It always surprises me that the Americans of all people, who are known for their crazy flavor combinations, didn't think of mixing Coke and Fanta. Every time I see an American like you drinking Spezi it always seems like I'm watching someone drinking the most exotic thing imaginable. But Coke with cherry? A staple across the US
Not only in the USA. In many countries - even in Europe - I was looked at as if I had lost my mind when I asked to make myself a Spezi in bars, pubs or restaurants.
you've just proven, that a per 100ml nutrition table is better. if the US can had it too, you could have easily compared them despite being different sized cans
the whole serving thing is so terrible, especially once they start putting 12.5 servings into a package or something like that. for a can like this its alright, but often times they then just add both 100ml and full serving. for candy they also add a per piece row sometimes. but i think 100g/ml is the most important, cus thats kinda what u wanna check real quick while shopping
@@barlin4972 Thats because he sometimes makes mistakes so the people point it out and sometimes he apologizes for them and sometimes he does the same thing but knows it therefore, being sarcastic. I find it so funny 😂 And he does it rather smoothly so there is no difference in facial expressions and such. 😂
In Germany there are many Spezies. The one from Paulaner, but also one of Coke (mezo mix) and also Pepsi (schwip schwap). Almosen every Brand has a own version.
@@vomm Kaffein ist da nur für Aroma, ich denke. Die dunkle Farbe ist Ergebnis der konzentrierten Zuckersyrope oder mir unbekannte Farbstoffe, der Geschmack ist, ich denke, aus einem Kräuter und Limetten/Zitronenzest ursprünglich aber heute mit noch etwas gemacht und natürlich Phosphorsäure. Oder Phosphorige Säure... Dazu noch viel mehr Kohlensäure...
The nutrients per 100ml is so you can easily compare different can and bottle sizes, 250ml 330ml, and 500ml cans and bottles, as well as 750ml, 1l, 1.25l, 1.5l, 1,75l, 2l and sometimes other bottles exist
yeah, but you also can just add the value of individual bottles. Having a total amount of calories makes it easier to fit into your caloric plan, and having calories per 100ml shows whether it's a good deal in the first place
The US serving size is sometimes totally wacky. Like a big cookie might be 4 servings?!? And different products may have completely different serving sizes, making them impossible to compare.
I'm from Germany. Many years ago I was on vacation in the US. One day we went to a restaurant where i ordered one Coke and one Fanta with only one glas. The puzzled look of the waitress got even weirder when she saw me pouring both drinks into that one glas. I have to say that taste experience wasn't that enjoyable. But I didn't know about the diiference of German and American Fanta, although the colour should have been a warning sign. 😜
😅Ja der maissirup im limo hat mich auch kalt erwischt😂 . Und Fanta ist kein Fanta😅 Drüben musst du mexikanische Cola und O-Saftschorle nehmen. Yeah the cornsirup in soda caught me Off guard too😂. And Fanta is Not Fanta. Over there you have to use mexican Coke, Orange juice and sparkling Water.
@@BeneLfflr 😅I did the same thing. I bought bread in Mexico only. The only thing that took some getting used to was the sand in the bread. It crunched a little but it didn't matter. Chocolate and ice cream were also excellent in the US.
@helloweener2007 I find myself corrected you are right... I would have sworn it's just 8. must have happend because of the glass bottles for Fassbrause and beer.
It’s not orange soda mixed with coke. If it was it would be easy to replicate, which we as Germans know is astonishingly hard for Leikeim, Schwipp Schwapp und Co
@@tschumitjuu orange soda and coke are not set terms. You can have two orange sodas which taste nothing alike. Just as you can have two cokes which taste nothing alike. So just blatantly saying 'it isn't orange soda mixed with coke' is just ignorant. And since the bottle literally says "ColaOrange Limonade", it is also simply false.
“Paulaner is a German brewery, established in 1634 in Munich by the Paulaner Order of mendicant friars. Now owned by the Schörghuber family, it is one of the six breweries which provides beer for Oktoberfest.[2] Paulaner ranks number six among Germany's best-selling beers.” “The Paulaner order is a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, Germany and Spain.”
*PAULANER is, in the first place, a brewery from Munich in Bavaria. All beers are brewed in accordance with the Bavarian purity law from 1516. It has nothing to do with the rest of Germany. ⬅ MIA SAN MIA.* 🔥😈🔥
"In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute."
This brings back childhood memories. "Spezi" was always the go-to drink in restaurants or pubs with my parents when I was not allowed "full" coke yet. It was not branded by Paulaner, it was just simply a mix of Coca Cola and Fanta (which also means the mix varied a lot). For some reason I never ordered it as an adult and I don't really know why, because I love the taste Oo
Paulaner Spezi actually is a copy of the original Spezi of Riegele brewery in Augsburg; Paulaner brewery bought the naming rights for 40 years back in the 80’s. I can be called a Spezi purist, as I prefer the original Spezi, which comes in a bottle, and is a tad less carbonated than the Paulaner version. The reason why the Coca Cola version (Mezzo Mix) or the Pepsi one (SchwipSchwap) are NOT called Spezi is for naming rights, as mentioned above. Only Paulaner weere allowed to use “Spezi”, and as they are a larger company than the original brewery Riegele, Paulaner Spezi is believed to be the original even by many Germans. The exclusivity of the name has run out, so now there are many Spezis plopping up everywhre. But there is only one (2, if you deign to count Paulaner) original.
That's not correct. Spezi ist a franchise product licensed by the Riegele brewery to local breweries. Paulaner bought the right to use the name before there was this franchise model. The newest francisee is Krombacher. The trade mark is still held by Riegele.
Dr pepper tates very different in the us to getmany. I actually don't like the german dr pepper but the American one is one of my favorite Sodas right up there with spezi
You might not have noticed, but most German cans aren't made of alumin(i)um, they're made of tinplate. If you look at the little recycling mark (the triangle of arrows), it should have an "Fe" in it instead of "Al".
Spezi was invented by a brewery. The brand was registered by Brewery Riegele in Augsburg in 1956 and used since around 1965 for this carbonated mix of cola and orange soda. The demand for it was to high for the relatively small brewery, so they started in 1977 a franchising system; currently 7 smaller and/or family-run breweries are licensed to produce "Spezi". The far bigger Paulaner brewery had acquired even before (in 1974) a license to use the brand for their own cola-orange mix (they use however their own recipe); in 2023 Paulaner registered the brand "Paulaner Sunset" for the US and plans to market the mix there under that brand. PepsiCo started to produce their own mix in 1969 under the brand "Schwip Schwap", Coca-Cola in 1973 as "Mezzo Mix". Multiple breweries in Germany, Austria and (afaik) Finland offer their own cola-mix drinks using other brand names, but ordering it e.g. in a restaurant most people will simply ask for "Spezi".
