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This is nice to see.

This also makes me wish that sarsaparilla and birch beer were more prevalent compared to other soft drinks you can find in the US. Living near Amish and Mennonite communities, I used to always have an abundance of flavorful drinks and snacks.

Having also lived in the South and in California, there's variety but I feel not as much. It feels as if the defaults are Coke or Fanta (whether from the US or imported).

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I would also love to see kvass sold in the US in more general retail. I bet Americans would love it! It tastes like sweet dark beer (at least to me).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvass

Seconding Kvass.

Note: I found that most of the varieties sold in the US are much sweeter than those in Eastern Europe. That's killing the taste of it.

You can find it in Polish or Russian stores (at leas on the east coast). I hate it :)

Birch beer is a lovely beverage, had it on a trip through the mid-atlantic states during college.

I don’t remember ever seeing it at retail here in the south, but it seems like root beer and generally the heavy herbal type flavors have fallen out of fashion. I’m still a fan of them though.

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