FANTA BLUE

I used to love pop. Some families would have pizza with salad. We had pizza with coca-cola! For variety I would have a sprite or root beer. When I moved to Montreal, I would always have smoked meat sandwiches with cherry cola.  Occasionally I would have an orange pop.

Now, I rarely drink pop. When I do, I am surprised at how sweet pop is. I drink it for nostalgia, now, but remembered orange pop when I was in Crete, and Fanta was on the menu. I had heard of a Fanta flavour that was Blueberry, so when I saw Fanta blue on the menu in Skepasti. Turns out, it was the sugar free version, and not blue at all.

I looked it up when I got home. Fanta was a German company, named after Fantasie, German:(use your) Imagination, to substitute for Coca-Cola during America's trade embargo of Nazi Germany in 1940. Eventually Fanta was relaunched by Coca-Cola. The orange flavour started in Naples with local oranges. Over 90 flavours have been marketed worldwide. In Canada, we have orange, grape and cream soda.

I may have to wait until I visit New Zealnad to try the Blueberry and Strawberry Sherbet flavours.