Yes, because Riegele "smelled blood" and wanted more money from Paulaner. The ladder bought the right to use the brand Spezi in 1974 for 10.000 Marks. Riegele realized, that they made a bad deal, because it was a one-time payment, Paulaner bought the rights for the brand name for ever. Later they became cleverer and from other breweries, they demanded a yearly payment for the name "Spezi". Realising how much money they lost, (Paulaner sells 100 million liters /26 million gallons of Spezi yearly) they wanted to change this contract to a yearly payment as well. The lost in Germany, so Paulaner may use the brand Spezi without having to pay yearly, but not abroad. Hence the change to "Sunset" in the US.
I was today years old when i found out that Coca Cola sells Mezzo Mix only in a few countries. I found out about that fact because i was surprised, that you did not know the combination of Coke and orange soda and googled for "Mezzo Mix USA" Over here in Germany even all the cheap brands have like 3-4 basic tastes, that everyone produces: Cola, Orange Soda, Lemon Soda and Cola-Orange Soda
Mezomix is germany exclusive Other countries Import it (mainly the other german speaking countries) if at all. Every country they produce in has/had one exclusive fanta.
@LemmyD_from_Germany apropos Sport.. die Sportversion davon ist riiiiichtig gut. Hat weniger Zucker und schmeckt dadurch irgendwie malziger und weniger süß. Könnt ich mir so reinschütten.
You're so aorable an it's always wholesome to watch your videos. I guess Spezi is for most germans (or at least the german millennials) such a beloved childhood memory and many of us still like to drink it as adults.
Yes and no. Spezi is a slang word for buddy. But then it is short for "Spezialist" which means expert. So people use "Spezi" to say expert in an ironic joking way. Spezi the drink is short for "Spezialität" which means delicacy.
in germany we put the 100ml kcal values on every baverage. That way it's easier to compare between different sizes of cans and bottles ;) The same way, every... _'solid food'(?)_ gets the 100g treatment. To make it easier to compare ^^
Yes indeed. And the Pepsi version is called Schwip Schwap - which sounds kind of weird imo, but I guess they thought of "splish splash" when they made up the name.
I live close to the german border in the netherlands. Shops don't sell it but we do mix it ourselves and call it 'diesel'. Once a month i go shopping in germany and always get some bottles of 'schwip schwap'. Same stuff different brand. And yeah, dr pepper is also great stuff.
Spezi as a name is a bit complicated. Technically it's a trademark and not everybody can use it, but colloquially most people call cola-orange mixes spezi, like everybody calls any tissue a kleenex. Coca Cola has its own spezi, called MezzoMix. Pepsi has its own called Schwip Schwap. But Paulaner (yes, the same guys that do the beer) is considered a higher quality one, even though the Coca Cola one has less sugar (yes I was surprised as well) If you go to a bar or diner and order a spezi everyone knows what you want and some might mix it themselves, but most will just have a bottle of the stuff their supplier offers. PS: You should send the can to one of your German fans, so they can get the 25ct Pfand back.
@@Kloetenhenne Stimmt, bei meinen Großeltern in Süddeutschland haben wir auch immer kalter Kaffee gesagt. Hier in NRW, gabs dann aber auch schon mal nur leere Blicke. Und einmal sogar ne Tasse alten Kaffee.
Could have looked up the pronunciation of "Spezi" as well: Spezi = SHPAY-TSEE (German "z" is always pronounced like the beginning of the word "tsunami")
What's really funny is that I drank a Paulaner Spezi right before I saw your video. However, I only use glass bottles at home and not cans. 7:30 By the way, you can tell from the logo above the bar code that this is a can for sale in Germany. Because this logo shows that this can is a single-use beverage container. If you return this can, you will get €0.25 deposit back.
Little funfact in case you don´t know: Many beer producers/ brands were named after medieval monastery orders. Like Paulaner, Franziskaner etc. were monks who are mostly famous for their brewing skills :)
The recipes on Wiki show that you can't taste the difference. It's all in your head. And certainly not in the blind test. Die Rezepturen bei Wiki ergeben, daß man den Unterschied nicht schmeckt. Alles Einbildung. Und im Blindtest erst recht nicht.
Please also try Out some product with "Waldmeister" flavour. It is a herb-based flavour that is very much only used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
thats a regional specific name. I heard it from people from bawü ^(i think?) as an anecdote when they tried to order it anywhere else and got actually cold coffe. but everywhere I lived it as always been "spezi"
@@Miristzuheiss I live in Berlin for 20 yrs now and never heard it here, but I guess you can switch to another part of town and everything is called different, so I don't say its impossible. But I'm from NDS originally and spend time in the north in general, in Bavaria and also in NRW and at least where I was it was never Kalter Kaffee (at least not from natives of that area). So I still stand by my original statement. Maybe a few more regions than I thought, but "Kalter Kaffee" is definitely not the general normal German name for it.
Greetings from Germany! Try to mix coke and german Fanta! The easiest way to make Spezi for your own😉 Or if you feel really emperimental try a mixture of a third each of Coke, Fanta and European Sprite... 😉
*german* coke (with beet sugar) and *german* fanta orange (with beet sugar, 3% real juice, and natural color) ... or *maybe mexican* (with cane sugar) ... but *_not_* american coke (with HFCS) and *_not_* american fanta (with HFCS, no juice at all, and carcinogenic neon colorant) ps: yes, many breweries also produce at least one kind of "soda" to be able to offer something to the whole family including children *_(below 16 :-)_* the *original* Spezi is produced by other breweries. Paulaner once got a lifetime license to use the name "Spezi", but have to use a slightly different recipe. americans buy cans of 12 floz (355 ml) while european cans usually are 1/2 liter (500 ml, 16.9 floz) or 1/3 liter (rounded 330 ml, 11.2 floz)
It would have to be German Coke mixed with German Fanta. Doesn’t work with the US stuff. I have tried it myself, and as a RUclips reference, Hayley Alexis has tried it too.
For anyone interested, some hints for pronouncing some of German's more tricky letters/letter combinations: - ä like a in English 'at' - ß like english 'ss' like in 'miss'. It is a sharp 's', the letter is originally a ligature of s and z, hence its name eszett (es-zed) in German. - ie like 'ee' in 'meet' - ei like "i" in in english 'find' - au like 'ou' in english 'ouch' - eu/äu like 'oi' in english 'moist' - sch like english 'sh' ö, ch, and ü are trickier because english does not really have these sounds. As for ü and ö - if you know french, they are equivalent to french 'u' ('tu') and 'eu' ('peu') respectively, somewhat similar to sounds between u and e / o and e. ch actually has two associated sounds, one being like a raspy 'h', and the other being a little like 'sh', but further back in the mouth.
pau-la-ner almost correct pronounciation. try it like you would pronounce the big letters in known english words (try to make the same sound) Pau= "POW"er , la= "LA"s vegas , ner
He says it wrong, he looks it up, he keeps repeating it incorrectly........"oké we got that out of the way" ........I guess it's just too hard to pronounce an A not as an E for Americans, which is strange because they themselves pronounce A as E, A or O depending on the word.
