1mo ago

European coca-cola alternatives

Everyone of course knows Fentimans and Fritz-kola. But there is also Cockta from Slovenia and Kofola from Czechia. Does anyone else knows of local EU coca-cola alternatives that we might want to explore? And of course, where we can buy them online:

Cockta

Kofola

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Buy your locally produced Cola. Don't start to import cola produced in Germany to Spain or the Norwegian lemonade to Italy. Don't ship sugar water trough Europe by lorry, we have enough traffic on our motorways already.
- I fully support this. And for all the above-average curious people who need to hear this (like me):
  Please stay strong. Maybe one day you will be where that other cola is. You could even use the web to get to know someone who is travelling there soon and will be able to buy some and giving it to you after coming back.
  If you think, wow, this guy's overthinking, taking this way too seriously, well... even when you only want minimal to no social interactions and on top of that do not want to practice mutual aid and just satisfy your curiosity and/or imagination of a perfect Cola:
  Why don't you try to produce one yourself with this open source recipe?
- Don’t ship sugar water trough Europe by lorry,
  pfft, actually deal with the situation - build pipelines. jfc europe get it together
- Tbf, that's the upside of a major corporation like Coca Cola. They only transport the syrup and fill the bottles at local factories.

Tap water
- Cola should not be your first choice to stay hydrated, but it's okay to drink Cola once a week or so
- Best answer.
  
  https://youtu.be/gdrmAWACSfk

In Portugal practically all medium to large chain has its own brand of Cola, competing with Pepsi and Coke.
- I would guess everywhere else in Europe too no? For non-Portuguese: Your supermarket probably has its own brand, eg Aldi Cola, Lidl Cola…

Afri Cola from Germany https://afri.de/produkte/afri-cola/

Cockta has a dark color like cola but it doesn't really taste like it. It's more herbal, it's like Coke vs DrPepper

Cuba cola from Sweden.

https://www.tirolakola.at/
Sometimes not that easy to find

Sinalco Cola from Germany https://sinalco.de/produkte/cola

Fritz Kola from Germany https://fritz-kola.com/en
- Everyone of course knows Fentimans and Fritz-kola
  First sentence by op
  
  Oh wow, how did I miss that? :D Sorry!

If I never see a post about Coca Cola alternatives again it will be too soon. Why are all y'all so freaking obsessed?!
- We drink a lot of cuba libre.

Mio Mio from Germany

We have Grans Cola and extra cola here in Norway, probably a lot more as well, but shipping them internationally would probably not be worth the hassle if you have local produce. I can recommend club mate cola for import, its strange enough not to be too commonplace.

Here's some Cola syrup a friend has been making in Australia.
https://aussie.zone/post/18564159/15419441

There's easily 100 different kinds of Cola and Cola-Orange ("Spezi") mixes produced in the EU it's easiest to start taste-testing with everything in your local grocery store and finding out if one of them is to your liking. If you're from Germany, there's at least Fritz-Cola, Afri-Cola, Proviant-Cola, Paulaner Spezi (and Spezi made by many other breweries)...

Just a local ripoff. I personally drink blues zero, it tastes the same as Coca Cola zero

Not from the EU, but from Switzerland if that also counts: Vivi Kola

https://www.euskola.eus/ In the Basque Country

Cuba Cola from Sweden
https://cubacola.nu/

If you are in germany, i can recommend the kaufland store brands, in my opinion from all store brands they taste the closest to coca cola brands
- Dieter Schwarz (German richtest Person a billionaire) the owner of Kaufland is infamous for exploiting worker rights where possible, fighting unions etc. Just because its european doesnt mean we gotta support those guys

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