“Orange and blue maybe some cola too!
Sweet like honey, lots of cavities too!
All that juice we used to drink nay a thought!
Don’t be alarmed if they put ya in a spot!”
Do you remember Rasna!?
Those days having a party means having Rasna!
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The ads for rasna used to be so misleading! The way they used to show that the drink is so easy to make and so tasty!
You had to put insane amount of sugar to make it sweet or else you get this tingly metallic taste!
The concentrate and the mix were two components we were supposed to mix with water and drink!
How the small pack was ok for at least ten people though we would dilute it further and make it twenty!
Of course when someone does not drink it then we would have double taste!
I never liked that drink except for the cola flavour which of course was a competition to the carbonated drinks!
The best part about the drink was that when it used to get left over we used to put it in plastic disposable cups and freeze it! And voila we have instant popsicle! Of course at the time we did not know that was the name!
Then by default the next day all the kids who initially would show off their orange or black tongue instantly would then be having sore throat and cough!
Of course as kids we thought it was worth it!
One of the main issues with rasna was that the thick heavily coloured concentrate was like a dye! Even if one drop leaked out, it would stain your hand and maybe your dress! If any of the kids were making the mix then that is inevitable!
You can tell that the kid has made or drank rasna by just looking at his or her hands!
Party and juice is a dangerous combination because of this! The best juice even now is simple lemon juice with a little salt and plenty of sugar! Maybe add some soda and that is the best!
Unfortunately even that does not suit me now!
Used to even love the rose sherbet! Mix it with milk and that was the best way to drink milk! Then again it was ridiculously sweet and red! No way that was natural whatever the label says!
It is the same with all the squash which used to go around in shops and everywhere else! You had to put so much water and tons of sugar to make them drinkable!
Then you have the juice cartons! The real mango or apple or orange ‘juice’! One of my friends who had a farm used to tell us how they used to sell their old rotten overripe and worm infested fruits to the ‘juice’ companies who used to mix them and make the juice! After that I have never had the urge to drink another one!
In our medical college there used to be a famous juice shop who used to make this juice called the combo! It was two glass of lime juice and soda! It used to be a hit since with the price of one, two can share the juice though most liked to drink both!
The best thing about lime juice is that only when it is fresh it does not taste bitter! There are some exceptions but this was more or less the case!
As far as the history goes the first marketed soft drinks appeared in the 17th century as a mixture of water and lemon juice sweetened with honey.
While the first artificial soft drink was by Schweppe followed by Dr Pepper and Coke!
In India Coke also came as Parle Cola or the Gluco Cola!
For a while carbonated drinks were a rage even so much so that some went ahead and got the soda maker to make the drinks at home! Then again after some time it fell flat in all ways!
You like soft drinks only till the time you have a restriction in its use! If you are allowed free access, then you may not have the thrill or the fizz so to speak! In the place I live, soft drink is like water! There is no special thrill or craze since it is always there!
Of course finally as you grow older you will realise that the tastiest and the best drink which no one had any restriction to use and will always be the best drink, is…WATER! Drink and ok not water but still the glass reminds me of the famous Premnath Malhotra, better known as Prem Nath in Karz who ‘speaks’ by tapping his fingers on the glass! Epic movie you can enjoy!
Now drink warm water and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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