Sprite is Lemonade?

[KungFuPanda]

Through a hysterical Facebook post I have just been informed that lemonade isn't lemonade everywhere and that lots of places outside the U.S. call Sprite "lemonade." The funniest comment was "What did they think Beyonce was talking about?"

[bookbard]

Well, Sprite is a brand name. But yes that fizzy lemon-lime flavour is what we (in Australia) call lemonade. I tasted what you call lemonade when I was in the US, and it tasted to me like lemon cordial. 

[KungFuPanda]

But, but, but, that's lemon-lime soda! I just don't know how to process this information.

[Mabelen]

Add England too.

[Melissa in Australia]

 

Here in my part of the world Sprite is just a brand name for lemonade.

 

Non carbonated lemon flavoured drink is cordial.

 

Fresh lemons with water is lemon juice

[abacus2]

Wow. Mind blown. I've never heard Sprite called lemonade. The only cordial I am familiar with comes from Anne of Green Gables.

[KungFuPanda]

Remember that feeling you had when people swore that blue dress was white or gold or something? I'm having it now.

 

For Americans:

Lemon juice + water + sugar = lemonade (or you can cheat and mix kool-aid or country time powder)

 

Sprite is a carbonated, commercial lemon-lime soda.

 

Cordial is fruit-flavored liquor.

Edited December 17, 2016 by KungFuPanda

[KungFuPanda]

For us, lemonade is a go-to, non-carbonated drink. You can buy a bottle in the store, but lemonade just means non-carbonated to us. If you hunt for it I'm guessing you could find "sparkling lemonade" but it would be unusual. Here, "sparkling" is code for "carbonated juice that is insanely overpriced."

[Arcadia]

Sprite is a carbonated, commercial lemon-lime soda.

 

Cordial is fruit-flavored liquor.

My kids describe Mountain Dew and Sprite as carbonated lemonade.

I would have asked for a cocktail if I wanted a fruit flavored alcoholic drink.

 

"Cordial, in the United States, is generally used interchangeably with liqueur, although you may find that the word cordial tends to appear more often on dessert-like products: liqueurs flavored with coffee, cream, chocolate, etc.

 

In another example of two lands divided by a common tongue, though, cordial is used in the UK to mean any syrupy or very sweet non-alcoholic beverage. So the product that we Americans call Rose's Lime Juice is, in its native England, called Rose's Lime Cordial. It of course is alcohol-free." http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2013/06/cocktail-terms-what-is-the-difference-between-aperitif-digestif-liquor-spirit-dry-sweet-perfect-manhattan-spirits-glossary.html

[Ausmumof3]

Lemonade is a fizzy drink here that's not particularly lemony although old fashioned or traditional lemonade may be more lemon flavoured though still fizzy. What you describe is called lemon cordial. I always used to wonder how all the kids had lemonade stands - I couldn't figure out how they made the fizz until I worked this out.

 

I have always wondered what root beer is.

[Rosie_0801]

Here in my part of the world Sprite is just a brand name for lemonade.

 

 

And, of course, the lemon flavoured lemonade is called either Solo or Pub Squash.

[Rosie_0801]

I have always wondered what root beer is.

 

Pancake Parlour used to sell it. Great stuff. I'm sad they stopped.

[scoutingmom]

Wait.... You don't have root beer???

 

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[Melissa in Australia]

Ok according to my Canadian DH kohl-aid is cordial here in Australia

Edited December 17, 2016 by Melissa in Australia

[Melissa in Australia]

I have always wondered if root beer is like ginger beer

[Liz CA]

Remember that feeling you had when people swore that blue dress was white or gold or something? I'm having it now.

 

For Americans:

Lemon juice + water + sugar = lemonade (or you can cheat and mix kool-aid or country time powder)

 

Sprite is a carbonated, commercial lemon-lime soda.

 

Cordial is fruit-flavored liquor.

 

Oh, let's not be picky now... :lol:

[Melissa in Australia]

 

Sprite is a brand of lemonade, I guess - but not really ? If someone asked me to go to the shops and buy lemonade, I wouldn't buysprite

 

to it.

But if someone asked me to go to the shop and pick up sprite and the shop had none left I would get lemonade

[Arcadia]

I have always wondered if root beer is like ginger beer

Try the Bundaberg brand root beer and their ginger beer too. It is an Australian owned business.

https://www.bundaberg.com/en-us/brew/root-beer/

https://www.bundaberg.com/en-us/brew/ginger-beer/

[Rosie_0801]

Try the Bundaberg brand root beer and their ginger beer too. It is an Australian owned business.

https://www.bundaberg.com/en-us/brew/root-beer/

https://www.bundaberg.com/en-us/brew/ginger-beer/

 

I've never seen Bundys root beer. It's not the same as sarsaparilla. Well, the Pancake Parlour root beer wasn't. That stuff was good. Bundy's Sarsaparilla and Ginger Beer are good too. And their Lemon, Lime and Bitters. Mm. Sugary drinks.

