Omena = apple
Limonadi = lemonade
So, the
substance in question would logically be an apple-flavoured
carbonated beverage?
Wrong.
I don't know what the people at
Hartwall were thinking, but this particular
soda doesn't even
remotely taste like any apple I have eaten. And this is no
exaggeration. The
flavour is about as far from the
fruit in question than
strawberries are from
marmite!
This stuff is
sweet enough to
melt your
teeth in a matter of minutes, and more
addictive than
E2 and
heroin combined.
But what is it supposed to be? I have come up with two theories:
1) Carbonated Maple Syrup
In my mouth the OmenaLimonadi™ tastes exactly like pure syrup, with added carbon dioxide and about 1kg more sugar per each 0.5l bottle.
2) Liquid Milk Chocolate without Milk
The aftertaste is exactly like milk chocolate by Fazer. How did they do that with no cow-produced elements?
Apparently Hartwall's
business department thought "apple soda" would sell more bottles.
Ingredients list from the etiquette:
According to the company itself, the exact
recipe is a safely-guarded
secret dating back to the days of the Viaborg
Truce. So, finding out what the bottle truly holds inside is going to take some serious skills in
espionage.