Famous Drink of your country

hellrahul

This topic is not on Pepsi and COke
(Personally I hate these drinks)

Here you can describe the famous drink of your country.
How it is made. And any history related to that.
Plz mension your country.

Starting from me.

I live in INDIA. Its very vast country so One part is totally different from other. Like north INDIA is totally different from South.

I live in Eastern Part of India.

ANd the Drink I like is called LASSI. Pronunced as LAS C.
It is made from Dahi (CURD), ice, sugar.

Its a sweet drink. Very good for health. I don't know the process of preparing "Lassi" exactly coz I never made it. But I can say its far more better than any cold drink.

Now its Your Turn : Very Happy

Vrythramax

Coffee...fresh ground coffee beans, hot water (no sugar) and a little cream.

Since you took Coke away that's all I have to offer.

Idoru

Well, already the old Wikings made it, and we call it mead, or rather - Mjöd !
The country is Sweden, by the way.

Actually, it's seldom drinken even here in the northern regions of our globe,
but still, there is an ancient culture around it. Well, at least some thousand
years. Very Happy

You can make it in many ways, but I choose to tell you of one particullar recepie,
found written a long time ago.

Well, you make the stuff, that's done with water, honey, raisins, etc. Then you
put it in an oak-barrel. Here comes the tricky part...
...at the first three nights of the full-moon, you have to find two not yet
sexually active boys to shake the barrel !? Laughing

That's that! Belive it or not, but there actually was a recepie like that some
thousand years ago. Think they found it at some monk, but not sure. Anyhow,
it's a laugh (and the liquid tastes quite well, made right, shaken or not).

Pyro Man

I'm not sure, It would probably be some sort of real ale, but yeah defiently some sort of alcohol! They're are lager types, but I think it would be a beer, and it would be ale for England, remeber we are 4,000 years old, so it would be brewed in a special way.

Nyizsa

In Hungary, we have pálinka. It is made of fruits, usually plum or peach, but cheery, pear and some other fruits are also make good pálinka. We collect the fruits in barrels, preferably we don't add any sugar (sugar makes it more, but taste worse), and let it "boil" for a while (3-4 months). When it's ok, we distill it.
A good pálinka has 45-50 % of alcohol, smells and tastes like the fruit it was made of, and very good!!!

selim06

I am Turk and we have Turkish Coffee
It's really hard to drink but also relax and you can feel comfortable with Turkish coffee..And Coke(Coca-Cola and a Turkish Production)but I don't like them..In Turkey we also drink "Ayran" It's really healthy and original...

darkeagle

There is ayran in turkey too.
It's a drink made of yoghurt and water.
If you add some salt too, It will be delicious...

otiscom

In england it must be tea!

Although I prefer beer.

R2.DETARD

i can't stand ayran. I love the drink which says "uluday, gazoz" though.

anyway, Germany's (and my) favourite drink: Beer. By far.

Tatsumaru

Urr, I guess Heineken Beer (I'm from the Netherlands after all). People probably already know how it is made Laughing

I don't drink alcohol though, I stick to water. Hmmm water.

b4r4t

In Poland ... i dunno ... Beer i think (Zywiec/Tyskie) ...
And ... polish vodka? Smile

PristonMaster

famous drink here is Caipirinha (lemon, sugar, alchoolic drink), beer and coffee

photon

hmm i dunno whats famous here. prolly coffee and good tea Smile

KernEnergie

Famous drink from France...wine I suppose. Champagne too. Beer...
All alcohol, us French love alcohol. Laughing

Hogwarts

Well, I know we have a type of tea that no other country has called "Billy Tea".

Instructions:
Boil a billy of hot water over the fire, chuck in a handful of tea leaves, maybe a gumleaf of two Wink

and before you serve it you have to swing it around over your head, for authenticity.

I, nor Australia, take no resposiblity for any stupid mistakes that you make have whilst making this. It's your own problem. Not ours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_tea

THE11thROCK™

San Miguel Beer, Ginebra Gin, Emperador Brandy, RC Cola, C2 Green Tea, Nescafe Coffee, Tang Juice drink, and fresh Mineral Water! Very Happy

Traveller

R2.DETARD

Here in Germany all the ultra fitness freaks drink something like that oatmeal powder stuff, but they dissolve it in orange juice. It tastes worse than ayran.

Jaime

Here in Colombia the Coffe....

