# Orangina is back! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [September 5, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017 "2022-09-05T21:10:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/1 "2022-09-05T21:10:01Z")
Or at least, I found some locally, at a grocery store in a higher-end neighborhood. It was a bit pricey, but I picked up two bottles anyway, because it’s totally worth it. > **[Orangina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangina)** > > Orangina (French pronunciation: ​\[ɔʁɑ̃ʒina\]) is a lightly carbonated beverage made from carbonated water, 12% citrus juice (10% from concentrated orange, 2% from a combination of concentrated lemon, concentrated mandarin, and concentrated grapefruit juices), as well as 2% orange pulp. Orangina is sweetened with sugar or high fructose corn syrup (glucose fructose) and natural flavors are added. > Orangina was developed by Augustin Trigo Mirallès in 1933 in French Algeria. Today it is a popular be... ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/2 "2022-09-05T21:12:12Z")
Trader Joe’s usually has it, and in the glass bottles. The cans just aren’t the same. I fell in love with the beverage in Spain back in my mis-spent youth. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/3 "2022-09-05T21:18:17Z")
My city doesn’t have a Trader Joe’s, but I’ll look for it if I ever stop by one. Thanks! I found it at Hy-Vee. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/4 "2022-09-05T21:35:00Z")
I am also a fan of Orangina and haven’t had any for a long time. Now I want some! ---
**Author:** ![Jaycat.again](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat.again/32/11525_2.png) [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/5 "2022-09-05T22:20:50Z")
Excellent with a splash of vodka. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/6 "2022-09-05T22:31:15Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Excellent with a splash of vodka. Or Campari. Orangina is the drink of the gods. I first had it in French restaurants in 1988 from those small 0.2 l round bottles and loved it. Fortunately, a nearby brewery (Krombacher) handles the German distribution of the brand, so I can easily get it in supermarkets around here. Can you also buy the red orange variant in the US? Because that’s yummy too. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/7 "2022-09-05T22:45:44Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Can you also buy the red orange variant in the US? Not easily but I’ve seen it at Cost Plus World Market. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/8 "2022-09-05T23:28:12Z")
If you’re having trouble finding it, ask a small mom and pop type store. Even if they don’t want to retail it, they might be willing to order a case if you’ll take the whole thing. My store sells it (and the red one), and we started selling it due to a customer request. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/9 "2022-09-06T01:10:08Z")
I very rarely drink except for an occasional mini-bottle of wine, and used to purchase it at a local natural foods store (which has since closed, and that all happened before COVID). That “kick” comes from a tiny splash of grapefruit juice, along with orange and tangerine. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/10 "2022-09-06T01:17:32Z")
I have a vague memory of a comedy sketch from the '90s where a man in a restaurant or at a store orders an Orangina and gets into an argument with a clerk who insists on pronouncing it as if it rhymed with “vagina”. Anyone else remember this? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/11 "2022-09-06T10:02:09Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Can you also buy the red orange variant in the US? Because that’s yummy too. Blood orange orangina? Sounds yummy. Do they still make the diet/no sugar orangina? I loved that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/12 "2022-09-06T16:36:06Z")
> [@Jaycat.again](#): > > Excellent with a splash of vodka Heh, that’s one of my things. I fill a tall glass about halfway full with some mixer. Then I say, “excellent with a splash of vodka” while filling the glass to the top with vodka. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/13 "2022-09-06T16:43:08Z")
Yes. It was the Bert Fershners. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/rhoHpEMCBpc/maxresdefault.jpg "Orangina") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhoHpEMCBpc) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/14 "2022-09-06T17:10:16Z")
The same way I make a Bloody Mary. If I can’t see through it, it ain’t doing me a lick of good. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/15 "2022-09-06T18:23:30Z")
After I moved to the US I searched a long time for a good orange soda. Orangina comes close, but the price and low availability pushed me to get used to just blending OJ and fizzy water from our fizzer. Oh how I hate the “contains no fruit juices” notice on labels. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/16 "2022-09-06T18:27:52Z")
I love Orangina, and, yes, it’s hard to find. I also love how the bottles fit in my hand. Heh, sometimes my glass recycle bin is 90% Orangina bottles. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/17 "2022-09-06T20:18:33Z")
The Easteen European groceries around here usually have it. I don’t remember a time where I’ve been unable to get Orangina, but I don’t buy it all that often. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/18 "2022-09-06T22:51:46Z")
That reminded me of the picnic my mother attended years ago, where one of the hosts was a known functional alcoholic. My mother wanted a “opaque” Bloody Mary, and the host made one for herself and the same recipe for my mother, who took a swig of what she figured would mostly be tomato juice, and instead basically took a shot of vodka. Oops. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/19 "2022-09-08T02:29:36Z")
Awesome! Loved that stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017/20 "2022-09-08T12:49:07Z")
Amazon’s got it. I never heard of it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/orangina-is-back/971017.md?page=2)