What is 7UP and Sprite?
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Am I wildly wrong for referring to it as lemonade?
In language classes at school we were told not to ask for lemonade on the continent because we would get served a bitter lemon drink. Instead ask for Sprite or 7UP.
I'm confusing Americans in the Gen x sub.
Green_Sprout@reddit
I think we need to establish what Lemonade is to the Brits - It's a carbonated lemon flavoured beverage, you can also get cloudy lemonade which is a bit stronger in the lemon flavour department. The two biggest brands for these types of lemonade are probably Schweppes and R. Whites.
Sprite and 7UP, as others have stated, are lemon and lime carbonated beverages and not technically lemonade but in pubs and fast-food places will be sold as the 'lemonade' option here in the UK.
Affectionate_Map2761@reddit
What the hell? In america, Lemonade is lemons, water, and sugar. Schweppes makes ginger ale, which is the ginger version of the lemon lime soda(s) sprite and 7up... but lemonade is like kool-aid but with real lemons instead of chemical colored powder đ€Ł
Katharinemaddison@reddit
Though ASDA do a very good lemonade which is just lemons and sugar.
Academic_UK@reddit
And waterâŠ!
Katharinemaddison@reddit
Not as a flavouring thoughâŠ
Green_Sprout@reddit
The stuff in the cartons? I thought that had been discontinued decades ago!
Katharinemaddison@reddit
Itâs in plastic bottles in the fridge section near the chilled fruit juice. Bit pricy but Iâm obsessed.
Green_Sprout@reddit
I'll have to grab a bottle next time I'm in ASDA, if its similar o the cartoned drink from my uni days then I'll be joining you in obsession because that stuff was like crack!
4me2knowit@reddit
My teeth implants are testament to the addictive properties of lemon juice
Katharinemaddison@reddit
It certainly is to me! The only one Iâve found without artificial sweeteners too.
grapefruitzzz@reddit
Those things are a curse to me. I've started buying "cocktail mixers" and 0.0 beers to avoid the damn things.
Katharinemaddison@reddit
Yeah itâs so much easier to get a mixer without them than just a normal soft drink!
grapefruitzzz@reddit
There's a really good passionfruit one in the Co-op.
twincassettedeck@reddit
Don't know what birds you've been going down on....!
3Cogs@reddit
Try making your own. Squeeze a few lemons, add the same volume of cold water and slightly less volume of sugar. Chill for an hour in the fridge and add a couple of ice cubes. You can tweak it for sweetness and acidity but that's a good starting point.
Impossible_Theme_148@reddit
I think all the supermarkets do a version of it. I've definitely had the Tesco, M&S and Waitrose one's.
BedaFomm@reddit
And Lidl.
Katharinemaddison@reddit
Many of the other versions Iâve found have had artificial sweeteners.
christopher_bird_616@reddit
Sounds rather dry??
Katharinemaddison@reddit
Goes very well with sambuca if thatâs what you meanâŠ
_Alek_Jay@reddit
Arrgghh you bar stewardâŠ! I have that R Whites Secret lemonade drinker song stuck in my head nowâŠ
Flea-Surgeon@reddit
And Bitter Lemon is another thing entirely, just to further complicate matters. That's mainly used as a mixer for spirits, but it's good on its own. Thinking about it, the last time I saw someone using it as a mixer was probably around 1974 lol
trysca@reddit
Lemonade is also uncarbonated, we were taught the traditional kind at school in thec80s - boiled lemon water sugar, that's it
TheDarkestStjarna@reddit
Technically that's fizzy lemonade. Original lemonade was non fizzy. (It may still be sold as old fashioned lemonade or similar, but not as easy to get hold of as fizzy lemonade)
wardyms@reddit
They arenât technically lemonade because theyâre lemon and lime. However if you ask for lemonade and they donât have lemonade, you might get a response âis sprite ok?â Etc.
In North America lemonade isnât fizzy, this might be what they mean.
CptCave1@reddit
Blew my mind by learning lemonade is not fizzy over the one.
bateau_du_gateau@reddit
Cider is just apple juice in the US, "hard cider" is cider.
Downtown_Physics8853@reddit
No. Cider here is a pressed apple juice drink, rather than the "pulped and filtered" technique for making apple juice. There are literally hundreds of cider mills in the northeastern US.
bateau_du_gateau@reddit
Both are called apple juice here. Cider is 5% or stronger alcohol.