Heyho, greetings from Germany. Honestly. In germany spezi, or mezzo mix from the coca cola company or schwipp schwapp for pepsi show it very well. In germany those Mix Drinks, Orange and Cola, is kinda famouse. Many drink it. Some only like coke or fanta. But many like it over here. I drink mostly Mezzo Mix. It's my fav Soda even. Next to Uludag. A Turkey Limo, that is famouse over here and often drank with a Döner Kebab.
@@tubekulose Yes , ich spreche german mit berliner Slan und ich weiß, dass german für einen Amerikaner sehr schwer ist . Aberrrrrr, ich liebe es , wenn ich einen Amerikaner zuhören darf , wenn er german spricht.
the way you pronounce it, it would be written "Sbähtzi" ^_^ But I only just now realized, that in English the sound we use for "E" doesn't even exist. it's the sound in the french word "Café" at the end.
You will be surprised that there is now also a US Version called Paulana Sunset which is the European Spezi but free shipping in Califonia and Vegas. It also has based on the Webpage the european recipe but just another name for the US market.
In my country you can order a coke with fresh lemon juice in restaurants. Or you mix coke and fanta 50/50 at home. Have you heard of 'Radler', Ryan? It's mixing beer with lemon/orange soda. You can also buy it in stores already mixed.
Dude, you're slowly germanized, lol! Same to me, I moved for work in Germany, a temporary job. This was 12 years ago and now. I am 100% germanized, I became a very successful engineer here. Greetings from Bavaria!
You can make your own Spezi if you take german coke and german fanta (orange) and mix it. You can experiment with the mixture depending how much orange flavour you like with the coke. Next step in german mixed drinks is Radler: german beer (pilsener) mixed with german Sprite
I don't know if anyone told you yet but there is also Paulaner Sunset which is the American Licenced version of Paulaner Spezi. I believe fans of the Spezi wanted to sell this in the US 2 and reached out to Paulaner and now it's officially licensed and sold in the US 2.
Im astonished at how many people here in the comment spread fake information as „Spezi is just Coke and Orange Soda“ WRONG. It’s an entirely different drink that’s so hard to copy no other brand other than licensed Spezi manufacturers can replicate it
You can mix Coke with Fanta (Orange Soda) to create Spezi 😅 And it's so weird to me that you don't know Coke with Orange Soda, like it's so simple. 😅 And when you mix it yourself you can decide if you want to have more Coke or more Orange Soda.
probably no american got the idea to mix coke with neon bright fanta and then also have lots of HFCS ... german Coke has 10-11 g (beet) sugar per 100 ml, and german Fanta below 8g ps: yes, mixing it yourself is best, being able to adjust the ratio from almost pure Coke to almost pure Fanta, and I also use Fanta Lemon instead of Fanta Orange.
Spezi (s̶p̶e̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ pronounced sh-b-e-zi with a "e" like in pet, the "zi" is actually spelled like the WWII "zi" ;-) ) is a bavarian shortcut for buddy (like "special friend").
its also used in austria an other southern german tongues like in rhineland-palatinate as word for friend/homie. but in palatinate, we call the drink 'kalter Kaffee', so we dont get to confused i guess! :-D
Spezi is oftentimes consumed in hot months, June - August (September even this year), at least i see a lot of people getting Spezi with Ice cubes. It IS really refreshing, consuming it Ice cold while eating something meaty. So the real joy of it is in warm months. ALSO, because of the sugar, for people who have a record having a small circulatory collapse, it is perfect (if cold: small sips, drinking it slowly).
In Bavaria there's a common expression called "Spezi" or "Spezl". It means "Buddy". So it might be that the inventors had that in mind. "Spezi" is your buddy everywhere you go. 😂
Since when corn syrip is unreal sugar? wtf .. it's both glucose, both normal sugar. "But our sugar is superior to the us sugar!!!!! we are better!!!!!"
I was actually just sitting here drinking a Paulaner Spezi when I saw your video! The coincidence. 😂 ps: When you tasted it VERY carefully (lol) and said it's "weird", I laughed. Here in Germany this is so common and so normal. When you go to restaurants/kiosks/whatever.. most of the time they have Coca Cola, Spezi (or Mezzo Mix from the Cola-company itself), Fanta and Sprite. So Spezi/Mezzo is simply one of them. You can also mix your own by just filling a glass with half Cola, half Fanta/Orange. There you go. ;p
2:50 in Germany you also have 2 lists 1 in a small unit like 100 ml So you can compare them to other drinks even if the overall can or bottle has different filling sizes And 1 that shows you the numbers for you’re actual cab or bottle size
For me, the name "Spezi" comes from the German word "Spezial" (engl. "Special"). It is indeed originally a "special" mix of coke with Fanta (the orange soda from the Coca Cola company). A lot of companies have adopted this mix and modified the recipe for it. The "Paulaner Spezi" is actually made by the beer company Paulaner. The readily mixed version from the Coca Cola company is called "Mezzo Mix". When you mix it yourself from coke and Fanta, you definitely get a lower caffeine concentration. Therefore it is a good alternative when you do not want to drink as much caffeine at a party or other event. The readily mixed versions have often higher caffeine concentrations, which removes this advantage.
The origin of the term "Spezi" as a friend can be traced back to the word "spezial," which means "special" or "unique." It was used in the 18th century to describe close friendships. The use of the term for the beverage reflects the idea that it is a special mixture that stands out from other drinks.
This drink is very famous in Germany, especially in the region I live in (Bavaria). It is like "Mezzo Mix" from Coke, containing Fanta and Coke. By the way: If you ever go to Germany, you can return the can, because there is 25 cent deposit on it.
Drink bottles and cans are metric in continental Europe, their volume are fractions of 1 liter. (0.2l = 1/5l, 0.25l = 1/4 l, 330ml = 0.33l ~ 1/3 l, 0.5l = 1/2 l and so on) Only british and irish cans are the exception, because they still use pint (0.568l) as the default beer size instead of 0.5l. Our austrian friend introduced me to Spezi 30 years ago: she mixed 50% coca cola with 50% fanta orange.
