Everyone of course knows Fentimans and Fritz-kola. But there is also Cockta from Slovenia and Kofola from Czechia. Does anyone else knows of local EU coca-cola alternatives that we might want to explore? And of course, where we can buy them online:
Buy your locally produced Cola. Don't start to import cola produced in Germany to Spain or the Norwegian lemonade to Italy. Don't ship sugar water trough Europe by lorry, we have enough traffic on our motorways already.
I fully support this. And for all the above-average curious people who need to hear this (like me):
Please stay strong. Maybe one day you will be where that other cola is. You could even use the web to get to know someone who is travelling there soon and will be able to buy some and giving it to you after coming back.
If you think, wow, this guy's overthinking, taking this way too seriously, well... even when you only want minimal to no social interactions and on top of that do not want to practice mutual aid and just satisfy your curiosity and/or imagination of a perfect Cola:
We have Grans Cola and extra cola here in Norway, probably a lot more as well, but shipping them internationally would probably not be worth the hassle if you have local produce.
I can recommend club mate cola for import, its strange enough not to be too commonplace.
There's easily 100 different kinds of Cola and Cola-Orange ("Spezi") mixes produced in the EU it's easiest to start taste-testing with everything in your local grocery store and finding out if one of them is to your liking.
If you're from Germany, there's at least Fritz-Cola, Afri-Cola, Proviant-Cola, Paulaner Spezi (and Spezi made by many other breweries)...
In Eastern Germany they have VitaCola, which was their former GDR Cola. They still outsell Coca Cola there, but I guess it's an acquired taste. I personally don't like it very much
OMG I love Cockta 😍. It has it's own very nice and distinct taste.
But unfortunately it's very hard to get in Germany. And it's also not made in Slovenia anymore but in Croatia. (Which is a pity, but thanks to the Croats for bringing this drink back to life, and marketing it successfully)
Kofola is also very nice, because you can get it fresh from Tap in Slovakia and Czech Republic
Afri-Cola and Fritz-Kola taste both not very good IMO, but the other Lemonades and MischMasch from Fritz are great though
Dieter Schwarz (German richtest Person a billionaire)
the owner of Kaufland is infamous for exploiting worker rights where possible, fighting unions etc.
Just because its european doesnt mean we gotta support those guys