LiqdPT@reddit
Kind of. In the US, "cider" is unfiltered (or cloudy I guess) apple juice
Solid_Western_138@reddit
If it's clear and yella, you've got juice there fella. If it's mellow and brown, you're in cider town.
willowthemanx@reddit
So what do you guys call the flat drink of lemon juice, sugar and water?
Agarwaen323@reddit
You can get still lemonade here in the UK too, it's just not the default.
visiblepeer@reddit
In Germany Limonade is actually orangeade which is even more confusing
Indigo-Waterfall@reddit
In the uk it would be lemonade. Lemonade is a fizzy lemon flavoured soft drink.
CallumHighway@reddit
7-Up and Sprite are lemon lime sodas. They're not exactly like the lemonade you'd get in Britain, no. They're more like a Fanta. You know how Fanta is orange and fizzy? This is just lemon lime and fizzy, but it isn't as tart but more sweet than British lemonades I believe.
As chance may have it I'm drinking a 7-Up right now lol
Equal-Guess-2673@reddit
Iâve lived in the uk, us & Europe so maybe can help? Everyone here seems just as confused as your Gen Xers lol
In the US lemonade is literally fresh squeezed lemon juice with water and sugar. You can get bottled versions too which taste like piss, but thatâs what itâs meant to be. It would never be carbonated.
The US has sprite/7uo obviously but not the carbonated lemon drink you call lemonade. It just doesnât exist, so thereâs no name for it.
You might need to ask this in a European sub, but at least in the country I lived in neither version of âlemonadeâ existed. If you asked for lemonade youâd probably just get a blank stare. I canât think of how to even translate it. So yes to get the closest to British lemonade youâd have to ask for sprite.
Downtown_Physics8853@reddit
"...That is why you see kids with lemonade stands in American movies: lemonade is piss easy to make at home......
Your poor choice of words reminds me of why I NEVER patronize these things...
Illustrious-Divide95@reddit
In th UK
Lemonade is fizzy clear sweet soda (American usage) or "fizzy pop"
R whites Lemonade and Schweppes are the most common classic brands. 7 up and Sprite, despite being lemon/lime are commonly called lemonade.
You can also get 'Cloudy lemonade' or 'Old fashioned lemonade' which is a bit like a carbonated version of American lemonade.
To get American lemonade, something like 'Still cloudy lemonade' is possible but hard to find.
WatchingTellyNow@reddit
And then in Ireland there's red lemonade, which is what you'd get if you just asked for lemonade, so you had to specifically ask for white lemonade if you didn't want the other stuff. That was a good few years ago now, so I don't know if that's still the case because I haven't been there for a while.
grapefruitzzz@reddit
Isn't "shandy" different in Ireland as well?
WatchingTellyNow@reddit
Dunno, I was a kid when I discovered the lemonade oddity.
"Shandy" is typically half beer half lemonade, but is often euphemistically used in "yeah, well, last night we went out for a shandy an' me 'ead's bangin' this morning!" to mean "I drank rather a lot last night"...
-You_Cant_Stop_Me-@reddit
If I was asked the flavour I'd say 7-up/Sprite is lemon and lime. The most common lemonades in UK restaurants/bars is R. Whites or Schweppes, but if someone gave me 7-up or Sprite I wouldn't be bothered.
You wouldn't get bitter lemon in the UK when asking for lemonade. I don't remember ever getting bitter lemon when asking for lemonade on mainland Europe and that's my normal soft drink choice as I don't like cola.
MsPooka@reddit
Wait. So you ask for "lemonade" and get any number of different brands? That's wild. And fyi, American lemonade is never EVER bitter.
-You_Cant_Stop_Me-@reddit
The vast majority of places will serve R. Whites or Schweppes on draught depending on who the bar/restaurant supplier is, the same way a place will have Coke or Pepsi (but the taste difference is so negligable that people generally don't care which). It's not that common to see 7UP or Sprite on tap outside of fastfood chains, but they might still have them in bottles/cans in the fridge if people want lemon-lime. If you just ask for lemonade you'll get it from the tap as standard and you have to ask if you'd prefer a bottle/can (if they even stock them).
If a place doesn't use soda guns and sells bottles/cans instead that might still be R. Whites or Schweppes, or something else like Canada Dry, Britvics or Fentimen's, or even smaller brands. It's rare a place will have multiple brands of lemonade in stock unless they've got additional flavours like pink lemonade.