Paulaner Spezi was the first mix of Coke and orange I guess, but the big players Cola And Pepsi got there one too. Cola Mezzo Mix and Pepsi schwip schwap
Yes, it's the same brand as the beer brand. Most breweries in Germany sell soda as well, almost all have their version of sprite, fanta, coke and spezi
330ml is a standard/medium volume for soda cans here. there are smaller and bigger ones, but most have that volume(not necessarily that shape tho) edit: a little funfact that might be a little unknown(maybe??). the little piece you open the can with can be turned 180° and the hole used to hold a straw in place. it used to be for keeping the shameful one-time-use plastic straws from getting pushed up by the bubbles. most reusable straws still fit perfectly through tho and it's still neat when your reusable straws are not heavy enough to withstand the bubbling. you're welcome for this random knowledge nobody asked for lol
Is there other stuff also missing in America? Red Fassbrause? Bionade? Almdudler? Waldmeister Brause? Lichtenauer Himbeer-Orange? Bitter Lemon Brause? Bad Brambacher Tropic? ... 😅
Don't forget that there is Pfand on that can, so don't just throw it away.😆
Question is, did he pay the Pfand :o).
😂
NA ja in den USA kann er damit nichts anfangen.....
@@pyrofreak73 vielleicht bei ALDI 😂
The rule ist to keep the Pfand!
Ryan transforms into a real German in real time. We reached the level of "It's not bad" as a compliment :)
@@MacFernor
That’s what I thought and laughed so hard about it.😂
But we didn´t quite reach "drinkable" levels yet :)
😂😂😂
besser als a Gosch voll Reißnägel
@@RSProduxx 5:53 “This is definitely drinkable” - He's already achieved full transformation
It always surprises me that the Americans of all people, who are known for their crazy flavor combinations, didn't think of mixing Coke and Fanta. Every time I see an American like you drinking Spezi it always seems like I'm watching someone drinking the most exotic thing imaginable. But Coke with cherry? A staple across the US
Not only in the USA. In many countries - even in Europe - I was looked at as if I had lost my mind when I asked to make myself a Spezi in bars, pubs or restaurants.
Fanta is not Orange at all. It have Orange in it, but is per se far away of be orange. Mix Cola with real orange juice. Where is the problem?
@@mariethomas7760 no gas in the orange juice. Tastes totally flat imo. Like a Spezi that‘s been standing open for half a day.
Spezi isn’t Cola plus Fanta. Straight out different product
@@mariethomas7760ih.
you've just proven, that a per 100ml nutrition table is better. if the US can had it too, you could have easily compared them despite being different sized cans
the whole serving thing is so terrible, especially once they start putting 12.5 servings into a package or something like that. for a can like this its alright, but often times they then just add both 100ml and full serving. for candy they also add a per piece row sometimes.
but i think 100g/ml is the most important, cus thats kinda what u wanna check real quick while shopping
@@RobotboyX2the candy per piece is at least interesting.
hhahaha ok. I guess I want both on there
I thi mmk it should just say both
@@ryanwass here in germany it is often done atleast for Fooditems
There's our Ryan. He drinks Spezi and wears Adidas and says it doesn't taste bad. You are officially one of us ♥
No, not yet. Not until he takes the can to a German deposit machine.
Nein, noch nicht. Erst wenn er die Dose zu einem deutschen Pfandautomat bringt.
@@Michael_from_EU_Germany made my day😂
While wearing Birkenstock with white socks
@@treisir.9649 Hahaha ... of course!
Fun fact: In Germany they dont sell it in a plastic bag
Pretty sure he was being sarcastic when he said that
@TheDonutMan3000 Yeah. I just wasnt sure
@@JakobRossner-qj1wo I thought he is serious too. He always delivers it in a way you can never tell..
@@barlin4972 Thats because he sometimes makes mistakes so the people point it out and sometimes he apologizes for them and sometimes he does the same thing but knows it therefore, being sarcastic. I find it so funny 😂 And he does it rather smoothly so there is no difference in facial expressions and such. 😂
Yeah right, they sell it in a paper bag cause plastic is VERBOten, lel.
In Germany there are many Spezies. The one from Paulaner, but also one of Coke (mezo mix) and also Pepsi (schwip schwap). Almosen every Brand has a own version.
Das ist doch alles kalter Kaffee!
And the original Spezi from Brauhaus Riegele ...
@@vomm👍👍
dont forget sinalco cola, tastes better than coka cola
@@vomm Kaffein ist da nur für Aroma, ich denke. Die dunkle Farbe ist Ergebnis der konzentrierten Zuckersyrope oder mir unbekannte Farbstoffe, der Geschmack ist, ich denke, aus einem Kräuter und Limetten/Zitronenzest ursprünglich aber heute mit noch etwas gemacht und natürlich Phosphorsäure. Oder Phosphorige Säure... Dazu noch viel mehr Kohlensäure...
The nutrients per 100ml is so you can easily compare different can and bottle sizes, 250ml 330ml, and 500ml cans and bottles, as well as 750ml, 1l, 1.25l, 1.5l, 1,75l, 2l and sometimes other bottles exist
yeah, but you also can just add the value of individual bottles. Having a total amount of calories makes it easier to fit into your caloric plan, and having calories per 100ml shows whether it's a good deal in the first place
pls add the 1l FAXE-can to the can-list
@@BR618 Especially the 1l FAXE with 10% alcohol 😀
@@Battlestar1965 once you go Faxe black, you never go back ... 😂
The US serving size is sometimes totally wacky. Like a big cookie might be 4 servings?!? And different products may have completely different serving sizes, making them impossible to compare.
I'm from Germany. Many years ago I was on vacation in the US. One day we went to a restaurant where i ordered one Coke and one Fanta with only one glas. The puzzled look of the waitress got even weirder when she saw me pouring both drinks into that one glas.
I have to say that taste experience wasn't that enjoyable. But I didn't know about the diiference of German and American Fanta, although the colour should have been a warning sign. 😜
Autsch!🤩
😅Ja der maissirup im limo hat mich auch kalt erwischt😂 . Und Fanta ist kein Fanta😅 Drüben musst du mexikanische Cola und O-Saftschorle nehmen.
Yeah the cornsirup in soda caught me Off guard too😂. And Fanta is Not Fanta. Over there you have to use mexican Coke, Orange juice and sparkling Water.
@@BeneLfflr 😅I did the same thing. I bought bread in Mexico only. The only thing that took some getting used to was the sand in the bread. It crunched a little but it didn't matter. Chocolate and ice cream were also excellent in the US.
Don't even think about throwing the can away. In Germany you get a 25 cent deposit back.
8Cent
@@-sephrin2260 25 cent for cans.
@@-sephrin2260
No 8 Cent for glas bottles, 15 cent for glas bottles with swing top, 25 cent for plastic bottles and cans.
@helloweener2007 I find myself corrected you are right... I would have sworn it's just 8. must have happend because of the glass bottles for Fassbrause and beer.
