Today in shops, supermarkets, a variety of carbonated drinks of domestic and foreign manufacturers are offered. Here are the famous Pepsi and Cola, as well as lesser-known lemonades. Of course, there are also names that are familiar to us from Soviet times, causing nostalgia for that unusual taste. But the taste did not work out a bit. The modern product is fundamentally different from what it was several decades ago.
If you open a plastic bottle, then even the smell is different, and the color too. Both that, and another completely depends on the composition, amount of dyes and other elements, which are now much more.
As for Soviet sweet drinks, they were sold exclusively in glass containers and had an amazing refreshing and pleasant aroma of citruses, fruits and berries, and herbs.
Let's take a moment and remember what drinks adults and children drank from the times of the USSR, and what gave them such an amazing taste and smell.
1. Citro
The most popular and widespread of all the non-alcoholic drinks available on the market was, most likely, "Extra-Citro". Over time, under the definition of "citro" began to mean almost all variations of sweet soda water.
It combined orange, lemon, tangerine and vanilla. The scent was not only fresh, but also sweetish. From such a composition, the taste of the product only became better and it was very difficult to confuse it with something else.
2. Cream soda
No less tasty and pleasant drink with vanilla aroma. The cream soda tasted creamy and very soft. It is not surprising that all the children of an immense country were crazy about him. The recipe for this lemonade was invented in the eighteenth century. Then they mixed soda water with egg whites, pre-whipped. Therefore, cream soda, and not just soda in the name of the drink.
Over time, lemonade began to be made a little differently - by mixing soda water with ice cream. In this regard, it was also called "drink on a stick", although this name is not so common.
3. Duchess or pear
This sparkling sweet water was the favorite of most of the guys. The composition of the drink consisted of exclusively natural ingredients - carbon dioxide, lemon, sugar, pear infusion.
4. Tarhun
This drink was the only one where the manufacturers added a green dye. As for the recipe, it was invented in the Caucasus. The spice of this region, called tarragon, gave this emerald liquid such an unforgettable taste and aroma.
5. Pinocchio
The simplest, but no less delicious, was a drink with a fabulous name "Buratino". By the way, it was possible to make this wonderful product at home. It was composed of orange, lemon, water and sugar. Even if the water is not carbonated, it does not affect the taste at all.
6. Baikal
This drink was truly unique. It was created in the Soviet Union, as an analogue of the popular and so beloved "Cola". In taste, it was somewhat similar to a foreign product, but had one huge advantage - natural ingredients in the composition, an amazing smell and taste.
In addition to the standard set of products, it contained extracts of St. John's wort, licorice, Eleutherococcus and essential oils of fir, laurel, lemon, eucalyptus. The recipe was so interesting that many manufacturers from other countries wanted to buy it for a lot of money.
7. Isindi
The first thing that caught the eye when looking at the bottle was the label with the horses depicted, pasted slightly below the bottleneck. Well, we must not forget about the bright taste, reflecting the taste of elite apples and laurel notes. As for the name, it was not chosen by chance, as was the design of the label. This was the name of the old Georgian equestrian game.
8. Bell
Like previous refreshments, this lemonade had a lemon flavor enhanced by a bitter rind. The composition was based on ascorbic and citric acid and citrus infusion. Its distinctive feature was its mild fresh taste. There was a picture of a bell on the label. And the price of a 0.5 liter bottle was only fifteen kopecks.
9. Malvina
The lemonade had a characteristic turquoise color, which is why it was called "Malvina". This is the name of the fairytale doll girl with blue hair. And the name was consonant with the name of the berry: Malvina-raspberry. The fact is that raspberries were the same main ingredient in this drink as apples.
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10. Flora
Under this brand, not one drink was sold in the USSR, but a whole line. Each of the lemonades had its own aroma and taste.
The consumer was offered: clove, orange, mint, tarragon and coriander drinks. By the way, this lemonade not only refreshed, but also had special properties, therapeutic and prophylactic.
Naturally, all these drinks were sold both in containers and from vending machines, the first of which was installed in Smolny, in a canteen in 1937. After a very short time, they appeared in almost all Soviet cities.
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Many people remember that plain sparkling water in such devices was sold for one penny, and sweet for three. By our standards, it was generally a terrible thing, because there was one glass for everyone. But in the USSR, this did not bother anyone.
And also sweet carbonated drinks were sold in cafes. There they were poured into glasses from siphons.
Surely, you will be interested to know why in the Soviet Union all people drank drinks from a common glass and did not get sick.
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