I'd like to try Spezi while in Epcot, but the only place that I know where to find it is the Biergarten table service restaurant. Are there any carts in the area that sell it as well? Thanks!
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Do any carts in Epcot Germany sell Spezi?
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lazyboy97o
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The spezi in the Biergarten is not actual brand name Spezi or even something like Mezzo Mix (which used to be at Club Cool). It’s just a mixture of Coca-Cola and Fanta Orange. They’ll gladly make it for you at Sommerfest (the counter right next to the Biergarten) but you could also go to any local self serve soda fountain such as McDonald’s or a gas station and mix it up yourself. Coca-Cola Orange from a Coca-Cola Freestyle machine would also be somewhat similar.
Thanks! I'm trying to find a non alcoholic beverage for my niece to try in Germany. Any and all suggestions welcome!
GigglesMcSnort
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Eh, that's basically all that Spezi and Mezzo Mix are.
They just branded the idea, but it's been a popular combination in Germany for decades, most often done DIY style.
lazyboy97o
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Not quite. Not all colas are the same. Spezi and Mezzo Mix also include orange juice which is not an ingredient in Fanta Orange in the US. Even if there were just a bottled combination of the two, the differences in Fanta between countries would make them different from the result of mixing the US drinks versus the German drinks.
NiarrNDisney
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As mentioned its Mezzo Mix. We would mix Cocacola with Fresca or Fanta when we were kids and moved back tot he states.
GigglesMcSnort
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Ok, so TIL that the US version of Fanta does not contain any actual orange juice.
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MagicHappens1971
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Jon81uk
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The colour difference between UK/EU Fanta and the US one is very noticeable!
lazyboy97o
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And unfortunately The Coca-Cola Company has decided to start moving all markets towards a new common formulation without Orange juice.
NiarrNDisney
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You can also try making it with Orangina
lazyboy97o
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Where are you finding Orangina in the US?!
Jon81uk
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Would that work? It’s got pulp bits on that Fanta hasn’t.
Do you have a link to this? I’d be surprised if they changed the whole of Europe to an inferior product.
NiarrNDisney
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When we were kids my Mom always would find it at the Commissary on base. But since those days I have found it at many places - Amazon, German/European Markets and restaurants, Natural Grocers, Whole Foods, World Market/Cost Plus.
Phonedave
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That is because the UK/EU bans a lot of food dyes that are potentially harmful. The USA has no such qualms.
UK orange Tic Tacs are white (the box is tinted orange). USA orange Tic Tacs are loaded with added colors.
Jon81uk
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We do have orange Tic Tacs
Phonedave
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Interesting. I have seen boxes of (allegedly) UK orange Tic Tacs (not a mix, all orange) where the box is tinted orange and the mints themselves are white
According to Wikipedia - Tic Tacs are usually sold in small transparent plastic boxes with a flip-action living hinge lid. Originally, Tic Tacs were dyed specific colours for different flavours, although in many countries the transparent plastic boxes are now coloured and the actual Tic Tacs are white.
I do notice that the colorant in the ones you listed is beta carotene. Maybe the do the all orange ones with the tinted box because it is all one color, and for the mixed blend they add the coloring. Is is not the synthetic dyes though that they use in the US.