>>5299810Most often I buy RC Cola, which is my go-to generic cola, both for drinking or mixing with spirits. I like it more than Coca-Cola or Pepsi (Pepsi leaves weird aftertaste in my mouth, so I try to avoid it completely) and is also cheaper than both of them, at least around here.
Then there's Kofola, a local Czechoslovak thing which I buy almost as often as RC. It's a cola-type drink with specific taste, which I like a lot, but wouldn't use it for making for example Cuba Libre, cause it's flavor is quite distinct from other colas (there are some herbs, coffee beans and licorice in it).
Similar thing applies to Dr. Pepper, which I like for it's specific taste and is perhaps my most favorite soft drink, but used to be pretty hadr to get around here for multiple years, now it's enjoying a comeback thanks to vietnamese convenience stores.
Also liked some more obscure shit, like Slovenian Cockta, which is basically a rosehip-flavored cola. It's less sweet (not unlike Kofola) and really refreshing. Russian "Baikal" lemonades were also pretty good (are they really made with some coniferous tree extract?).
My other favorites are cream sodas, which are pretty common around the world but virtually nonexistent here in Czechia, so I only tasted them on a trip abroad, and I really love ginger beer, but it's overly expensive and somewhat difficult to get here, so I only buy it rarely.