Lemonade is never bitter here. Bitter lemon is a totally different drink; basically tonic water with lemon juice, pith (where the bitterness comes from), and peel added as flavouring. It's weird that someone would tell OP you'd be served bitter lemon when ordering lemonade when it's a very different drink.
TSC-99@reddit
Although I hate when shandies are made with 7up or Sprite!
nonsequitur__@reddit
Yes, gross!
-You_Cant_Stop_Me-@reddit
Don't know if I've had that, they do tend to be lass fizzy than R. Whites/Schweppes so it would annoy me if it made my drink flat.
The best shandy I've had was Peroni and San Pellagrino in a frozen glass, that is the most refreshing drink on Earth. I'd also recommend trying a shandy with ginger beer instead of lemonade.
Shackled-Zombie@reddit
R whites R whites R Whhhhhhhhites
highrisedrifter@reddit
I'm a secret lemonade drinker.
Pure-Dead-Brilliant@reddit
Shhh, itâs a secret. đ€«
ProfessionalEven296@reddit
I got caught by the Lemonade and Sprite confusion when I first came to the USA. Sprite/7up is closer to what British people call lemonade. American lemonade is flat lemony flavored water.
KickOk1833@reddit
American English is much more specific than british English. In the states, if you want something, just be specific. Especially with drinks as an example. If you went anywhere and actually ordered "white wine" or "normal coffee" you would then be asked to be specific. Sprite is sprite. Coke is coke. With the exemption of the actual word coffee. "Coffee" in America is universally known to be brewed filter coffee. Everything else must be referred to by what it actually is... americano, latte, etc. And nobody drinks instant coffee. Blasphemy.
The_Wallet_Smeller@reddit
Poppycock.
Ask for a Coke in many parts of the US and you will be asked âwhat flavor?â Because Coke means any type of soda/pop not just Coke.
Ask for âWhite Wineâ in the UK and they will also ask you what type.
Order âCoffeeâ in the UK and you will get the same type of coffee as you would in the US if you ordered âcoffeeâ.
KickOk1833@reddit
Lived in the us half my life, uk the other. I've worked in restaurants and bars around the us and also the uk for reference.
Coke.
People in the us generally read menus and ask for their specific desire. If an American asks for coke it is assumed they want coke. If they wanted something different they would ask for, specifically, what they want. So no, in the us when asked for coke you will recieve coke. If they don't have coke but have Pepsi or a generic brand they will say, we don't have coke but we have this, is that OK?
Wine. The point is that an American will read the menu and ask for a specific type of wine which is listed on the menu. Yes, if they asked for a white wine, they would be asked what kind, but they wouldn't do that. They would ask for a specific type. British very commonly ask for "white wine" and most of the time when I press for a type I recieve flak for asking and am told just to give them anything and they don't even know what the different whites are and they don't care.
Coffee. Completely false. I've encountered filter coffee exactly 3 times in the uk. The rest of the time it's either an americano or instant, both of which have completely different flavor profiles. Most Americans can tell the difference. My experience is that English generally don't actually know what the difference is and "aren't they all the same?" This has been said to me many times. By baristas.
The_Wallet_Smeller@reddit
Also lived half and half.
Coke: Never lived in the South of the US then Kid? If you had you wouldnât be so cocksure.
Wine: Must have worked at Wetherspoons.
Coffee: If you think you are getting an Americano⊠espresso with hot water in the UK then you are very mistaken. You think most places in the UK have an espresso machine????
KickOk1833@reddit
20 years in each and I'm a kid eh?
Been to every state so i must not know.
The south is an oddity for sure but still, in a restaurant, one would likely say "root beer" if both coke and root beer was on the menu and that is what they wanted. Of course in conversation they refer to any soda as coke.
Never worked at Weatherspoons.. worked at several pubs in an around derbyshire and some wedding venues.
Coffeeeeeeee! Yes. Any given food establishment in chesterfield has an espresso machine. Many don't know how to use it well, but they do have them. If not, sadly, the standard is nescafe.
The_Wallet_Smeller@reddit
Oddly enoughâŠ.. Iâm from Chesterfield and have never seen an espresso machine.
KickOk1833@reddit
Oh man. Junction has one. Brampton social club has one. Host has one. Nonna's had one. Couple of the Italian places, small cafes, and other various restaurants have them. I've gotten lattes at many of these places. Watched them make it on their espresso machine. Gregg's has them. Starbucks, cafe Nero, Costa. The list goes on. Don't actually know if the weathersppons in chessy has one but most of the other weatherspoons I've been in have them.