In Finland 10c, 15c, 20c and 40c, depending material and size of the package
Next taste ALMDUDLER.
Lol
Was ist das
Almdudler ist, wenn ich mich nicht irre, eine Kräuterlimonade aus Österreich.
YES PLS!!!
Yes plsss
Product test Ryan is my new favorite Ryan. ^^
Keep up exploring new european snacks, sweets and drinks.
It's fun to watch.
I agree, it was very funny.
Keep in mind, that it is German orange soda, that you mix with cola, not American orange soda... The two could not be further apart in taste.
I would describe it more like 1/4 orange juice with 3/4 Coke
1/4 orange juice is too much. I'd go with a 1:9 mix of juice to coke.
It’s not orange soda mixed with coke. If it was it would be easy to replicate, which we as Germans know is astonishingly hard for Leikeim, Schwipp Schwapp und Co
@@tschumitjuu orange soda and coke are not set terms. You can have two orange sodas which taste nothing alike. Just as you can have two cokes which taste nothing alike. So just blatantly saying 'it isn't orange soda mixed with coke' is just ignorant. And since the bottle literally says "ColaOrange Limonade", it is also simply false.
@@Sachse0816 It's not mixed with orange juice. It's mixed with orange soda or Fanta and to me it tastes more like orange than coke..
“Paulaner is a German brewery, established in 1634 in Munich by the Paulaner Order of mendicant friars. Now owned by the Schörghuber family, it is one of the six breweries which provides beer for Oktoberfest.[2] Paulaner ranks number six among Germany's best-selling beers.”
“The Paulaner order is a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy. The order soon spread to France, Germany and Spain.”
*PAULANER is, in the first place, a brewery from Munich in Bavaria. All beers are brewed in accordance with the Bavarian purity law from 1516. It has nothing to do with the rest of Germany. ⬅ MIA SAN MIA.* 🔥😈🔥
"In the Catholic Church, a religious order is a community of consecrated life with members that profess solemn vows. They are classed as a type of religious institute."
This brings back childhood memories. "Spezi" was always the go-to drink in restaurants or pubs with my parents when I was not allowed "full" coke yet. It was not branded by Paulaner, it was just simply a mix of Coca Cola and Fanta (which also means the mix varied a lot). For some reason I never ordered it as an adult and I don't really know why, because I love the taste Oo
Exact what my memory tells me.
Schnitzel mit Pommes und Spezi 😂
I'm writing this comment before watching the video.
If you like it: Gut, sehr gut.
If you don't like it: HOW DARE YOU!?!?!
Aber sowasvon
Paulaner 🔛🔝
Paulaner Spezi actually is a copy of the original Spezi of Riegele brewery in Augsburg; Paulaner brewery bought the naming rights for 40 years back in the 80’s. I can be called a Spezi purist, as I prefer the original Spezi, which comes in a bottle, and is a tad less carbonated than the Paulaner version.
The reason why the Coca Cola version (Mezzo Mix) or the Pepsi one (SchwipSchwap) are NOT called Spezi is for naming rights, as mentioned above. Only Paulaner weere allowed to use “Spezi”, and as they are a larger company than the original brewery Riegele, Paulaner Spezi is believed to be the original even by many Germans. The exclusivity of the name has run out, so now there are many Spezis plopping up everywhre. But there is only one (2, if you deign to count Paulaner) original.
That's not correct. Spezi ist a franchise product licensed by the Riegele brewery to local breweries. Paulaner bought the right to use the name before there was this franchise model. The newest francisee is Krombacher. The trade mark is still held by Riegele.
@ thank you for the correction. Then it was that the exclusivity of Paulaner‘s deal ran out recently.
@@Die_Oile Nope. If you want to know more, Wikipedia got a good article about this topic.
Comparing Spezi to Dr.Pepper is a CRIME 😭 but glad u like it - bc everyone in Germany is gonna agree - Spezi is amazing
For sure i know a lot of people, but no one who drinks Spezi or Mezzo Mix
I don't agree
Spezi ist Spitze!
Spezi ist Spitze, aber nicht das von Paulaner, sondern das Original 😁
Dr pepper tates very different in the us to getmany. I actually don't like the german dr pepper but the American one is one of my favorite Sodas right up there with spezi
You might not have noticed, but most German cans aren't made of alumin(i)um, they're made of tinplate. If you look at the little recycling mark (the triangle of arrows), it should have an "Fe" in it instead of "Al".
Spezi was invented by a brewery. The brand was registered by Brewery Riegele in Augsburg in 1956 and used since around 1965 for this carbonated mix of cola and orange soda. The demand for it was to high for the relatively small brewery, so they started in 1977 a franchising system; currently 7 smaller and/or family-run breweries are licensed to produce "Spezi". The far bigger Paulaner brewery had acquired even before (in 1974) a license to use the brand for their own cola-orange mix (they use however their own recipe); in 2023 Paulaner registered the brand "Paulaner Sunset" for the US and plans to market the mix there under that brand.
PepsiCo started to produce their own mix in 1969 under the brand "Schwip Schwap", Coca-Cola in 1973 as "Mezzo Mix".
Multiple breweries in Germany, Austria and (afaik) Finland offer their own cola-mix drinks using other brand names, but ordering it e.g. in a restaurant most people will simply ask for "Spezi".
Yes, because Riegele "smelled blood" and wanted more money from Paulaner. The ladder bought the right to use the brand Spezi in 1974 for 10.000 Marks. Riegele realized, that they made a bad deal, because it was a one-time payment, Paulaner bought the rights for the brand name for ever. Later they became cleverer and from other breweries, they demanded a yearly payment for the name "Spezi". Realising how much money they lost, (Paulaner sells 100 million liters /26 million gallons of Spezi yearly) they wanted to change this contract to a yearly payment as well. The lost in Germany, so Paulaner may use the brand Spezi without having to pay yearly, but not abroad. Hence the change to "Sunset" in the US.
Paulaner Spezi is also available in the US with the name "Paulaner Sunset"
i thought it was sunrise
I was today years old when i found out that Coca Cola sells Mezzo Mix only in a few countries. I found out about that fact because i was surprised, that you did not know the combination of Coke and orange soda and googled for "Mezzo Mix USA"
Over here in Germany even all the cheap brands have like 3-4 basic tastes, that everyone produces: Cola, Orange Soda, Lemon Soda and Cola-Orange Soda
Mezomix is germany exclusive
Other countries Import it (mainly the other german speaking countries) if at all.
Every country they produce in has/had one exclusive fanta.
next try: Malzbier
Ist das nicht das gleiche wie dene ihr root beer?
