What are you drinking?

[Swatopluk]

A bit of carbonated mineral water I used to 'rinse' the coke glass with.

[Aggie]

Mecca-Cola - "The Taste of Freedom!" 


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EDIT: And now some hot fermented purple carrot juice:




This stuff would make wicked cesars (replacing some of the Clamato) and would probably taste good in beer (instead of Clamato).

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

How does that taste?

I don't know if I could drink it though, what if they find me drinking that and listening raï* (as I occasionally do)? Who knows where could I be 'exported'... 

*you know, Khaled, Mami, Orquestre National de Barbès...

[Aggie]

Ach, lost my post.  

Recap:

Mecca-Cola is quite good, uses real sugar instead of HFCS, more vanilla than regular Coca-cola, which I like.

Hot fermented purple carrot juice reminds me of pickled beans - vinegary, salty and spicy. Probably very refreshing on a hot day.

[Swatopluk]

HFCS seems to be specific to US. Over here it's normal sugar too.
A Turkish shop nearby has Turkish Cola (have to check the name) in (for Germany) oversized bottles.
But since I prefer the cheapest discounter brand available (29c for 1.5l), I have not and likely will not make the test.
Btw, if you think standard coke is oversweet: try the stuff they drink in Denmark. I guess they have found a way to significantly increase the solubility of sugar in water for it. The late GDR had two sorts of coke, one clearly a copy of the Danish stuff, the other tasted like gall (or some other unappetizingly bitter).
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Time to pull the bag from the mug

[Aggie]

Canada gets it too, but calls it glucose-fructose (which I consider sneakier, as it suggest sucrose to the casually educated).

29c / 1.5L is ridiculously cheap, by the bottle, although I've discovered my price-threshold for consuming unhealthy foods is set very low - if I have to pay anything for it I won't consume it, if it's free I can't resist.



Drinking Mountain Tea again, this time with the proper preparation method.

[Pachyderm]

Ribena

[Opsa]

Mr. Ops and I located a whiskey distillery about an hour from here. They cheerfully make whiskey and moonshine there. We purchased a bottle of each. I am not currently drinking any though, as if I did, I may not be able to locate my keypad.

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

As long is reputable enough not to use methanol...

[Pachyderm]

Ach, laddie, 'tis the methanol gives it the peaty flavour!

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

and the blind eyes!

Scary stuff.

[Swatopluk]

For a change: black tea instead of chamomile. Normally I drink that after lunch, not in the morning

[Pachyderm]

Tonic water

[Aggie]

Chicken broth

[pieces o nine]

A dainty snort of cone-yak.