Non-Alcoholic Beverages

After constant posts about consuming large amounts of beer, wine, and other intoxifying potables, I feel it is time to discuss the less-prevalent non-alcoholic beverages. The Americans will find this a bit confusing, fair warning.

Coke = Coke They have Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Fanta. As well as the Pepsi family (Pepsi, Mountain Dew). These taste the same either way.

Sprite=Lemonade. That's right, to Aussies, if a person orders a lemonade, they are asking for a sprite. Giving Sprite instead of lemonade to an American would get you shot. I mean, who the hell sits down on the hot summer day and decides man, I sure could use an ice cold sprite. This is just wrong. Sprite doesn't even contain lemons! It doesn't even taste like lemons. It tastes like sugar. (please, any comments about country time lemonade at this point will be discouraged)

Lemonade=Lemon Cordial. If an American wants a lemonade in Australia, you have to order a lemon cordial. It is this thick syrup that comes in a jug, you mix it with water and it becomes a fruit juice-like substance. Similar to Kool-Aid, but more organic tasting.
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Lemonade=Lemon Juice. This doesn't make sense because lemon juice is lemon juice here as well. And neither this nor lemon cordial even tastes like lemonade! LEMONADE DOESN'T EXIST HERE!!!! Shoot me now! (sorry, in Australia) Bash me now!

Squirt = Lemon Squash. Yes, I know squirt is grapefruit flavored, but this is a close as it gets. It is drink that made from mixing Lemon Cordial syrup and Lemonade (sprite). You get a sweet, more fruity type of sprite. Various brands of premixed Lemon Squash exist, such as Lift.

????=Lemon-Lime and bitters. This is a very popular and tasty non-alcoholic sparkling beverage (well actually it is alcoholic, but only from the little bit of bitters in it. It won't give you a buzz or anything unless you drink a bunch of them in short amount of time). You mix lemon-lime syrup (like the lemon cordial syrup, only a little more sour), a bit of bar bitters, and top it off with lemonade (sprite). This is my personal favorite N/A drink in Australia. I've never had anything similar to this is in the States.

Fruit Juices=Fruit Juices. Thank god, these don't change. A nice glass of OJ is a nice glass of OJ here.

Popular US beverages that are not common in Australia: Lemonade, Arnie Palmer, root beer, cream soda, 90% of our energy juice varieties, Dr. Pepper (thank god), 7UP, any soda on tap.