@@Christian2012-x8jNee schmeckt anders. Probiere es doch mal aus. Ich glaube, dass bekommt mittlerweile auch bei uns . 😊😊
Oh, jaaaaa 🥹 Malzbier 😍
Vitamalz 😎🤘
Für Kinder und schwangere Frauen, und Leute, die Sport machen...😊
@LemmyD_from_Germany apropos Sport.. die Sportversion davon ist riiiiichtig gut. Hat weniger Zucker und schmeckt dadurch irgendwie malziger und weniger süß. Könnt ich mir so reinschütten.
You're so aorable an it's always wholesome to watch your videos. I guess Spezi is for most germans (or at least the german millennials) such a beloved childhood memory and many of us still like to drink it as adults.
Spezi is a Bavarian word. It means friend or buddy, but can also be a friendly term for someone who is a bit on the shady side business wise.
Yes and no. Spezi is a slang word for buddy. But then it is short for "Spezialist" which means expert. So people use "Spezi" to say expert in an ironic joking way.
Spezi the drink is short for "Spezialität" which means delicacy.
0:54 "Ninties"? The font of the "Spezi" and the colours look more like the 70s, slighly psychedelic.
loving this "series" of you trying german drinks, best reactor so likeable
in germany we put the 100ml kcal values on every baverage.
That way it's easier to compare between different sizes of cans and bottles ;)
The same way, every... _'solid food'(?)_ gets the 100g treatment. To make it easier to compare ^^
"Is that what Spezi means in german? A little sparkle?" Naw. Spezi is a bavarian slangterm for "pal"/"friend".
Spezialabfüllung Kola-misch war der originalname, wurde bisschen gekürzt
wieder was gelernt
Naw, "Spezl" is a Bavarian slang term for "best friend" (really only used for men).
Coca Cola sells Spezi in Germany as Mezzo-Mix, I believe.
correct, but it's just called a cola-orange mix because they aren't allow to name it spezi.
Yes indeed. And the Pepsi version is called Schwip Schwap - which sounds kind of weird imo, but I guess they thought of "splish splash" when they made up the name.
@@xrecix no, because its not 100% Orange juice. Mezzo Mix is Coca Cola+Fanta while Spezi is Cola with Orange juice
@@xSoulhunterDKx bro, da is kein furz orangensaft drin. maximal nen tropfen konzentrat der irgendwann mal von ner orange kam xD
I live close to the german border in the netherlands. Shops don't sell it but we do mix it ourselves and call it 'diesel'. Once a month i go shopping in germany and always get some bottles of 'schwip schwap'. Same stuff different brand. And yeah, dr pepper is also great stuff.
But Diesel in germany would be Beer and cola
Sure its "diesel"? We have "diesel" in germany as well, but its strictly beer and coke, not orange soda Oo
@@fernsehspiel342 Cola Bier heißt bei uns (Rheinland) Drecksack!
Paulaner is selling Spezi under a different name officially in the US. They call it Paulaner Sunrise
But... is it the same, really? Or a different recipe again?
it think it's Paulaner Sunset
@@sylviav6900 It's the same. Even filled at the same factory in Germany. There were some weird cases where Sunset bottles were available here too.
Spezi as a name is a bit complicated. Technically it's a trademark and not everybody can use it, but colloquially most people call cola-orange mixes spezi, like everybody calls any tissue a kleenex.
Coca Cola has its own spezi, called MezzoMix. Pepsi has its own called Schwip Schwap.
But Paulaner (yes, the same guys that do the beer) is considered a higher quality one, even though the Coca Cola one has less sugar (yes I was surprised as well)
If you go to a bar or diner and order a spezi everyone knows what you want and some might mix it themselves, but most will just have a bottle of the stuff their supplier offers.
PS: You should send the can to one of your German fans, so they can get the 25ct Pfand back.
Wir haben das früher immer kalter Kaffee genannt
@@Kloetenhenne Stimmt, bei meinen Großeltern in Süddeutschland haben wir auch immer kalter Kaffee gesagt. Hier in NRW, gabs dann aber auch schon mal nur leere Blicke. Und einmal sogar ne Tasse alten Kaffee.
@tirirana ich komm aus NRW 🤣
@@Kloetenhenne Ja gut, ist auch schon 30 Jahre her 😅
@@tirirana bei mir auch nicht viel weniger. Und jeder kannte das hier.
Could have looked up the pronunciation of "Spezi" as well:
Spezi = SHPAY-TSEE (German "z" is always pronounced like the beginning of the word "tsunami")
What's really funny is that I drank a Paulaner Spezi right before I saw your video. However, I only use glass bottles at home and not cans. 7:30 By the way, you can tell from the logo above the bar code that this is a can for sale in Germany. Because this logo shows that this can is a single-use beverage container. If you return this can, you will get €0.25 deposit back.
Now we need to compare the Paulaner Spezi to the Coca Cola Spezi/Mezzo Mix !
Und schwipp schwapp
And not to forget the Original Spezi!
It is the same Paulaner. It is a brewery and they make some different kinds of beverages
Little funfact in case you don´t know:
Many beer producers/ brands were named after medieval monastery orders.
Like Paulaner, Franziskaner etc. were monks who are mostly famous for their brewing skills :)
The Original Spezi is from Augsburg and is much better than the Paulaner.
The recipes on Wiki show that you can't taste the difference. It's all in your head. And certainly not in the blind test.
Die Rezepturen bei Wiki ergeben, daß man den Unterschied nicht schmeckt. Alles Einbildung. Und im Blindtest erst recht nicht.
Debatable the taste i mean
A Spezi, or Spezl, is a Bavarian word for a buddy or friend. And Paulaner (yes, its the brewery) is in Bavaria. You see, it all makes sense... :)
Please also try Out some product with "Waldmeister" flavour. It is a herb-based flavour that is very much only used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
The self-germanisation goes on ... 😁🤣
Just love your excitement for it!
Dude ran for his life to get these cups so we get to see the video as soon as possible, now that's dedication.
In my childhood, we didn't call this Spezi😊 we called it "Kalter Kaffee"😅 (cold koffee), because it's looked like😂
thats a regional specific name. I heard it from people from bawü ^(i think?) as an anecdote when they tried to order it anywhere else and got actually cold coffe. but everywhere I lived it as always been "spezi"
I know it also in Berlin and NRW as Kalter Kaffee in my youth
@@Miristzuheiss I live in Berlin for 20 yrs now and never heard it here, but I guess you can switch to another part of town and everything is called different, so I don't say its impossible.
But I'm from NDS originally and spend time in the north in general, in Bavaria and also in NRW and at least where I was it was never Kalter Kaffee (at least not from natives of that area).
So I still stand by my original statement. Maybe a few more regions than I thought, but "Kalter Kaffee" is definitely not the general normal German name for it.
@@ThePixelSchubse Im Saarland und in Rheinland-Pfalz kennt man es ebenfalls als Kalter Kaffee.
