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AIBU to want to buy orange squash in Germany?

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NCasOuting22 · 11/08/2024 10:31

Is orange squash not a thing in Germany? Does anyone know what I should be buying? Or, a supermarket with a British section that has Robinsons? TIA

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Karentoo · 12/08/2024 09:08

Catza · 11/08/2024 10:46

I think you would be hard pressed to find it in Europe ( so much so that I thought you were talking about a vegetable when I read the title). We had a brief period of having squash in shops in the 90s and I remember my grandparents buying a couple of bottles but it never took off. It was pretty rank.
Orange juice and fizzy water.

My favourite squash is Italian - cherry flavoured and Polish food shops seem to have plenty, so I'm sure it's a thing in some European countries.

bluecomputerscreen · 12/08/2024 09:04

ohhh waldmeister tritop

flavour of the gods...

as pp say, plenty of 'diluting juice' available. just not branded stuff.
diluting fruit juice with fizzy water seems to be more popular though.

soupfiend · 12/08/2024 08:59

PeachSalad · 12/08/2024 08:50

Just because you mentioned or I understood tbh that only in Uk drinks are flavoured with sweetners. That drink with sweeetner is Italian. I don't mind erytrlrilrol or stevia but the rest is simply unhealthy

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When we're in Spain and Italy, its fairly common for the drinks in bars (soft drinks) are the versions without sweetners. So the San Pellegrino, or liptons iced tea drinks are usually the ones without sweetners, I can usually rely on these. They are common in bars and cafes

Over here, although you can get the versions without sweetners, if you're out and about and need a soft drink, rarely do they have those brands anyway, usually just the bog standard coke/lemonade/fanta and low sugar versios of those or awful squash drinks which always, always always, have sweetners in them. Cartons of capri sun, ribena, fruit shoots, always have sweetners in them

They'll be the death of us I think

PeachSalad · 12/08/2024 08:50

soupfiend · 12/08/2024 07:48

Correct

I dont get the post?

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Just because you mentioned or I understood tbh that only in Uk drinks are flavoured with sweetners. That drink with sweeetner is Italian. I don't mind erytrlrilrol or stevia but the rest is simply unhealthy

eurochick · 12/08/2024 08:25

@soupfiend I think the poster thought you were saying you don't get San Pellegrino there rather than they don't fill it with artificial sweeteners there.

Boopbeepbeepboop · 12/08/2024 08:03

ThePassageOfTime · 11/08/2024 10:41

My German friends who live here find squash bizarre and don't understand why you wouldn't just drink water rather than the artificial taste of squash.

With fruit juice as a treat.

So I don't think it's common, I agree with them to be honest, squash is banned in my house cause I find it weird and unnecessary.

But I hope you find something you like!

Weird and unnecessary? That tickled me, you could say that about pretty much anything really.

AgentJohnson · 12/08/2024 08:01

Here in the Netherlands siroop is the closest you’ll find but imo the red berry mix (bosvruchten) is the only palatable one since Kervan Certivan lemon went sugar free. I love a high juice but Robinsons is pure evil. I’ve resorted to making my own citrus cordials and infusing them with ginger and they aren’t half bad and remarkably easy to make.

Catza · 12/08/2024 07:55

PeachSalad · 11/08/2024 19:31

Had to google this one @Catza as I didn't know it. As I haven't lived in Poland since 1996, I don't know many small local manufacturers. And those make the best squashes

It's the one with the most flavour (higher fruit content?) so you end up using a lot less. It is pricier than the others but absolutely worth it.
I am not actually Polish but discovered it by accident and now I am hooked. Well worth investigating your local Polish shop if you have one.

Supersoakers · 12/08/2024 07:54

I remember having blackcurrant syrup in france as a kid and being amazed by how delicious it was. Not the same as squash but probably a near enough substitute, I mean they both make flavoured water!

soupfiend · 12/08/2024 07:48

PeachSalad · 12/08/2024 00:48

San Pellegrino is Italian btw....

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Correct

I dont get the post?

