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Irn Bru comes to mind. Not exactly a name that screams "drink me".

It's questionable as to whether it's nice or not.

I'm a Scottish transplant (to the US). I have a can when I visit Scotland. But just one. For those that have never had the "pleasure", it's sort of a combination of cream soda, citrus cola, and bubblegum.

Maybe it's more of an acquired taste, but I don't find it particularly refreshing or good, and only drink it for the nostalgia (which is really just nostalgia of family vacations - I only lived in Scotland as a toddler). I don't drink a ton of Coke (depending on year, Coke and Irn Bru alternate top soda sales in Scotland) either, but on a very hot day, after a long bike ride or run, a small Coke hits the spot.

Have you ever had Inca Cola from Peru?

It's in the same neighborhood as Irn Bru.

Oh yeah, forgot about that one. We visited Peru a few years ago and had a few. I thought it was a bit better than Irn Bru.

It's basically orange soda. I've had it a few times, not much different than other carbonated drinks.

That's an interesting take given there's not a jot of orange in it - it's actually full of banana, not that you can really tell with all the other stuff mixed in.

I'd say it's more of a light energy drink and more similar to Tizer and other "made up flavour " carbonated drinks.

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