I thought i'd list some of my favorite foreign sodas, with an eye toward copying them. It used to be that the atlanta coke museum let you taste their foreign versions, but apparently no more.
One of the best are the guarana varieties from brazil, which are sort of like ginger ale with caffine. I may try some thai wild ginger (galangal) syrup to come close, which is available but expensive.
Of course there are the strong british or caribbean ginger ales, but i was knocked out by some UK peach soda that included a kick of vinegar of all things... possibly it was fermented into a light vinegar.
Czech republic sells champaign soda that is pretty good.... an adult taste rather than for kids. Italy has a range of great fruit sodas, like blood orange. Almost everywhere has great lemon sodas. In gibraltar i saw blackcurrent soda which was novel because stupid rules ban most US blackcurrent production.
Most anyplace seems to have a better tasting coke, maybe tasting like a bit of birch beer was added. I wish i could get syrups for those, but i cant even find local sources of those exotic syrups by monin.
One of the best are the guarana varieties from brazil, which are sort of like ginger ale with caffine. I may try some thai wild ginger (galangal) syrup to come close, which is available but expensive.
Of course there are the strong british or caribbean ginger ales, but i was knocked out by some UK peach soda that included a kick of vinegar of all things... possibly it was fermented into a light vinegar.
Czech republic sells champaign soda that is pretty good.... an adult taste rather than for kids. Italy has a range of great fruit sodas, like blood orange. Almost everywhere has great lemon sodas. In gibraltar i saw blackcurrent soda which was novel because stupid rules ban most US blackcurrent production.
Most anyplace seems to have a better tasting coke, maybe tasting like a bit of birch beer was added. I wish i could get syrups for those, but i cant even find local sources of those exotic syrups by monin.