And

guarapo
chicha de maiz (drink with corn)
Agua de panela (Water of Panela)
Guandolo (Licor of Fruits)

(...)

systemofaxav

indeedwrestling

Peach Trifecta.

Mandarin Vodka + Peach Schnopps + PEACH POP (available at the Lewiston, NY Peach Festival each year).

Allweareisair

Guinness. It's made from the most wonderful things in the universe, and has been made that way since basically forever. Everyone loves Guinness.

falconfx

Here in Italy our drink is wine. We export very much wine abroad every year.

Wine is mainly composed of alcohol and fruit (grape); even if base components are always the same, in our country exist many kinds of wine.

BTW, don't forget beer, another cool drink!

rightclickscott

Since I'm Irish, I'd say Whiskey, but since I'm from America, then I don't think I can pick something specific. However, being in America hasn't changed the fact that my favorite drink is Whiskey.

Lady Elensar

chat

famous drink is voda,it is very nice,no taste,no color ,best natural drik,live healthy!

windrei

famous drink for China should be tea. There are too many kinds...... and it was created for more than a thousand year..

but for Hong Kong, i think it should be "milk tea". Hong Kong has its own style, very different from the british one.

Slammer

Famous drink for scotland is Irn Bru ( Pronounced Iron brew). Here its just as big, if not bigger and more popular than coca cola. But you can only get it in scotland. Well you can get it some other places too, but i havent seen it when ive been.

So many companies have tried to copy it, but its made by the barrs family, and they've kept the recipey secret since the start, andall these other fake attempts to re make it as horrible. It has such a unique taste, don't even know how to explain it. Taste's best from a glass bottle or a can, never tastes the same from a plastic bottle.

Everywhere should sell irn bru! You have to taste it once in your life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irn_Bru

alja

famous drink is called "Schnaps". The country> Austria!
The "real" Schnaps is made from pears and is a high percent Alcohol (40%). But also some Schnaps is made from plums, peaches, Apples

Lychee

Well I'm from Austria as well…
And yeah it's true… Our most famous drinks are BEER and SCHNAPS…
And JÄGERMEISTER (But I think it's made in Germany) Sad

I almost forgot…
We used to drink al lot of coffee!
Mhh coffee… I'll get me one…

Cya

Soulfire

I really have to say some sort of coffee-based products. That or energy drinks. It seems people here sleep less and try to refuel themselves with such products, but it's my opinion that sleep is best.

I think it's been said before, but it's basically ground coffee beans with hot water... and then the rest is up to the person (sugar, cream, flavors, cold, etc.) There's a lot that one can do with coffee.

leat397

I am Chinese..
I couldn't think of any famous drink immediately... Razz

Would it be those herbal tea?....some kind of drink that steaming from herbal or some species or leaves from plants.
Of course, that might also be famous drink like green tea in Japan...
It;s seems such kind of drink was originated in China..and Chinese further developed a long histiry of making medicines from those plants and leaves...

Ratman2050

Rahul I think it is pronounced LUS-SEE Lassi. I love that shit too man. Im from Pakiland if youre wondering. Yeah we usually drink MANGO!!! Lol.
MMmmMmMMmMmmMmMmMMmMmMMmMMMmMMMMmMMmmmmMMMMm

shwetanshu

I m from India an famous drink in my area is Nimbu Paani (lemonade) or Ganne Ka Ras (Sugarcane Juice)

windval

I live in Hong Kong

Our famous drink is milk+tea~~~

i do not know its name in english

but I think it is very delicious

you can go to some restaurant and order it

when you come to Hong Kong next time~

seanooi

one of the most famous drinks in my country I would say is "Teh O' Ais Limau" (Malay) "Ice Lemon Tea" (English)

It's not just any kind of ice lemon tea you buy in stores. I'm not sure about how they prepare it, but I think they use tea powder, sugar, and lime. Best drink with ice.

drakordern

In Sweden we drink...

VODKA!!!

Absolut vodka is great... and yeah, we drink coffee too.

Maxus

Belgium:
Beer beer and beer
We've got the best beers of the world Razz

goansfr

+1 for LASSI. rocks and India too !!!

