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Soft drinks in Brazil


Soft drinks in Brazil

Nothing beats coconut water (água de côco) on a hot day.(Stress the first o, otherwise it will come out as "poo"! (cocô) ). It is mostly sold as côco gelado in the coconut itself, drunk with a straw. Ask the machete-wielding vendors to cut the coconut in half so that you can eat the flesh after drinking the water. If you want a Coke in Brazil, ask for coca or coca-cola, as "cola" means "glue", in Portuguese. Guaraná; is a carbonated soft drink made from the guaraná berry, native to the Amazon area. The major brands are Antarctica and Kuat, the latter owned by Coke. Pureza is a lesser known guaraná soft drink specially popular in Santa Catarina. There is also a "Guaraná Jesus" that is popular in Maranhão. Almost all regions in Brazil feature their own local variants on guaraná, some which can be quite different from the standard "Antartica" in both good and bad ways. If traveling to Amazonas, be sure to try a cold "Baré," which due to its huge popularity in Manaus was purchased by Antartica and is becoming more available throughout northern Brazil. Tubaína is a carbonated soft drink once very popular among Brazilians (particularly the ones born in the 70's, 80's and early 90's) and becoming extremely hard to find. It was once mass produced by "Brahma" before it became focused on beers only. If you happen to find a place that sells it, try it. Mineirinho is also a popular soft drink made of guaraná and a typical brazilian leaf called Chapéu de Couro. Althought most brazilians says that it tastes like grass, older people (+70 years) claim that the drink has medicinal proprieties.

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