What Do You Call This Popular Beverage?

[Mannahnin]

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?)

I recall reading somewhere that a flavor which is created by combining different elements to invent something new and dissimilar to existing flavors is called a "fantasia". I think pepper sodas and colas both fall under that umbrella category. Though colas are named for the kola nut and once got their caffeine from it, I understand that they don't taste similar. As someone else mentioned, its major components usually include, citrus oils, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon.

 

[schneeland]

Coincidentally, this showed up in my Reddit feed today:

Source: r/dataisbeautiful

 

[jian]

I recall reading somewhere that a flavor which is created by combining different elements to invent something new and dissimilar to existing flavors is called a "fantasia". I think pepper sodas and colas both fall under that umbrella category. Though colas are named for the kola nut and once got their caffeine from it, I understand that they don't taste similar. As someone else mentioned, its major components usually include, citrus oils, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon.

I guess that’s why the Nazis called it Fanta? Calling it “leftover cola” would have been a bit on the nose.

 

[CleverNickName]

the Nazis called it Fanta?

(record scratch) Wait, what?

 

[jian]

(record scratch) Wait, what?

Fanta was created by Coca-Cola Germany during WW2 since they couldn’t get Coke. To quote Wikipedia:

“During the Second World War, Germany was under a United States trade embargo, the British naval blockade and the import of Coca-Cola syrup was prohibited. To circumvent this, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH), decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including sugar beet, whey (a cheese byproduct), and apple pomace. He later described them as the "leftovers of leftovers". The name was the result of a brainstorming session, which started with Keith's exhorting his team to "use their imagination" (Fantasie in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, retorted "Fanta!".”

The main guy responsible, Max Keith, was (like many German businessmen at the time) an active member of the Nazi party.

 

[CleverNickName]

Woah. I had no idea.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Woah. I had no idea.

As @jian said, if you were a German businessman in about a 15 year period, you were probably a member of the Nazi party. How big of a Nazi Max Keith was is probably a subject for another thread (which will probably go great, if recent history is any guide).

 

[trappedslider]

Nectar of the gods (mnt dew in all it's flavors)

 

[R_J_K75]

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

IIRC I was 9 too when it came out in 1985. As I remember it tasted pretty similar to Pepsi, about the same sweetness just with a slightly flavor profile. I didn't know that it was still available until 2002 in some markets.

 

[R_J_K75]

but I haven't seen or heard it anywhere else. I guess it's an antiquated term?

Well, there's Sodapop Curtis, but he wasnt "Golden" like Ponyboy so no one cared