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

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.

Japan has Pocari Sweat inspired by a doctor drinking IV fluid.

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!

Birch beer. It’s like root beer but a bit of a different taste.

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 — 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

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.

America here.

• Loganberry Juice
• Root beer
• Cheer wine

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

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:

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)