Zug Zug

America introduced the "Jimmy", you take many different types of alcohol and you pour them into a trash can, and add some cool aid, stir and it's ready to server. It's now known as "Jungle Juice". I've never had it personally...but my fiancè has. Sounds kinda gross to me...but he says it's good. ^_^

EVILSKAAP

well in South Africa, i dont think there is a spesific drink. But rooibos tea was banned two centuries ago .

dotnet

In Russia national beverage is... VODKA of course. Smile

But I am personally dislike it. And what about nonalcoholic beverage there is another russian favorite - KVAS. It's look very similar to Pepsi-Cola, but have very different taste. And it just great for hot days like this summer. This is best freshen up drink for me.

apeX-FXR

I am from India and here i guess the favourite drink of everyone is Cococola or the new thing .. Redbull Very Happy

I am restricted to have any softdrinks Sad

skygaia

I'm from Korea (South Korea)

It's not simple to say that something is the most popular drink in my country.
Because there are many kinds of drink in Korea. And poeple have different taste for them..

Hmm ... I think coffee is the most one. It's very easy to take a cup of coffee in Korea. There are a lot of vending machine of coffee. And it's very cheap, just 20~30 cents a cup of coffee.
But it has only one kind of coffee in vending machines, small cofee with 1 sugar and 1 prime. If you want to take diverse coffees, you'd better go to starbucks... ^^ But it's very expensive there.

Hmmm.. the other is alchoal. Many korean like to drink beer and traditional alchoal.....

pennymellow

I'm from Australia. I suppose Australian's are rather famous for beer. We're usually depicted as drinking it, anyway. I must point out that Australian wine is terribly popular. On all of the cooking shows that I watch (I'm a junkie) that have a segment on wine, Australian wines are almost always mentioned.

Commando_Sondre

Mjød. Its a extremy strong beer, tastes like shit (thats what I mean!) and doesn't look good either.

ncwdavid

I am from Ireland and my countries drink is Guiness. I don't like it though.

Arthur Guinness Was The Founder Of The Brewery

Arthur Guinness was born in 1725 near Dublin in the town of Celbridge, county Kildare where his father, Richard Guinness, was a Land Steward. Part of Richard's duties were to supervise the brewing of beer for the workers on the estate and it is probable that young Arthur first learnt the art of brewing from his father. The brewing industry in Dublin at that date was suffering because English beer was taxed less severely than the home-produced product. Arthur was not, however, deterred. He decided to acquire what was then a small, disused and ill-equipped brewery at St James's Gate.

The lease, signed on 31 December 1759, was for 9000 years at an annual rent of £45. To start with, Arthur brewed ale, but by the 1770s a new drink, a strong black beer called porter, was being exported from London. Arthur decided to brew this new beer himself. He proved extremely successful and right into his seventies Arthur continued to be active in supervising his business at the Brewery, now assisted by three of his sons. Arthur had married an heiress, Olivia Whitmore, and had 21 children, 10 of whom survived into adulthood. When he died in 1803, he left a considerable personal fortune of about £23,000 and an extremely flourishing business which later generations of his family were to develop.

Their is alot more but Im not going to put it all here.

VCK9001

Mithrandir

Costa Rica's national beer is Imperial. You really can't get away from the brand. But when I think of the all-american beverage I really can't come up with anything. Maybe Coke or Pepsi. Coffe and tea came from other places so it would have to be a soft drink.

wsco

I live at Egypt
our famous Drink are :

Tea
Tamr Hindi Smile

Erq Sos

Sahlab
Helba

Snafoo

Well I could really start a rant about this....I used to think in the US that our famous drinks were the sour mash whiskeys like Jack Daniels. Leave it to us to produce pure rot gut. Honestly though, I think it must be "Bud Light". While I'm not sure if you folks are focusing on alcoholic drinks so much, it must be famous here because every other television commercial prompts us to go and purchase this weak beer from the local store. It truly tastes like garbage but its definately "famous" for all its advertising. It prolly seems even more famous to me because in Florida, people dont drink Coke or Pepsi or anything else unless it has alcohol in it. We also now have "famous" Martinis, because the alcoholics in this cultureless country decided to make all drinks you purchase in bar a variation on a martini. Personally I like Russian vodka and orange juice (a traditional screwdriver). What country is famous for that I wonder? Here in the US...I havent checked...but I'm sure its been renamed to an "Orange Martini". Famous Drinks here are truly whatever the advertisers want it to be. Snafoo

xkobram

One word for the best taste. BEER (not bear)

xkobram

triggerhappy

i am amercican i say the famouses drinkes of this country is soda and enegry drinks and in my opinon COFFEE Very Happy

filet

misc i guess its range from tea to coffee to juice to carbonated drinks