Pop #1 Брусника
Or Brucnika. According to googletranslate, this means cowberry, bilberry, huckleberry, or whortleberry. Overall, REALLY tasty. This drink is also 'with grass', but specifically, grass from the TAIGA so it's probably pretty special. Because of the grass, it tastes a little medicinal, but pleasant. These fruity drinks are also half-carbonated. Unlike the pepsi's and coke's which produce really large bubbles on the tongue and foam up a lot when you pour them, this drink produces lots of little itty-bitty bubbles not unlike champagne. Really enjoyable. The bottle was darker, so I just had to imagine what an enjoyable, deep, succulent red color the pop was.
Long story short- Like American Cream Soda, but not. A little sweeter, not enough of the 'cream soda' flavor. Just a little disappointing.
Pop #3 Колокольчик
Or Kolokolchik. See those flowers? Those are Kolokolchiki. It really means 'little bell' which I guess makes sense. When I bought this, I thought it would be some delicious, flower flavored pop. Nope. Ladies and Gentlemen, I introduce to you: Soviet Sprite. Yes indeed, this is Lemon-lime soda and that's it. It tastes exactly like Sprite, but perhaps a little more syrupy.
Pop #4 Байкал
Or Baikal, which for those who don't know, this is the name of the worlds largest, deepest lake located in Asian Russia. This is one of the classic Soviet-era sodas, which until I looked at the ingredients, had no idea what it could possibly be. It's dark brown, so I was thinking something like root beer. Nope. It's flavored with tea concentrate. That being said, I don't think it tastes like carbonated sweet tea. It difficult to describe, but it's sweet and has an interesting flavor. I like it.
Pop #5 Лаймон Фреш
Or Laimon Fresh. This is Sprite + Mint, or virgin Mojito. This is by far my favorite pop I've had so far. I was skeptical at first because, why would you want a mojito without the booze? It is yummy. It's refreshing and not overly sweet.
Or Apricot. I was SOOO excited when I bought this (in Volgograd) because I had never seen apricot soda before and it was a really cool bottle. Unfortunately it tasted like junk and I didn't even finish it. Next to the bottle on the shelf was peach soda and I thought I had purchased that, but instead accidentally grabbed the pear soda. It was the worst pear soda I've ever had. Not enough syrup, not enough pear. I didn't even take a picture of it. Ugh.
McDonald's coffee in Russia is legit. This is a 'coffee with milk', how it differs from a cappucino I'll never know. It's cheap, it's tasty, and it's well worth the purchase. McDonald's here actually has baristas, not someone with ambiguous gang affiliation, pulling your drink. And it's from an actual espresso machine that takes talent to run, not the ones in America where you ask for 'lightener' in your coffee and the person bops a couple buttons. Delicious.
P.S. There's a good chance I'm going to move on to junk food now, like chips and stuff. Also, if I find another yummy soda, I'm probably going to write about that as well.
we had anapricot tee in our back yard in ark city but the apricotswere usually small and wormy one year i did get enough ood ones to make some jam, don't know if you remember that. your dad may have eaten it all on ice cream. i preferred cocolate on ice cream
ReplyDeleteI like some of the labels--the Baikal and the creme soda.
ReplyDeletethe bottle that the apricot soda comes in is pretty. your dad is at his cub scout meeting. he was stressing over what kind of center pieces they could make for the blue and gold banquet next month.
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