AudioLlama@reddit
Plenty of places have espresso machines these days, it's hardly unusual
cyanicpsion@reddit
You've lived in the UK half your life and only encountered filter coffee 3 times in the UK?
Your last sentence may possibly be vaguely plausible if you meant to say barristers instead of baristas.
KickOk1833@reddit
Yes. It surprises me still. I ask for it every time I go to a coffee shop or cafe. Sometimes I am told yes and then they start to make an americano because they think I won't notice or that they are the same.
A barista is a person who specializes in making coffee of all varieties. A barrister is a type of lawyer.. so not only do baristas sometimes not know much about coffee, people here don't even know what a barista is. At this point I would half expect a barrister to be more knowledgable about coffee than the average barista!
AudioLlama@reddit
I agree with the first two examples, but I'd argue the default in most coffee shops is a latte. Is that what you mean by a coffee?
cyanicpsion@reddit
Coffee Reddit/YouTube would disagree.
Coffee is the umbrella term , which has specifics underneath it like espresso, filter, pour over, and coffee related drinks. Filter coffee isn't the default unless that's all they serve.
Also, if they sell instant coffee in the US, but nobody drinks it, what do they do with it?
KickOk1833@reddit
Of course "Coffee" is an umbrella term. Of course.
However, In the states if you go to a place that sells coffee and ask for coffee you will get filter coffee. As a barista in England when people order coffee and I ask what kind, because we don't have filter coffee, inevitably they are confused and respond angrily "just normal coffee". usually they mean an Americano or instant, but sometimes they mean a latte or flat white. It's a chore to figure out what people want, exactly.
Of course some people do drink instant. Understand that when "people" say "nobody" they often are not being literal but rather mean an extremely small minority. The biggest group of instant coffee consumers is probably people going on extended backcountry trips where weight is a factor. Most, the vast majority, of Americans buy ground or whole been coffee and drink it brewed through a filter. Many more geek out on coffee in a way that would blow the mind of most british I know.
cyanicpsion@reddit
Well... That blows the argument that American English is incredibly specific then.
KickOk1833@reddit
Wooo! It's a good thing that's not what I said! Who said it was incredibly specific? I said it was "more specific than british english"
jeanclaudebrowncloud@reddit
American lemonade is just lemon, water, sugar. If you asked for lemondade in the UK, you wouldn't get that, you'd get something like Sprite. We don't really drink American lemonade, but because of ever increasing americanisation here we'll probably start drinking it sooner or later.
benDB9@reddit
Why donât we have âAmerican styleâ lemonade?
Ravenclaw74656@reddit
I mean, we do if we're making it at home, but not commercially (usually). Our typical lemonade that we buy uses sparkling (fizzy) water, whereas you have to specify "flat" lemonade if you want a more American style one.
Additionally, and to be fair it may just be Texas, but the American lemonade I've drunk seems to have far more sugar in it and is fairly sweet, where we try for a balance between sweet and tart.
coughtough@reddit
American from Texas, the lemonade most often served at casual restaurants is from Minute Maid (owned by Coca-Cola), so while it isnât fizzy, itâs a very standardized product that contains little to no actual lemon juice.
When we make lemonade at home, we buy a powdered mix (very much like Kool-Aid, in fact Kool-Aid makes a lemonade flavor), and mix it with water and sugar.
While my family is partial to this sweet lemonade, there are lemonade purists- often at overpriced restaurants- who will only squeeze literal lemons into a large pitcher of water and add a ridiculously small amount of sugar to it, usually resulting in a watered down flavor thatâs still pretty tart.
Hour-Ability-6902@reddit
UK does, it's called lemon squash :)
US lemonade is basically lemon squash (not lemon juice, made that mistake đ)
BellisPer@reddit
You can get it, just not in most restaurants. It's normally called "traditional" or "still" and it's in the fridges.
BedaFomm@reddit
âOn the Continentâ ie in mainland Europe, drinks like Kas or Fanta Limon are commonly served as lemonade, and are more like British âbitter lemonâ. For a clear fizzy lemonade it is better to ask for Sprite or 7up, to avoid confusion.
Chester_Le_Street@reddit
I think your teacher is confusing lemonade with bitter lemon, which is another thing entirely, and usually served as a mixer with gin.
