Hi! I’ve my anxiety that I’ve been quenching with sodas but I’d like to move away from anything America branded overall into some local alternatives. What are some soda alternatives 100% EU?
I like Fritz though I’m not sure it’s available outside of Germany
It’s available in Paris and Amsterdam as well.
On my last bike tour of the Netherlands and Belgium I couldn’t find it but in my defense there was lots of cheese
It’s available in some places in NL, like bigger Albert Heijn supermarkets and some cafes, but not too many.
It’s available in hipster coffee shops in Scotland, at least …
I’m a big fan of Fritz-cola, and they have plenty of other sodas as well. Don’t know how easy it is to find though
Are you in CH? I am but can’t find it anywhere in TI, sadly. I am relying on Dinner/Coop cola
Irn-Bru
Freeway cola from lidl is surprisingly good and almost twice cheaper.
When I was in Germany I remember liking Spezzi and some other one I can not remember the name of, but it reminded me of Dr. Pepper.
I recently got a machine for adding bubbles to water. Cost me 10 € used, including an empty CO₂ bottle which I can change for a full one at any hypermarket by paying 7 € for the content (which enbubblifies a 1-litre bottle about 60 times, they promise).
And then I can mix that with some lemonade concentrate to get cola or sprite or orange lemonade or whatever. Or I can just put a lemon juice on the bottom of the glass, add a little bit more sugar than that amount, and then pour that water with bubbles atop it.Works like charm and has the added bonus that I don’t need to lug full bottles of lemonade in my backpack to my district that is located unfairly on top of a very mean hill. I can always make just the amount of lemonade I really want, and I can have one glass of this taste and one glass of that. Any juice concentrate works for adding the taste. I found orange juice concentrate that has simply “orange” as its ingredients and makes much tastier lemonade than anything I could buy from the shop.
Plus, the mark’s own cola concentrate is tasty.And obviously you can always just buy water with bubbles. But then you’ll have to lug it around, which kind of meh. It weighs.
Would be cool if they could branch out to other countries. Here in Germany the predominantly brand is sadly Sodastream.
Their site exists in German… And they do sell their products in Germany. Somewhere.They do say that you can get new CO2 cylinders “in shops” and that you can use CO2 cylinders of several marks, not just their own, but that’s a bit ridiculously lacking level of information still. I did just write them an email asking (telling…) them to increase their accessibility by telling where the hell their products can be bought. But anyway, they seem to want only 7 € of postage to Germany on their online shop?!
You just need to ask in some big shop around if they would have a system for changing CO2 available. The MySoda site hints in a semi-unclear manner that that should be a relatively common service in Germany. I’d venture to ask at least at the closest Kaufland and Karstadt for what they have for offer.They do tell here that you can use CO2 cylinders of “most marks”, and mention Aarke, Sodapop and Aga as examples.
And you can order cylinders in Germany via http://sodabaer.de/
Sinalco, Spezi (different brands…) and Vita Cola from Germany.
I do recommend a well unknown soda from Denmark… you might never taste it, but its great. Maybe one of the greatest sodas of eu?
I love obtusely named flavors hiding among obvious ones. Drink Hancock! We have flavors like lemon, orange, and sports!
(Relatedly, German chocolate brand Ritter Sport has a variety called “Olympia”. Admittedly easier to remember than “yogurt honey crisp hazelnut with dextrose”.)
Many countries have their own brands. Where are you at?
I switched to tap water. Better for my health, better for the environment and better for my wallet.
Fritz!Kola straight from my hometown Hamburg :D
My big trick over the past few years is make my own. So just squeeze a lime into a glass, drop of cordial and add sparkling water.
Now I’m ready to buy one of the machines, with refillable gas canisters. And not feel guilty about all the plastic bottles.
Fresh ginger, or apple juice is also a good mixer
Sumol is a portuguese brand
I maintain that the best sugar-free cola you can buy is Freeway XL, the in-house brand at Lidl. Way better than Pepsi Max or Coke Zero.