Hab ich grad noch unter einen anderen Kommentar geschrieben 😂😂
They started selling spezi in the US. It is called „sunset“ there
its "laner" not "läner". the way you pronounce it, it would be written with the omnious ä.
laaner
yes it is the a you would use in "barn".
Spezi in colloquial German (especially in Bavaria) means good friend, pal, or chum. Originally "Spezial-Freund".
Greetings from Germany! Try to mix coke and german Fanta! The easiest way to make Spezi for your own😉 Or if you feel really emperimental try a mixture of a third each of Coke, Fanta and European Sprite... 😉
Doesn't work. The corn syrup of the US coke is just too dominant. You would also need European coke which is made with cane sugar.
Another RUclipsr recently checked, that even US Coke and European Coke do not taste the same !
*german* coke (with beet sugar) and *german* fanta orange (with beet sugar, 3% real juice, and natural color) ... or *maybe mexican* (with cane sugar) ...
but *_not_* american coke (with HFCS) and *_not_* american fanta (with HFCS, no juice at all, and carcinogenic neon colorant)
ps: yes, many breweries also produce at least one kind of "soda" to be able to offer something to the whole family including children *_(below 16 :-)_*
the *original* Spezi is produced by other breweries. Paulaner once got a lifetime license to use the name "Spezi", but have to use a slightly different recipe.
americans buy cans of 12 floz (355 ml) while european cans usually are 1/2 liter (500 ml, 16.9 floz) or 1/3 liter (rounded 330 ml, 11.2 floz)
Mix US coke and fanta, you get starsky.
It would have to be German Coke mixed with German Fanta. Doesn’t work with the US stuff. I have tried it myself, and as a RUclips reference, Hayley Alexis has tried it too.
For anyone interested, some hints for pronouncing some of German's more tricky letters/letter combinations:
- ä like a in English 'at'
- ß like english 'ss' like in 'miss'. It is a sharp 's', the letter is originally a ligature of s and z, hence its name eszett (es-zed) in German.
- ie like 'ee' in 'meet'
- ei like "i" in in english 'find'
- au like 'ou' in english 'ouch'
- eu/äu like 'oi' in english 'moist'
- sch like english 'sh'
ö, ch, and ü are trickier because english does not really have these sounds.
As for ü and ö -
if you know french, they are equivalent to french 'u' ('tu') and 'eu' ('peu') respectively, somewhat similar to sounds between u and e / o and e.
ch actually has two associated sounds, one being like a raspy 'h', and the other being a little like 'sh', but further back in the mouth.
pau-la-ner almost correct pronounciation. try it like you would pronounce the big letters in known english words (try to make the same sound) Pau= "POW"er , la= "LA"s vegas , ner
mezzo mix is also only sold in the DACH region
He says it wrong, he looks it up, he keeps repeating it incorrectly........"oké we got that out of the way" ........I guess it's just too hard to pronounce an A not as an E for Americans, which is strange because they themselves pronounce A as E, A or O depending on the word.
@@insu_na It's wild that Spezi is so popular here that Coca Cola decides to create an own Spezi brand just for these three countries xD
I love Spezi
Warum machen Leute Videos darüber wie man was korrekt ausspricht wenn sie es dann falsch aussprechen lol? "Pau-la-ner" .. wtf richtig wäre "Pau-la-na"
@@vomm gschichten ausm paulanagarten
Heyho, greetings from Germany. Honestly. In germany spezi, or mezzo mix from the coca cola company or schwipp schwapp for pepsi show it very well. In germany those Mix Drinks, Orange and Cola, is kinda famouse. Many drink it. Some only like coke or fanta. But many like it over here. I drink mostly Mezzo Mix. It's my fav Soda even. Next to Uludag. A Turkey Limo, that is famouse over here and often drank with a Döner Kebab.
I love how Ryan says „Spetzi“ and not „Spezi“ all the time 😂
😂😂😂 Jaaaaa , wenn Ryan german spricht, muss ich auch immer lachen.
He says "Spesi" in the beginning. „Spetsi“ is how it's supposed to be pronounced.
@@tubekulose nope, ts and z have a different sound
@@CheesusCrustus Do you speak German?
@@tubekulose Yes , ich spreche german mit berliner Slan und ich weiß, dass german für einen Amerikaner sehr schwer ist .
Aberrrrrr, ich liebe es , wenn ich einen Amerikaner zuhören darf , wenn er german spricht.
This is actually heartwarming, you are so excited. Like we here already know Spezi looks and tastes like but you discovering it is funny.
Apparently they make a Spezi Zero that you could try.
the way you pronounce it, it would be written "Sbähtzi" ^_^
But I only just now realized, that in English the sound we use for "E" doesn't even exist. it's the sound in the french word "Café" at the end.
"PAU-LAAA-NER"
Ryan: "PAU-LÄÄÄ-NER"
I loved that, especially how he perfectly pronounced the "Ä" as well xD
You will be surprised that there is now also a US Version called Paulana Sunset which is the European Spezi but free shipping in Califonia and Vegas. It also has based on the Webpage the european recipe but just another name for the US market.
Interestingly enough, your pronunciation of "Spezi" got better after you tasted it.
In my country you can order a coke with fresh lemon juice in restaurants.
Or you mix coke and fanta 50/50 at home.
Have you heard of 'Radler', Ryan?
It's mixing beer with lemon/orange soda.
You can also buy it in stores already mixed.
I like Coke with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and a lemon wedge in it. Same with lime. It seems to make it more refreshing.
A paulaner Spezi and a some weed is all you need 😊😅
Dude, you're slowly germanized, lol! Same to me, I moved for work in Germany, a temporary job. This was 12 years ago and now. I am 100% germanized, I became a very successful engineer here.
Greetings from Bavaria!
You can make your own Spezi if you take german coke and german fanta (orange) and mix it. You can experiment with the mixture depending how much orange flavour you like with the coke. Next step in german mixed drinks is Radler: german beer (pilsener) mixed with german Sprite
I don't know if anyone told you yet but there is also Paulaner Sunset which is the American Licenced version of Paulaner Spezi. I believe fans of the Spezi wanted to sell this in the US 2 and reached out to Paulaner and now it's officially licensed and sold in the US 2.
5:00 Monkey brain goes: Huh??