[Ausmumof3]

I've never seen Bundys root beer. It's not the same as sarsaparilla. Well, the Pancake Parlour root beer wasn't. That stuff was good. Bundy's Sarsaparilla and Ginger Beer are good too. And their Lemon, Lime and Bitters. Mm. Sugary drinks.

And there's lemon lime and bitters cordial... So good!

[JustEm]

 

Limes have naught to do with any of it!

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But Sprite is a brand name for a lemon-lime flavored carbonated drink not just a lemon flavored drink.

[Guest]

I'M SO CONFUSED?!

 

Sprite is sprite. Lemonade is lemonade. NOOOOO!

[Jean in Newcastle]

The entire world does not define things by American names. 

[Loesje22000]

Ah this explains so much ....

 

The Dutch word 'Limonade', which look like the translation of Lemonade, is more similar to what the British call squash:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squash_(drink)

 

Flemish tend to use Limonade for carbonated drinks.

They call the syrup + water drink 'Grenadine'.

 

Words can be so confusing... :)

[SarahW]

Wait.... You don't have root beer???

 

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Most of the world does not have root beer.

 

Shocking, I know.

 

And try to explain a root beer float to people who have never had root beer.... it never ends well.  :laugh:

 

"Wait, so it's like Coke, but then you pour it over ice cream. What? Isn't that nasty? Why only vanilla ice cream? Are you all mad??"

[Korrale]

Lemonade is a fizzy drink here that's not particularly lemony although old fashioned or traditional lemonade may be more lemon flavoured though still fizzy. What you describe is called lemon cordial. I always used to wonder how all the kids had lemonade stands - I couldn't figure out how they made the fizz until I worked this out.

 

I have always wondered what root beer is.

It is similar to Saraparilla. Although each rootbeer recipe has variations. Some have vanilla, some have citrus. It is quite close to a double SARS.

[Korrale]

Most of the world does not have root beer.

 

Shocking, I know.

 

And try to explain a root beer float to people who have never had root beer.... it never ends well. :laugh:

 

"Wait, so it's like Coke, but then you pour it over ice cream. What? Isn't that nasty? Why only vanilla ice cream? Are you all mad??"

Root beer float is a sarsaparilla spider.

[Korrale]

Ok according to my Canadian DH kohl-aid is cordial here in Australia

Kool-aid is a powder. But when made into a drink it is similar to cordial. Not as smooth as cordial though. Gosh I miss cordial.

[Laura Corin]

Sprite is lemonade in Britain.  My first introduction to what Americans call lemonade was in France, where it is called citron presse.  If I saw something called 'fresh lemonade' I would expect it to be made from real lemons and it might or might not be carbonated.  

 

The stuff that is sold to be diluted is called squash or (if posh) cordial.

[Guest]

The entire world does not define things by American names.

So are you saying in other countries a can of Sprite doesn't have the word "Sprite" on the can, it reads, "Lemonade"?

[Laura Corin]

So are you saying in other countries a can of Sprite doesn't have the word "Sprite" on the can, it reads, "Lemonade"?

 

It says 'Sprite' on the can but it is on the 'lemonade' shelf with other fizzy drinks that are called lemonade and taste more or less the same.  So Sprite is a form of lemonade.

 

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=273793794

 

I wouldn't be surprised if that use of the term lemonade dated back to WWII when there was no imported fruit, so all kinds of previous recipes were remade and the originals discarded.  My mother's recipe for Christmas Pudding had carrots in it, because fruit was unavailable during rationing and carrots are sweet.

Edited December 17, 2016 by Laura Corin

[Rosie_0801]

And try to explain a root beer float to people who have never had root beer.... it never ends well.  :laugh:

 

"Wait, so it's like Coke, but then you pour it over ice cream. What? Isn't that nasty? Why only vanilla ice cream? Are you all mad??"

 

Well, having, in my childhood, tried making it with chocolate ice cream, it definitely is nasty if not made with vanilla!

 

Except we call them spiders because "float" sounds disgusting.

 

Lime spider is best. Except maybe for lemon, lime and bitters spider.

[scoutingmom]

Most of the world does not have root beer.

 

Shocking, I know.

 

And try to explain a root beer float to people who have never had root beer.... it never ends well. [emoji23]

 

"Wait, so it's like Coke, but then you pour it over ice cream. What? Isn't that nasty? Why only vanilla ice cream? Are you all mad??"

Actually, I hate floats. But I can't imagine no root beer... Especially A&W root beer. The horror!

 

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[scoutingmom]

Well, having, in my childhood, tried making it with chocolate ice cream, it definitely is nasty if not made with vanilla!

