coca cola india

coca cola India



First sip. Not to great.I could swear it has a slight curry hint to it. Tastes stale and old. Not thrilled at all. Store owner probably keeps old stuff. In fact I was also going to buy a fanta but the thing was manufactured in 6 2009. Most of them had their dates erased but a few didn't. Lesson learned don't buy Indian sodas in the US. The coca cola is probably from the same time frame. Too bad.
Thinking about the thumbup cola, the curry taste was probably also due to it being absorbed through the glass. It most likely sat around in a warehouse for a long time, sold by cheating retailers or wholesalers to the retailers..
Too bad the experience was ruined.

Hajoori's Kashmira Soda

Hajoori's Kashmira mixed spice flavors soda.
The bottle was a little more expensive than the other indian drinks at $1.29. This is a soda made in Gujrat India
The bottle was well wrapped in a nice plastic, red all around. As I started to undo the plastic a very nice scent started coming out. I thought ot myself, wow this is pleasant. The soda must be nice!....
A bottle opener was required. As I popped the cap the first thing I smelled was the scent of spice. not too bad. then I took a sip. wow. in a bad way. It tastes like , whats the best way to put it. Like someone took a whole bunch of cumin seeds and put them in a cola. at 180 calories for a 330ml drink I would think its a little sugary. no way. you might as well ground up cumin and then drink some water.
this is a never buy again.
Will update as I get some people to sample it.
as for the bottle itself, it has a nice design on it. too bad i wont purchase it again.
Man, in my expedition in drink hunts 3 out of 5 are bad. and 2 of those are totally undrinkable. I hope this isnt a trend!

Verdict: Avoid

*update* someone said that this would make a great chutney for samosas. Interesting idea! Could be a good alternative for chutney.

Limca Soda

Limca soda
THe is a whiteish lemond lime soda that is sold in india for 12 rupees. After my pleasent experiance with it's sister soda, Thumbs Up, I was hoping that this too would be a great drink. I found itfor $1, and bought it home. THe bottle is diffrent than thumbs up in that there are curves going into the bottle, whereas the thunbs design was some type of geometric one.
Opening the bottle required a bottle opener. After I got it open, the first sip ... was not great. not at all. And this was made under six months ago. Wow that was not a pleasent experiance. Everyone I gave a sip too also didnt wasnt anymore. One of descriptions I recieved was hat it tated like old luggage. THe smell you get when you open some luggage and the mothballs just get you. that would be a pretty good description. Definite avoid.
As I am sitting looking at the half empty bottle, I see that the bottle is 330ml, and about 110 calories according to the label. More sugar coudlnt save it. I seriously think it made me neausous, no joke. Maybe you can judge sodas by their label. So far 5 star was 5 stars and thumbs up gets a thumbs up.
I was reading reviews online and it seems like other people are in the situation. THe drink tastes like dish washing detergent. Seems that indians who loved limca at home hate it outside. Quite possible the exporter is the same person, shipping out crap drinks, becasue inside India itself, the same poeple who reviewd it as dish washer drink, say its great. some poeple are blaming the air, but really that cant be the case. thinking about it now, they actually rewash and reuse these bottles, so possible dish wash soap left in them? nah, but you never now.


Verdict: Avoid, at least outside India

Thumbs Up Cola THUMSUP

Thumbs Up Cola.
I came across this Indian soda and was intrigued by it. Its comes in a glass bottle, and most of them looked like they probably have been around. It's a 330ml drink (that 11.55 oz), and looking at the manufacture date, it was made 1 year ago. Says "best if drunk within 6 months". I looked for a bottle that was under six months, no avail. I took this one anyway. The bottle itself is an ice design, with a nice geometric shape around the torso. The printed thumbs up makes me think this is something from 1980 though.
Opening was not easy. most of the bottle caps I have come across twist off but not this one. I had to hunt for a bottle opener. I got it off finally. Ready to take my first sip. I was surprised that the drink was still fizzy.Veryy fizzy. I guess that says something about glass bottles. A plastic bottle drink would be ultra flat after all this time.
The drink itself, the best way to describe it is curry cola. not joke, I fell like there are curry spices in the soda. its pretty good though. I had someone else try it and they liked it. It's a power punch to the tongue with a cheap soda after taste.
Only cost me $1, and having it shipped from india, the price is quite nice. Though in india it actually costs about 20 cents retail so there is still a fat profit for the importer.
Its 110 calories for the entire bottle, making it much lighter than american sodas. Almost 25% lighter. It is made of high fructose corn syrup and sugar.
Would recommend to try.

***wait a minute
I just noticed its called THUMSUP not THUMBS UP! LOL!