What Do You Call This Popular Beverage?

[Mannahnin]

What do you call this?

Image: iStock

Soda, based on the info provided. Could be a root beer, Dr. Pepper, or one of several varieties of cola, but they're all kinds of soda.

 

[Ulfgeir]

In increasing order of specificity: "läsk" for any type of sweetened carbonated beverage, "cola" for the specific citrus/vanilla/cinnamon taste, and "Coke" or "Coca Cola" for that specific brand.

I will have to agree. And it is too light coloured (ok with that much ice in it it could be) and not enough foam to be any variety of "Must", as in "Julmust" / "Påskmust" (basically the same thing, but depends on when it is sold; Christmas or Easter). And yes, we have other types of "Colas" besides Coca Cola and Pepsi here in Sweden...

As a sidenote there are South American Colas that do not have that colour... Like "Inca Cola" which is yellow.

 

[payn]

Thread makes me sad and angry that Target discontinued their brand of flavored sparkling water cherry cola and fake Dr Pepper (which w as spot on) Loved em so much even had a pinch of caffeine

 

[Scribe]

Pop.

 

[MGibster]

Yeah. I can't stand Coke as it's too bitter and always prefered Pepsi. I was probably one of the few people who preferred New Coke over Coke Classic. I stopped drinking all cola about 10 years ago as out of nowhere I started getting a strange bitter after taste from drinking it. I can drink any other flavor of pop so Im assuming my taste buds just changed. Maybe I'll grab a bottle and see if still has the same effect.

I was nine when New Coke came out and after nearly 40 years I can't remember what it tasted like.

I'd call that a picture of a glass with a lot of wasted space - dump out the ice and you could fit a lot more soda in there.

Look, we're not all Europeans. Those of us rockin' in the free world demand ice!

 

[payn]

I was nine when New Coke came out and after nearly 40 years I can't remember what it tasted like.

Look, we're not all Europeans. Those of us rockin' in the free world demand ice!

 

[jian]

Important question: Is Dr Pepper a cola? If not, is Cherry Coke a cola?

(Technical answer: according to the FDA, Dr Pepper is not a cola although it shares most ingredients with many colas, but is instead a “pepper soda”, an idiosyncratic category. This is a cop-out. What does everyone else think?)

 

[CleverNickName]

Weird, there's not one single vote for "soda pop." I remember seeing ads for "soda pop" in old magazines and comic books, but I haven't seen or heard it anywhere else. I guess it's an antiquated term?

 

[Cadence]

Growing up in northern Illinois it was pop. Living in the southeast for decades now it has become soda. At some places with serve yourself beverages where tea is an option, I might say fountain drink (even if the tea doesn't come from the place the rest do).

 

[payn]

Weird, there's not one single vote for "soda pop." I remember seeing ads for "soda pop" in old magazines and comic books, but I haven't seen or heard it anywhere else. I guess it's an antiquated term?

Clearly folks felt the need to bust it up.