LupercalLupercal@reddit
It's lemon and lime
lawton79@reddit
So
Lemonade in the UK is carbonated soft drink that used citric acid to give it a lemon taste
Cloudy lemonade is the same as the above with added lemon juice
Traditional lemonade is water sugar lemon juice (what Americans consider lemonade) this is not carbonated.
Sprite and 7up are a lemon and lime flavoured carbonated drink usually sweeter than lemonade.
Pink lemonade is cloudy lemonade with raspberry flavour added.
MsPooka@reddit
American lemonade is never bitter. It might be tart, but not bitter. It's always flat. Homemade is very good. If you order it in a restaurant it probably come from a concentrate and will be be like a sweet lemony drink, but flat. About as sweet as juice. Sprite, 7Up, and Starry are brands of lemon-lime soda.
jajay119@reddit
Itâs lemon and lime
PipBin@reddit
In the U.K. âadeâ on the end of a drink name means fizzy. So you also get cherryade and orangeade. If you went into a pub in the U.K. and asked for lemonade you would most likely get Sprite or 7Up.
mrafinch@reddit
This is how I see it too, anything -ade is a fizzy version of that flavour.
Although if you were to order a lemonade in Europe I imagine (hope) youâd get a San Pellegrino or whatever. At least in my experience anyway, only in North America have I asked for lemonade and received a flat, lemon-flavoured drink.
AfraidOstrich9539@reddit
Or, if you had a Scottish granny born before ww2 you might get the old traditional non fizzy stuff
AudioLlama@reddit
Carbonated lemonade has been a thing since at least the 1830s
AfraidOstrich9539@reddit
Yes.... but between ww1 and the end of rationing in the UK after ww2 most working class people in Scotland (the vast majority at that time) couldn't afford to buy it so they kept using the older traditional methods just like people of that generation made 'orange cake' in the 80s (very basic sponge with left-over orange peel grated unto the mix)
Sensitive-Donkey-205@reddit
I loved my gran's lemonade, no idea what her recipe was. It was like a cordial/syrup that was diluted to drink.
AfraidOstrich9539@reddit
So sticky and thick and the lemon would almost burn it's way down... at least that's my memories from the early 80's. I loved it bur you knew you were going to make that 'I've eaten the most sour thing ever' face and that was half the fun
Sensitive-Donkey-205@reddit
Sounds like my gran used a lot more sugar than your gran. When I said syrup, I imagine it would have been grainy if I tried to drink it straight!
AfraidOstrich9539@reddit
Ah, yeah, that does sound a bit different.
There was sugar but nothing like you describe.
Some of my friends were almost scared of it and others loved it like me haha
Dear_Tangerine444@reddit
My English nan, born before WW2, only ever had Robinsons Lemon Barley Water in her house. If Iâd have asked for any type of fizzy drink Iâd have got a clip around the ear.
nonsequitur__@reddit
Or a Fanta limon
aurora_ethereallight@reddit
UK here.
Modern lemonade and 7Up and Sprite aren't wildly different from each other (2 are brand names)... if you were in a British pub for instance, you would be served one of these three. These are clear, carbonated, citrus flavour, refreshment drinks.
The bitter lemon drink which someone had told about in reference to lemonade in the UK is what Traditional Lemonade. This is a cloudy, carbonated drink with quite a strong sour lemon flavour to it. It's hughly refreshing and a good palate cleanser but because of how sour it can be, is not to everyone's taste. To my knowledge, this isn't widely sold in pubs or restaurants but it can be purchased in supermarkets etc.
nonsequitur__@reddit
I think theyâre saying that if you ask for lemonade in continental Europe youâll receive a bitter lemon drink, not carbonated pop.
aurora_ethereallight@reddit
Well, OP has asked Brits... so I can only speak for what they would be most likely to get in the UK. I haven't spoken for the rest of Europe.
nonsequitur__@reddit
Yeah but they seem to be British from their post? And their comment references getting a bitter lemon drink on the continent.
aurora_ethereallight@reddit
I'm not here to argue with you. OP asked a question, I answered it within the context of how I interpreted it. End of.
The_Wallet_Smeller@reddit
Bitter lemon is NOT traditional lemonade. There is a specific product k own as Bitter Lemon which contains quinine similar to tonic water.
