The Austrians have Almdudler, the Suisse have Rivella and the French have Orangina. I am chugging that stuff whenever I can get my hands on it.
Then there’s Japan, with too many to list. Calpis is one of my favourites.