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Cherry Coke + Mountain Dew
Posted by isecore on April 18th, 2008
There are a few things that I miss from the more decadent US of A. Among those things is the wide selection of soft-drinks available. Sure, a lot of the stuff is available here in Sweden, but there are quite a few flavors that aren’t. We can get regular Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper and various other products.
But we can’t get root beer, Mountain Dew or Cherry Coke. At least not through the official channels, although there are companies who import american products for us to enjoy at almost silly prices. Root beer is pretty common now. Mountain Dew and Cherry Coke is not.
(On another note: root beer is the preferred choice of drink for UNIX-people. Why? Well, why don’t you think about it for a while)
But today I found both of those. At really horrible prices I bought two cans of Cherry Coke and two of Mountain Dew. Combined with the amazing weather Umeå has today, I’m having an excellent day.
And in case anyone in Umeå is wondering where I bought them, you can find them at Nanna-kiosken downtown, right next to Vasaplan. They cost a horrendous 15 kronor (approx US$2.50) a piece.
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April 18th, 2008 at 17:44
But… I told you about Nanna-kiosken and their american soft drinks and Skittles back in 2003. I was in Umeå for two days, and I spent a lot of money on strange candy during that visit. And we returned there last year when Johanna and I visited you, searching for more Skittles and strange drinks. We only found sour Skittles that time, but that was better than nothing.
April 18th, 2008 at 18:24
I was told root beer and icecream was really good. You know your cobo of coca cola and icecream, well, Im not a big fan of that taste, but root beer is supposedly quite different.
April 18th, 2008 at 18:29
Andreas: I’ve known about Nanna since I moved to Umeå. The annoying thing about them is that what they have tends to vary quite a lot. Sometimes they have cool candy and drinks, sometimes they don’t. This time they happened to have it, but I’ve been in there several times only to find they had the same crap that everyone else does.
Mind: Root beer and icecream is really good. Especially Root beer and vanilla icecream. Strongly recommended. Simple to do as well, just scoop icecream into a large glass and pour Root Beer over it.
April 18th, 2008 at 20:04
root beer tastes like carbonated toothpaste
April 18th, 2008 at 20:34
Harri: philistine!
April 20th, 2008 at 20:11
Isecore: hehe
i get my interesting soft drinks from The English Shop (12kronor)