# Regional Liquid Refreshment **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-liquid-refreshment/489876 "2009-03-18T13:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![D.Fenestrator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aca169/32.png) [@D.Fenestrator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.Fenestrator)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-liquid-refreshment/489876/41 "2009-03-21T16:26:11Z")
There is a little burger joint out here near Fife, WA that sells Green River (from the fountain, not a bottle). I love it, but then I am partial to lime-flavored things. We only go to that burger place a couple times a year, though, so I don’t get to have it very often. I didn’t realize Jones Soda was sort of a Seattle thing; the first place I saw it in large quantities was at the Harry & David outlet store in Oregon about 10 years ago. I’ve never been brave enough to try it, but I understand that some of the more mainstream flavors are nice. They had a Seahawks-themed set a while ago, and I think one of the flavors was “grass” or “turf.” :dubious: I know it wasn’t regional, but I still miss Jolt Cola, which, in the 80’s and early 90’s, tasted exactly like Coca-Cola used to in the 70’s. Now I want to go combing little grocery stores for unusual sodas… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Desert\_Nomad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desert_nomad/32/177_2.png) [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-liquid-refreshment/489876/42 "2009-03-21T17:47:49Z")
> [@bartleby](#): > > Ok, so I sorta “collect” odd or regional soda (pop, coke, whatever, that’s a different thread). Not that I physically HAVE any of these, I just like to seek them out and try them. > > So…what’s in your area? Oman Dew… similar to Mountain Dew, but a bit closer to Squirt (grapefruit flavor). I’ve never seen it in Dubai, but it can be found in Oman and (IIRC) Iran. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-liquid-refreshment/489876/43 "2009-03-21T17:49:11Z")
Here they sell Jones soda at the grocery and at Target. And the Mexican cokes here still have cane sugar (bottled in Monterrey). ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-liquid-refreshment/489876/44 "2009-03-21T19:02:53Z")
Its particular to regions with large hispanic populations (as opposed to particular geographic regions) but I vote [Coco Rico](http://www.good-o.com/cocorico.htm) - it’s a coconut soda that tastes sort of like the juice inside a young coconut. It’s not very sweet - that catches people off guard. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-liquid-refreshment/489876/45 "2009-03-21T19:18:46Z")
Oh, and if “regional” includes the UK, there’s [Fentiman’s](http://www.fentimans.com/range.php). You can occasionally find it in the US, but not often. It’s brewed soda, so it has a tiny bit of alcohol and has that fermented flavor to it. I haven’t tried all of their products, but the ones I have sampled are fantastic. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regional-liquid-refreshment/489876.md?page=2)