Loose_Acanthaceae201@reddit
As a pub mixer it would be called "bitter lemon" and would come in a little glass bottle.Â
Pineapple_JoJo@reddit
Youâll be fine asking for lemonade in the UK, youâll usually get a sweet fizzy clear lemon flavoured drink, unless itâs described as âcloudyâ in which case it will be a sort of opaque yellow colour, but it will still be sweet. No idea what youâd get asking for that in mainland Europe but 7up and sprite are well known brands so that would be fine (also fine in the Uk) hope thatâs not confusing!
nonsequitur__@reddit
Often itâs Fanta limon!
Pineapple_JoJo@reddit
Oh yes! Like a lemon soda!
nonsequitur__@reddit
Iâd say they are slightly more sweet or syrupy or something than lemonade but more or less the same. If you asked somewhere for a lemonade and they didnât have it they may ask âis sprite/7up okay?â In the same way that if they didnât have Diet Coke they may say âis Pepsi max okay?â
WiccanPixxie@reddit
Whenever I ask for lemonade in Greece I get given 7up or sprite, which is similar to UK lemonade, but not the same
TSC-99@reddit
Lemonade is better than 7up or Sprite and it is the superior shandy making choice too đȘđœ
ListenFalse6689@reddit
In the UK it's fine, they might only have one type of lemon pop, especially in a smaller venue so you will get what you get, but they might ask what brand if they have more. I will warn you there is one brand that tastes like actual shit I think it might be r whites.
In Italy they might give you lemon soda if you don't specifically say a brand and that's quite...fizzy and lemony.
CptCave1@reddit
Has everyone forgotten about Schweppes?
Agitated_Custard7395@reddit
Lemonade everywhere except the UK is lemon juice, sugar and sparkling water
Itâs not bitter at all unless you ask for it to be, Sprite/7UP is some synthetic sugary crap
Hamsternoir@reddit
Lemonade is just lemon flavoured.
Sprite and 7up have more complex flavours. If you wanted either you would have to ask for them by name. Otherwise you'll just get a generic lemon only carbonated drink.
hurtloam@reddit (OP)
Yes, true. That's a good explanation.
If someone asked you what 7UP is how would you describe it? I just off hand said it was lemonade.
Impossible_Theme_148@reddit
I think most people would call it lemon and lime - but other people think that most people would just call it lemonade
That's probably a good indication that one or the other is going to cover nearly everyoneÂ
Beartato4772@reddit
It's a "Lemon and Lime" soda.
Craft_on_draft@reddit
The vast majority of people in the UK would call it lemonade
Hamsternoir@reddit
Must be a regional thing then as no one I've encountered does
The_Wallet_Smeller@reddit
It is very simple.
Lemonade in the US is not carbonated cloudy sweet lemon drink. It I s called Real Lemonade or cloudy lemonade in the UK.
What in the US would be Sprite etc is just called Lemonade but is less lemony.
There is also a drink called bitter lemon in the UK which is exactly what it says on the label. It is often used as a mixer.
AffectionateFig9277@reddit
That person is wrong. Bitter lemon is a very specific thing, you wonât just get that by asking for lemonade. Sprite is just lemonade with a bit of lime. Just ask for lemonade, we know what that is.
Also are we talking about the continent or the UK?
Loose_Acanthaceae201@reddit
I think they're talking about how Brits on holiday asking for "lemonade" expect something like Sprite and are served Fanta LimĂłn.
A bag of salted Lays and a can of yellow Fanta screams sunny holiday đÂ
Slight-Brush@reddit
âThe continentâ?
attilathetwat@reddit
Whatâs wrong with that? A lot of people called mainland Europe the continent
Slight-Brush@reddit
I was checking which continent - we get a lot of non-Brits asking questions here and I couldnât work out if you were a Brit wanting backup or a very confused visitorÂ
hurtloam@reddit (OP)
Je suis Anglais. Ich wohne in Schottland.
inide@reddit
An American would say "Europe" rather than "the continent"
I'm pretty sure referring to it just as "the continent" is a purely British thing.
MassiveMoron69@reddit
They are both mediocre lemonade brands (in my opinion)Â
Quetzalchello@reddit
British lemonade is plenty mediocre of a drink. Stones and glass houses, you know?
YouNeedAnne@reddit
R Whites > all
hurtloam@reddit (OP)
It's not very common in Scotland. I don't think I've ever had it.
