Sober Grand Tour?
December 28, 2011 4:47 PM Subscribe
Can you recommend unusual/interesting/tasty non-alcoholic drinks to try in different European countries e.g. Almdudler in Austria?
Coffee drinks are probably a category of their own, but I enjoy bicerin from Turin (and at the Carluccio's chain in the UK).
posted by xueexueg at 4:58 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by xueexueg at 4:58 PM on December 28, 2011
Everybody I know hates it, but I adore Irn Bru and took back a ton of its cough syrupy goodness when I went to England.
posted by xingcat at 5:01 PM on December 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by xingcat at 5:01 PM on December 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
Unicum in Hungary satisfies at least the first two criteria.
posted by holgate at 5:08 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by holgate at 5:08 PM on December 28, 2011
There's a mint lemonade in France called Bella Lula. Maybe not unusual, but more or less interesting/tasty.
posted by dayintoday at 5:11 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by dayintoday at 5:11 PM on December 28, 2011
Oops, non-alcoholic: Tizer and dandelion & burdock in Britain, then; Antésite in France; red lemonade in Ireland.
posted by holgate at 5:15 PM on December 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by holgate at 5:15 PM on December 28, 2011 [1 favorite]
Apfelschorle in Germany. Apple juice with seltzer water. You can do it up with other juices as well; cherry, pear, banana, mango, etc.
posted by chillmost at 5:56 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by chillmost at 5:56 PM on December 28, 2011
Cordial(mix with water!), squash and barley water in the UK.
posted by brujita at 8:24 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by brujita at 8:24 PM on December 28, 2011
Following up on brujita: hot Ribena. Especially at this time of year. Blackcurrant drinks really aren't common at all in the US outside of hippie-groceries, but they've rotted the teeth of many generations of British kids.
posted by holgate at 9:03 PM on December 28, 2011
posted by holgate at 9:03 PM on December 28, 2011
Kinnie in Malta. French Diabolo menthe.
posted by themel at 5:41 AM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
posted by themel at 5:41 AM on December 29, 2011 [1 favorite]
On Crete we tried and enjoyed a local soft drink called "Biral".
posted by Skybly at 8:27 AM on December 29, 2011
posted by Skybly at 8:27 AM on December 29, 2011
Cockta is a soft drink from Slovenia.
Its main ingredient comes from the dog rose berry. The other ingredients come from 11 different herbs, lemon and orange. It contains neither caffeine nor orthophosphoric (sic) acid.
--from their facebook page.
Also their current slogan is: Brez kofeina - brez kisline - brez heca!
No Caffeine - No Acid - No Kidding!
posted by montaigneisright at 9:43 AM on December 29, 2011
Its main ingredient comes from the dog rose berry. The other ingredients come from 11 different herbs, lemon and orange. It contains neither caffeine nor orthophosphoric (sic) acid.
--from their facebook page.
Also their current slogan is: Brez kofeina - brez kisline - brez heca!
No Caffeine - No Acid - No Kidding!
posted by montaigneisright at 9:43 AM on December 29, 2011
kompot from poland! sweet, fruity, served warm or cold, very delicious.
posted by chickadee at 5:33 PM on December 29, 2011
posted by chickadee at 5:33 PM on December 29, 2011
Not particularly unusual but definitely tasty, when I was in Spain I fell in love with granissats, which are basically slushies.
posted by naoko at 7:28 PM on December 30, 2011
posted by naoko at 7:28 PM on December 30, 2011
Common in Asia but hard (not impossible) to find in the US is canned chrysanthemum tea. I love that stuff.
posted by rmless at 9:39 AM on January 4, 2012
posted by rmless at 9:39 AM on January 4, 2012
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posted by usonian at 4:50 PM on December 28, 2011 [1 favorite]