Tinymrscollings · 12/08/2024 01:53

I like Brause Pulver when I’m working in Germany. They definitely do orange ones. Little sachets in amongst the sweets.

biscuitandcake · 12/08/2024 01:13

Catza · 11/08/2024 10:46

I think you would be hard pressed to find it in Europe ( so much so that I thought you were talking about a vegetable when I read the title). We had a brief period of having squash in shops in the 90s and I remember my grandparents buying a couple of bottles but it never took off. It was pretty rank.
Orange juice and fizzy water.

They have it in the Netherlands, Belgium and France (it's just called limonade). I think this is the Germans being weird. If you are close to those countries just pop over the border and buy it.

GrumpyPanda · 12/08/2024 01:08

Ginmonkeyagain · 11/08/2024 10:59

@LoquaciousPineapple ha ha! I saw no real difference tbh but I am not a regular squash drinker at home or abroad but a few glasses of sirop au citron or peche did the job for me and I didn't really see the difference.

Nevertheless the idea that our European cousins only drink water or natural fruit juice is hilarious given the French enthusiasm for brightly coloured sirops (the mint one is an alarming mouth wash green!)

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Ha. You haven't seen a truly alarming green until you've seen Georgian tarragon lemonade ("tarkhuni".)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Soda/comments/1167d9v/tarkhuna_a_tarragon_flavoured_soft_drink_which/0

PeachSalad · 12/08/2024 00:48

soupfiend · 11/08/2024 21:10

Yes I get that. But its expensive as I say.

Drinks are ruined in this country. Tried to buy a nice cold can of San Pellegrino today, it had sweetners in it. They dont have that shit in it in Spain and Italy.

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San Pellegrino is Italian btw....

Ygfrhj · 11/08/2024 21:21

Waterdrop is powdered squash, tastes very similar to me although I don't drink either myself. You can get it in Germany

iwillgetbackupagain · 11/08/2024 21:17

ThePassageOfTime · 11/08/2024 10:41

My German friends who live here find squash bizarre and don't understand why you wouldn't just drink water rather than the artificial taste of squash.

With fruit juice as a treat.

So I don't think it's common, I agree with them to be honest, squash is banned in my house cause I find it weird and unnecessary.

But I hope you find something you like!

Why do people get so stuck up about minor things?

It's just squash. Juice and water.

It's nothing offensive.

Seashor · 11/08/2024 21:15

I have to send it to family in The Basque Country. I don’t think it’s a thing abroad.

transformandriseup · 11/08/2024 21:12

I've never been to Germany but struggled to find it in Lanzarote too. Eventually found it in a hotel shop but for about 3x the price. I know it's bad for you but difficult when you have a toddler.

soupfiend · 11/08/2024 21:10

PeachSalad · 11/08/2024 21:04

@soupfiend
Rocks brand?

Yes I get that. But its expensive as I say.

Drinks are ruined in this country. Tried to buy a nice cold can of San Pellegrino today, it had sweetners in it. They dont have that shit in it in Spain and Italy.

PeachSalad · 11/08/2024 21:04

@soupfiend
Rocks brand?

soupfiend · 11/08/2024 21:01

PeachSalad · 11/08/2024 17:31

Yes because this👎 is so much better than squash and it is made of real oranges.

Monin and Tisserie add too much sugar but that is also the case with British squash. Oasis in France is similar

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You'd be hard pressed to find British squash with any sugar in it!!!

Nightmare trying to find squash in the UK without sweetners in it, have to buy really expensive ones online

PeachSalad · 11/08/2024 19:31

Had to google this one @Catza as I didn't know it. As I haven't lived in Poland since 1996, I don't know many small local manufacturers. And those make the best squashes

Catza · 11/08/2024 19:18

PeachSalad · 11/08/2024 17:31

Yes because this👎 is so much better than squash and it is made of real oranges.

Monin and Tisserie add too much sugar but that is also the case with British squash. Oasis in France is similar

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I agree, we love syrop in our house. I prefer Piwniczka Babuni.

PeachSalad · 11/08/2024 18:41

ginasevern · 11/08/2024 18:35

I've never seen squash in any European country. You can buy syrups and the like but they aren't at all the same. I think it's a uniquely British thing.

Go to Poland and ask for som do rozcienczania

WhatThenEh · 11/08/2024 18:38

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