Quetzalchello@reddit
It brings me right back to my first visits to the UK as a little boy in the seventies, but no I'd never just drink a glass of the stuff! As I said just now a little bit as a lager top... I prefer that to a shandy or a German Radler which both have too much lemonade or equivalent (German version has some actual fruit juice but still too weak).
MassiveMoron69@reddit
Come on you can't be upset because I don't think sprite is an amazing drink lmao
Quetzalchello@reddit
I agree as happens, but neither is British lemonade, which is the same bit just lemon flavour and frankly just as sickly.
Realistic-River-1941@reddit
British lemonade covers a lot of things, from a cheap colourless fizzy drink to a posher cloudy variety to things made with actual lemons. Something costing a pound for a 2 litres bottle is going to be very different to something hand made for a summer garden party.
Quetzalchello@reddit
Pedantry. Mayo can mean both the white stuff in a jar mass produced and sold in shops or homemade sauce from egg yolk and oil. Which is mayo to most do you suppose???
Realistic-River-1941@reddit
No, there are noticeable differences.
MassiveMoron69@reddit
I was puzzled because there is no standard british lemonade it can all be fairly different! But i suppose its similar enough that you could be not keen on all of it so fair enough.
Quetzalchello@reddit
The stuff you get in a corner shop or supermarket. It's a clear fizzy drink. Yes that's standard British lemonade. Get a shandy or top in a pub that's what goes in it.
Sad_Introduction8995@reddit
Theyâre all awful. Itâs too hard to find one without sweeteners these days. 7-up used to be my mumâs go-to for that reason, but they ruined that too.
Quetzalchello@reddit
Yeah, that's how the drinks industry reacted to the sugar tax meant to cut consumption of these high sugar drinks. đ
Wretched_Colin@reddit
Itâs ok because it is standardised, you know what youâre getting. But itâs no better than a supermarket own brand lemonade.
There are some lemonades like Fentimanâs which would blow your socks off. Not really a thirst quencher, but good to see someone making something different.
MassiveMoron69@reddit
I enjoy Fentimans but its a bit pricey for the likes of me lol
matomo23@reddit
Lemon or lemon and lime soft drinks are known as lemonade here. So yes theyâre lemonades.
This is NOT the case in the US where lemonade is a still drink made from lemons or tastes like that anyway. Sprite and 7-up are definitely not lemonades in the US as that word has a different meaning there. Hence the confusion.
ohwhatisfreeasaname@reddit
I have never heard of someone referring to 7up or Sprite as lemonade. Pubs round where I am (Surrey) tend to have R Whites lemonade on the soda gun as well as either Coke or Pepsi & 7up or Sprite.
matomo23@reddit
Yes thatâs true. But if you ask for lemonade and they donât have R Whites theyâll say they have Sprite or 7-up instead.
frankbowles1962@reddit
Sprite and 7 Up were US packagings of what in the UK was known as lemonade back in the 60s or 70s, a clear carbonated drink with a pretty synthetic lemon lime flavour. Since then more lemonade sold in the UK actually tastes of proper lemons and the meaning has diversified.
In Europe it was never a thing so you are right, it may well be translated as something more bitter than you are used to
Impressive-Safe-7922@reddit
I would include them in "lemonade" - if I order lemonade when I'm out somewhere, then I wouldn't be surprised to receive 7Up, Sprite, or a generic supermarket lemonade. However, if the menu specifies cloudy lemonade, then I would assume that does not include Sprite or 7Up
Careful-Tangerine986@reddit
Sprite is a lemon and mine carbonated drink and 7up is snow whites idea of a good time.
Wly35@reddit
If you ask for lemonade, the bar tender will usually ask "7up or sprite?" I'm surprised anyone would've thought it was a issue to begin with
Quetzalchello@reddit
Yup. Basically lemonade as the Brits call it. Because they're American products however they're not called lemonade as American lemonade is a very different thing. Made from actual lemon juice, sugar and still water. Thus they'd never call this stuff lemonade.
ZCT808@reddit
A Brit ordering lemonade is generally expecting a drink that looks and tastes something like 7UP or Sprite. Although these drinks also have a lime flavor missing from British lemonade.
In other countries lemonade often refers to a sweet still (non-carbonated) drink flavored with lemons.
PhantomLamb@reddit
Both are lemon & lime flavoured, so not lemonade. Though iirc the flavours are both pretty soft so would do as a nice substitute for lemonade if you couldn't get any.
David_is_dead91@reddit
Theyâre both âlemon-limeâ rather than just lemonade
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