8:22 due to its color, Spezi is also called "kalter Kaffee" (cold coffee) in some areas here, especially south-western germany iirc
speziiiiii! the best
Why is he more interrested in the can than in the Spezi?😆😅
for your information one of the better self made currywurst sauces are made with cola and orange juice xD
Im astonished at how many people here in the comment spread fake information as „Spezi is just Coke and Orange Soda“ WRONG. It’s an entirely different drink that’s so hard to copy no other brand other than licensed Spezi manufacturers can replicate it
thank you!😊
You can mix Coke with Fanta (Orange Soda) to create Spezi 😅 And it's so weird to me that you don't know Coke with Orange Soda, like it's so simple. 😅
And when you mix it yourself you can decide if you want to have more Coke or more Orange Soda.
probably no american got the idea to mix coke with neon bright fanta and then also have lots of HFCS ...
german Coke has 10-11 g (beet) sugar per 100 ml, and german Fanta below 8g
ps: yes, mixing it yourself is best, being able to adjust the ratio from almost pure Coke to almost pure Fanta, and I also use Fanta Lemon instead of Fanta Orange.
Me during the first like 4 minutes of the video: STOP SHAKING THE CAN 😂
Spezi (s̶p̶e̶l̶l̶e̶d̶ pronounced sh-b-e-zi with a "e" like in pet, the "zi" is actually spelled like the WWII "zi" ;-) ) is a bavarian shortcut for buddy (like "special friend").
Not really I'd argue that the special friend is "Spezl" with L at the end
Both possible, depends on the region within Bavaria.
its also used in austria an other southern german tongues like in rhineland-palatinate as word for friend/homie. but in palatinate, we call the drink 'kalter Kaffee', so we dont get to confused i guess! :-D
to spell = buchstabieren
to pronounce = aussprechen
@@berlindude75 Of course, thank you! Can't believe I didn't notice that by myself.
Spezi was even build in the 2023 r/place event. At the end in the big whiteout, even the whole canvas was filled with a giant„fuck spezi“😄
We have a word for all of this stuff in Germany: "Plörre" (~muddy dishwater] or even "Zuckerplörre" :)
And only Germans who don't know what's good use it :-)
Nitpick: It's a cola mix, not a Coke mix. Coke refers to Coca-Cola.
0:16 You still have to learn how to pronounce 'Spezi' correctly. 😅
SPEEEEEEEEE-TZI
@@Alithia451 Und er sagt: SPÄSI
Spezi is oftentimes consumed in hot months, June - August (September even this year), at least i see a lot of people getting Spezi with Ice cubes. It IS really refreshing, consuming it Ice cold while eating something meaty. So the real joy of it is in warm months. ALSO, because of the sugar, for people who have a record having a small circulatory collapse, it is perfect (if cold: small sips, drinking it slowly).
he listenes to paulaner and still isnt able to pronounce teh simple "a" and still says "e" xD
In Bavaria there's a common expression called "Spezi" or "Spezl". It means "Buddy". So it might be that the inventors had that in mind. "Spezi" is your buddy everywhere you go. 😂
You can also say the Spezi uses real sugar and the american coke uses high fructose corn syrup
Since when corn syrip is unreal sugar? wtf .. it's both glucose, both normal sugar. "But our sugar is superior to the us sugar!!!!! we are better!!!!!"
I was actually just sitting here drinking a Paulaner Spezi when I saw your video! The coincidence. 😂
ps: When you tasted it VERY carefully (lol) and said it's "weird", I laughed. Here in Germany this is so common and so normal. When you go to restaurants/kiosks/whatever.. most of the time they have Coca Cola, Spezi (or Mezzo Mix from the Cola-company itself), Fanta and Sprite. So Spezi/Mezzo is simply one of them. You can also mix your own by just filling a glass with half Cola, half Fanta/Orange. There you go. ;p
Funfact: German RUclipsr Huebi made a rap song about the drink Paulaner Spezi
In Germany it is not about whether Spezi, but which brand has the real/best
Hello, I'm German and I love your videos❤
Bro I just drank the same exact can just before I saw your thumbnail LMAO
Its so funny to Look your Videos as a German... Good Videos 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
2:50 in Germany you also have 2 lists 1 in a small unit like 100 ml
So you can compare them to other drinks even if the overall can or bottle has different filling sizes
And 1 that shows you the numbers for you’re actual cab or bottle size
For me, the name "Spezi" comes from the German word "Spezial" (engl. "Special"). It is indeed originally a "special" mix of coke with Fanta (the orange soda from the Coca Cola company). A lot of companies have adopted this mix and modified the recipe for it. The "Paulaner Spezi" is actually made by the beer company Paulaner. The readily mixed version from the Coca Cola company is called "Mezzo Mix". When you mix it yourself from coke and Fanta, you definitely get a lower caffeine concentration. Therefore it is a good alternative when you do not want to drink as much caffeine at a party or other event. The readily mixed versions have often higher caffeine concentrations, which removes this advantage.
The origin of the term "Spezi" as a friend can be traced back to the word "spezial," which means "special" or "unique."
It was used in the 18th century to describe close friendships.
The use of the term for the beverage reflects the idea that it is a special mixture that stands out from other drinks.
its fascinating, to see your Reaction ,trying german Products the first time. please make more off such Videos
There actualy is a Spezi in America called Paulaner Sunset, but it is currently only in California.
This drink is very famous in Germany, especially in the region I live in (Bavaria). It is like "Mezzo Mix" from Coke, containing Fanta and Coke.
By the way: If you ever go to Germany, you can return the can, because there is 25 cent deposit on it.
i dont know why but these videos are delightful to watch!
Drink bottles and cans are metric in continental Europe, their volume are fractions of 1 liter. (0.2l = 1/5l, 0.25l = 1/4 l, 330ml = 0.33l ~ 1/3 l, 0.5l = 1/2 l and so on)
Only british and irish cans are the exception, because they still use pint (0.568l) as the default beer size instead of 0.5l.
Our austrian friend introduced me to Spezi 30 years ago: she mixed 50% coca cola with 50% fanta orange.
Paulaner Spezi was the first mix of Coke and orange I guess, but the big players Cola And Pepsi got there one too. Cola Mezzo Mix and Pepsi schwip schwap
Yes, it's the same brand as the beer brand. Most breweries in Germany sell soda as well, almost all have their version of sprite, fanta, coke and spezi
330ml is a standard/medium volume for soda cans here. there are smaller and bigger ones, but most have that volume(not necessarily that shape tho)
edit: a little funfact that might be a little unknown(maybe??).
the little piece you open the can with can be turned 180° and the hole used to hold a straw in place.
it used to be for keeping the shameful one-time-use plastic straws from getting pushed up by the bubbles. most reusable straws still fit perfectly through tho and it's still neat when your reusable straws are not heavy enough to withstand the bubbling.
you're welcome for this random knowledge nobody asked for lol
I am glad that Ryan found the drinking glasses in his home. Finally. 😄
Is there other stuff also missing in America?
Red Fassbrause?
Bionade?
Almdudler?
Waldmeister Brause?
Lichtenauer Himbeer-Orange?
Bitter Lemon Brause?
Bad Brambacher Tropic?
...
😅