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

  • brotEnglish
    33·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Don’t ship sugar water trough Europe by lorry,

      pfft, actually deal with the situation - build pipelines. jfc europe get it together

    • Hl. Strohsack (123)English
      4·
      2 months ago

      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?

    • Chemo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      13·
      2 months ago

      Tbf, that’s the upside of a major corporation like Coca Cola. They only transport the syrup and fill the bottles at local factories.

  • DungradEnglish
    212·
    4 days ago

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  • krigo666@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    In Portugal practically all medium to large chain has its own brand of Cola, competing with Pepsi and Coke.

    • SalehEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      It tastes ten times better, since it contains some lemon flavor.

      • albert180@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Which tastes very artificial IMO.

        But maybe it’s just like with Club Mate or Coffee, you need to have a few of them before you like them

        • WrufieotnakEnglish
          1·
          2 months ago

          While I’m not saying you are wrong, I find the notion a bit strange to talk about artificial flavour… while talking about Cola. It doesn’t exactly grow on trees.

  • coldwarful@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    2 months ago

    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)…

  • affenlehrerEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    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

  • albert180@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    OMG I love Cockta 😍. It has it’s own very nice and distinct taste. But unfortunately it’s very hard to get in Germany. And it’s also not made in Slovenia anymore but in Croatia. (Which is a pity, but thanks to the Croats for bringing this drink back to life, and marketing it successfully)

    Kofola is also very nice, because you can get it fresh from Tap in Slovakia and Czech Republic

    Afri-Cola and Fritz-Kola taste both not very good IMO, but the other Lemonades and MischMasch from Fritz are great though

    • affenlehrerEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I like it too but it’s not really like cola except for the color.