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Kpop!
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I clicked on this planning to give actual examples, but I guess those aren't needed.
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Deganawidah posted...

I clicked on this planning to give actual examples, but I guess those aren't needed.

Nah go ahead. I am curious now.
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I googled it, but since this is a joke topic I wont bother posting brand names.

I'm mad about the fact that TC called soda "pop". Midwest shenanigans in this topic.
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japan has melon soda :(. i'm wanting to try this.

the closest thing i have is pineapple soda but that doesn't come close and for the record it's different but it's okay but i hate big red the most (that taste like crap) flavor is liquid bubblegum.
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Apparently theres this gross fermented soda that was made by a cult.
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Chicken posted...

Apparently theres this gross fermented soda that was made by a cult.

Arise Chicken!.
summoning mega ultra chicken he is legend.
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Since TC is apparently curious now, I'll mention a few.

There are global brands like Coke and Pepsi selling many of their typical products. The recipes for colas vary a bit from the what is sold in the U.S., but is common around the country. In my opinion, Coke and Pepsi taste a big sweeter in Korea and Coke feels less carbonated. I haven't seen any documentation to back that up, just my perception of how it tastes and feels.There are local companies selling cola as well.

Some of the American and other overseas brands are bottled and marketed in Korea by local companies, including Pepsi and Mountain Dew and so you see them sold in machines alongside local brands.

One of the most common and popular types of soda is what is routinely called "cider" () in Korean. It's a lemon-lime type soda usually, but the flavor varies by brand. Chilsung () cider tastes most similar to 7Up while Cheonyeon () cider tastes sweeter and more candy-like and is very similar in flavor to the Japanese soda ramune ().

You also have things like Milkis () and other similar brands of the same type. It's a soda that contains milk and is creamy and comes in "classic" flavor as well as a variety of fruit flavors.

There is one soda I don't particularly like, called McCol (). The English name seems like just some personal-style name, but it's a rendering of the Korean, which is a combination of Sino-Korean character for barely and the first syllable of cola. It's basically a barely cola and to me it tastes like someone mixed cheap non-alcoholic beer with cola. I don't recommend it personally, but if you are curious, give it a try.

Something you usually don't find in Korea (except in areas with high foreign residency) is root beer. Root beer is something that hasn't caught on much there for some reason. Many Koreans who taste it for the first time comment that it tastes somewhat medicinal and reminiscent of toothpaste, though I've personally known Koreans who grew up in Korea and had that reaction to root beer at first but later grew accustomed to the flavor.
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korean's are somewhat right. a&w kinda has the taste of a toothpaste flavor.
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kingdrake2 posted...

korean's are somewhat right. a&w kinda has the taste of a toothpaste flavor.

Right. Depending on the root beer brand and toothpaste brand, some of the ingredients used to flavor regular toothpaste and which give flavors and aromas to other medicines (including topical pain relievers) are similar to or the same as those used in root beer. Many of the older soda flavors - including root beer and cola - originated as tonics with medicinal applications.
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Coca-Cola.
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kingdrake2 posted...

japan has melon soda :(. i'm wanting to try this.

the closest thing i have is pineapple soda but that doesn't come close and for the record it's different but it's okay but i hate big red the most (that taste like crap) flavor is liquid bubblegum.

Go to an Asian supermarket.
Look for Ramune (melon flavour)
Buy it.
Bring home and put in fridge.
Wait for it to get cold.
Enjoy.
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kingdrake2 posted...

korean's are somewhat right. a&w kinda has the taste of a toothpaste flavor.

Some toothpastes actually have a pretty nice flavor.

I would totally eat a tooth paste based food...just with the not so good for eating chemicals removed.
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