Food in Peru – soft drinks
A whole post on soft drinks?! Yeah, not because they are awesome or anything – but I do like taking pictures of the bottles – what can I say?! π
Peru is very fond of fizzy drinks – there are a LOT of different kinds that you can get, and there is a whole range of ‘local’ fizzy drinks to compete with the famous ones like coke and pepsi. Usually the local ones are cheaper – so what’s not to like? π
Well, some of them are a bit rough to be honest! So let’s start with the most FAMOUS one of all – Inca Cola. Inca Cola is an institution in PeruΒ – it was invented in 1935 – ironically by somebody English… It is Peru’s best selling soft drink and is also available in other South American countries. It’s called a ‘kola’, but it’s not really a ‘cola’ in my view… it’s yellow and tastes of bubble-gum. We weren’t huge fans to be honest.
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Moving on to some REAL colas – we liked these – because they were cheap π …and they also had caffeine in them – stopping us from collapsing from exhaustion after a morning looking at churches…
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Next, Peru gets some credit for having ‘granadilla‘ flavoured soft drinks. If you don’t know what a granadilla is, you will find out in the next post…
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And finally… the BEST for last… this drink almost makes up for the lack of api in Peru! It’s called ‘Chicha Morada’, and it’s available in pre-packaged bottles in supermarkets, as well as in ‘home-made’ versions at markets and cafes.
It originates from the Peruvian Andes, but is available EVERYWHERE in Peru – it is made from purple corn, and it is REALLY refreshing! π Yes, we seem to like anything made from purple corn π
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So, we would give Peru a general thumbs up for having a lot of variety available when you fancy a soft drink – and a BIG thumbs up for having Chicha Morada… -)