 

Except we call them spiders because "float" sounds disgusting.

 

Lime spider is best. Except maybe for lemon, lime and bitters spider.

But the ice cream floats.....

 

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[Miss Peregrine]

Well, having, in my childhood, tried making it with chocolate ice cream, it definitely is nasty if not made with vanilla!

 

Except we call them spiders because "float" sounds disgusting.

 

Lime spider is best. Except maybe for lemon, lime and bitters spider.

How about a Purple Cow? Grape soda over vanilla ice cream. I could drink them when I was younger but now,  :ack2:

[bookbard]

I always thought root beer was ginger beer. But, having googled, apparently it is not.

 

So what do you call Sprite if it's not lemonade? Oh, btw, we don't call it 'soda', we call it 'soft drink' or 'fizzy drink'. 

[Miss Peregrine]

I always thought root beer was ginger beer. But, having googled, apparently it is not.

 

So what do you call Sprite if it's not lemonade? Oh, btw, we don't call it 'soda', we call it 'soft drink' or 'fizzy drink'. 

Soda.

[kiwik]

Lemon juice + water + sugar in AU = homemade lemonade.

 

Shop lemonade is carbonated.

 

Sprite is a brand of lemonade, I guess - but not really ? If someone asked me to go to the shops and buy lemonade, I wouldn't buy Sprite.

 

Limes have naught to do with any of it!

 

Cordial is a concentrate - you add water to it.

NZ too. We have lemonade that is fizzy from the shop and homemade lemonade. There is a tendency among young kids to say sprite for all lemonade though.

 

And we call it fizzy drink or soft drink not soda. Soda is soda water. And spiders not floats. I always thought root beer was ginger beer too.

Edited December 17, 2016 by kiwik

[Rosie_0801]

How about a Purple Cow? Grape soda over vanilla ice cream. I could drink them when I was younger but now,  :ack2:

 

That's a great name!  :laugh:

 

We don't get grape lemonade here so I will have to do without this pleasure. :lol:

[Guest]

The entire world does not define things by American names.

Of course? But they're fundamentally different products. It's like calling all coffee the same thing, when in fact there are different varieties, roasts, and milk drinks made with it. Just because it has coffee doesn't make it the same, and just because it has a lemon flavor doesn't make it the same either.

[RootAnn]

Sprite, 7-up, and (sort of, because it isn't quite the sane) Sierra Mist are clearing, carbonated, non-caffeinated lemon-lime sodas. Always a debate on what to call any carbonated drink in the US: soda, pop, or "Coke." It is regional. (Definitely "pop" where I grew up.)

Fascinating discussion. Reminds me of when I found out that the letter z was Zed in UK vs how we say it in US: Zee. Mind blowing. (I had an internet mom friend who asked to be called Z. Big difference to realize that meant Zed and not Zee.)

Edited December 17, 2016 by RootAnn

[Rosie_0801]

This is a funny thread. :)

 

Those of us in Australia who grew up reading couldn't make it to adulthood without a basic familiarity with the British and American dialects. Our books are not so well known on the international stage. :)

[Pawz4me]

My not yet fully awake/not yet fully caffeinated take on this thread is --

 

At least everyone seems to agree on what vanilla ice cream is.

 

:laugh:  :laugh:

[kewb]

Well, this is my learned something new today. It would never occur to me to classify Sprite as lemonade.

 

Language is fascinating.

[MFG]

In NZ when you go on a picnic you carry your lemonade in a chilly bin. Be sure to bring a jumper in case the weather gets cold.

[Laura Corin]

In NZ when you go on a picnic you carry your lemonade in a chilly bin. Be sure to bring a jumper in case the weather gets cold.

 

In Britain you are pissed off if your biscuits aren't crisp and that makes you frown with your forehead.

Edited December 17, 2016 by Laura Corin

[regentrude]

In Germany, "Limonade" is a citrus flavored carbonated soda. I have never seen an equivalent of what is called lemonade in the US.

Edited December 17, 2016 by regentrude

[Laura Corin]

Of course? But they're fundamentally different products. It's like calling all coffee the same thing, when in fact there are different varieties, roasts, and milk drinks made with it. Just because it has coffee doesn't make it the same, and just because it has a lemon flavor doesn't make it the same either.

 

We are not calling it the same.  I don't use the word 'lemonade' for pressed lemons and sugar.  I call it 'fresh lemonade'.

[SparklyUnicorn]

 

I have always wondered what root beer is.

 

I like root beer. 

 

You can try making your own.  There are various recipes on-line.  When I was a kid we once made it in Girl Scouts. 

[Jean in Newcastle]

So are you saying in other countries a can of Sprite doesn't have the word "Sprite" on the can, it reads, "Lemonade"?

I'm saying that lemonade is a common noun that has a different definition in different countries.