I know that there is a fundamental terminology difference across the Atlantic;
To an American, ‘lemonade’ is generally a drink made from sugar, water and lemons.
To a Brit, ‘lemonade’ is (usually) transparent lemon soda.
My question (and I don’t suppose it has enough of a factual answer to warrant a GQ) is whether carbonated beverages flavoured (or having the flavour of) other fruits are ever called something~‘ade’ in the USA
For example lime, cherry and orange carbonated beverages are commonly called ‘limeade’, ‘cherryade’ and ‘orangeade’* here in the UK - would these only ever be called ‘lime soda’, ‘cherry soda’ and ‘orange soda’ in the USA?
*(except obviously when they are described by brand, such as ‘Fanta’ etc)
Yes. “Limeade” in the US is sugar, water, and lime juice, no carbonation. I’ve never seen “lime soda,” but it sounds really good. “Orangeade” or “orange drink” is Tang or a similar product, while the carbonated stuff is “orange soda.” I’ve never heard of “cherryade,” but I’d imagine it to be something like cherry-flavored Kool-Aid, rather than like black cherry soda (which we do have, and it’s absolutely delicious).
At least, that’s how it is in my part of the US; I don’t know what they say in those weird places where they have pop instead of soda.
The closest I think you might get in the U.S. is some restaurants’ version of “cherry limeade” which would be lemon-lime soda (like Sprite, Slice or 7-Up) wiith added lime juice and cherry syrup. Of course, a real cherry limeade wouldn’t be made with lemon-lime soda at all, but don’t expect places which would serve such concoctions to know that. They use styrofoam cups, after all!
No. Fizzy fruit drinks are always called something soda. If there is an exception, I’ve never seen it. The two most popular seem to be grape soda (as opposed to grape juice) and orange soda (as opposed to orange juice). You can get orange soda at McDonald’s. I wonder if the Britt’s McD’s call it orangeade? I have seen lemonade-flavored soda here, and that’s exactly the way the lable described it.
For the record, cherry, lime and orange ~ade are most often not very good, consisting chiefly ow water, sugar, citric acid and artificial colours/flavours
Well, at Sonic America’s Drive In (Seen mostly in the southern US), they serve “cherry limeade.” That is carbonated limeade (kinda like lime seltzer) with cherry syrup and a few meracino (sp?) cherries thrown in. I think it’s great :), but ususally when I think of anything*ade, I think fruit juice with sugar added, FWIW.
I haven’t seen “orange drink” at a McDonald’s for a very long time (unless they’re hiding it behind the counter somewhere). Aoround me at least,they’re carrying Sunkist, which is Coke’s orange soda. They do have H-C pink lemonade and Iced tea as well.
But no, no fruit-flavored carbonated soda would ever be called an -ade in the US. That definitely implies a “flat” juice-like beverage.
Orange soda is very orange, very artificially flavored and very sweet. Its nothing like Orangina, for instance.
PS - a recent invention: limeade (from frozen concentrate)+mint leaves+vodka = the “fauxhito”
snicker Actually it’s named after The University of Florida football team, the Gators. It was developed there to promote endurance in the second half. Gatorade started as nickname, I think, and later became a brand name.
The equivalent British product is Lucozade I think? (A sweetened drink with electrolytes added?)