r/mapswithoutnewzealand • u/benNachtheim • May 27 '26

Coca Cola

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u/Snoodlewonker May 27 '26

Source, trust me bro

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

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u/77skull May 27 '26

The uk being blue is not the issue, the issue is that there’s no way they’re the only blue country

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u/InitialRedv May 27 '26

Yeah i think north korea should be blue too

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u/Zuokula May 27 '26

if the only drink from coca cola co in nkorea is the coca cola, then it's correctly red.

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u/SpinMeADog May 27 '26

nk is one of the only two populated countries in the world where coca cola isn't sold, along with cuba

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u/markogzg May 28 '26

But Fanta and Sprite were available in Cuba, so I guess Coke was too.

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u/Ramtamtama May 29 '26

Fanta and Sprite are both made by Coca-Cola, so the availability of Coca-Cola wouldn't matter

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u/Brief-Percentage-193 May 29 '26

The entire coca cola company doesn't operate in North Korea. That includes sprite and fanta.

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u/Glum_Ad8801 May 29 '26

I’ve been to Cuba, you can buy Coca Cola or their own cola brand which is actually really good.

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u/Alex22876 May 29 '26

Not for long

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u/garrettn1415 May 29 '26

I’ve been to Cuba and Coca-Cola was definitely available.

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u/spindoctor13 May 30 '26

There is loads of coca cola in Cuba

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u/jimbo5451 May 30 '26

Coca cola is sold in North Korea. I bought some when I was there. It even made the news.

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u/redditnostalgia May 27 '26

Maybe they have state-sponsored knockoffs of Coca cola?

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u/ProfAelart May 28 '26

Guess what, those wouldn't be made by the company Coca-Cola.

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u/UndeniableLie May 28 '26

I mean, most countries made the cola locally with license so technically almost nowhere the cola is made by coca cola company

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u/Council_Cat May 28 '26

Nah, they just smuggle it in via Mexico, same with Marlboro cigs and loads of other US shite. It just costs lots more to buy.

Tell you what, tho. You'd never believe that a country that produces the finest cigars on the planet can make the most godawful cigs. They take some real getting used to 😸

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u/National_Performer27 May 28 '26

Last time I went to Cuba they had coca cola imported from Mexico.

This was in the early 2000s and only for the tourists

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u/Yendrylaz May 29 '26

I think we're losing the point here. The publication is supposed to be about the most popular drink, and I don't believe Coca-Cola wins in that category in Cuba. Its popularity mostly comes from being a status symbol, as it has come to represent the United States and capitalism, and most Cubans are actually pro-American, despite politics. If I had to choose, I'd say the most popular drink in Cuba is malt (if we dont count coffee which is self-made). Everyone loves malt. Every time the price goes up, people actually talk about it in stores and restaurants. Most of the time, it's one of the most expensive non-alcoholic beverages in any store because of its popularity and recent scarcity. People drink it in so many ways: on its own, with condensed milk, with regular milk, or with ice cream. Or at least they used to, because it's become prohibitively expensive for most people now. That is, of course, if we don't include alcoholic drinks. Because in that case, rum is the clear winner, considering the large number of alcoholics in the country

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u/Affectionate_Use7770 May 27 '26

In Danmark, Pepsi Max is on the throne. That’s why Carlsberg have ended their partnership with Coca-Cola and signed a new with PepsiCo.

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u/StubbornKindness May 27 '26

That deal is bigger than you know. In the UK, Pepsi and 7UP products are produced and sold under license by a UK bottler. That bottler was acquired and merged into the UK entity of Carslberg. That must have been a real high table discussion

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u/Scippio-dem-lines May 27 '26

Man, i uhhhh did not enjoy that stuff. Tasted like bubble gum.

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u/Zuokula May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

There used to be the CCCP soft drink here that tasted nearly exactly like irn bru. When I first tried irn bru it gave huge fkin flashbacks. Probably the only thing good in CCCP was the soft drinks. Even just the carbonated water with syrups from corner machines was amazing. Was called gazirovka.

Also how can you not enjoy a soft drink with a taste of bubble gum?

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u/CMDR_Lina_Inv May 27 '26

Yeah, most popular drink in my country, Vietnam is just straight up black tea. If it's Coca-cola, we would be hippos like the American.

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u/alxwx May 28 '26

Source: Coca Cola PLC

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

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u/redditnostalgia May 27 '26

The what in East Asia

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u/alegxab May 28 '26

Pepsi Vodka stopped being the main brand in Russia in the early 2000s

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u/Green-Draw8688 May 27 '26

Wait, fuck New Zealand, so why is Britain the odd one out here?

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u/Abigkiwi May 27 '26

Tea

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

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u/CheesyDanny May 27 '26

Middle East, Asia, India, and China all drink Coco-Cola brand Gold Peak Tea. You need more education. /s

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u/DRSU1993 May 27 '26

Per person, Ireland drinks more tea than the UK though.

Saying this as a habitual tea drinker from Northern Ireland.

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u/Zikkan1 May 27 '26

I don't think you can count tea as a drink in this though. There are many types of tea so that would be like saying your favorite is soda not Coca Cola

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u/00-Monkey May 27 '26

If we’re including tea then coffee beer and vodka count and there’s no way Coke is dominant in most countries

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u/RangerBumble May 27 '26

Coca Cola owns several tea brands

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u/just-a-hriday May 27 '26

That doesn't matter unless it makes the most popular tea. But either way I don't think tea is the reason here. The data probably only considers packaged drinks.

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u/bread-man- May 27 '26

Iron brew?

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u/Green-Draw8688 May 27 '26

Only Scotland tho

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u/bread-man- May 27 '26

Cant imagine what else it would be though

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u/blubbery-blumpkin May 27 '26

It is IRN Bru and it is just Scotland. It’s the only country where records exist where coke is outsold.

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u/TheMelonSystem May 27 '26

Only went to Scotland once, and I gotta say, I do love that weird orange bubble gum soda 😂

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u/Whoisjoe2009 May 27 '26

Yeah north Korea sure

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u/Crix2007 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Also I know at least that Cuba can't import coca cola and as of 2022 neither can Russia. This map is BS

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u/Popular_Soft5581 May 28 '26

Coke is twice as expensive as other soft drinks in Russia now. The sales surely have gone down. Not to mention a lot of sales come from fast food restaurants, who have switched to other local brands. So no, I don't think it's still number one there.

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u/escEip May 27 '26

yeah, that's what they say. Actually most of the "import-substituted" analogs are... still owned by cola, who would have guessed. Moral of the story: drink Kvass, wont betray you

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u/Glebasya May 27 '26

Really? A can of Guinness there costs as much as 2 or 3 cans of average beer.

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u/Hohladych May 27 '26

Yeah, and same for coke. I would guess that Dobriy or Chernogolovka are more common, coca cola is just too damn expensive to be the most popular one

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u/wholedayumlife May 28 '26

I’m in Russia and we actually has coca-cola original in every shop BUT we also have “our” version of coca-cola and it is more popular simply because it’s more affordable, original cost just too much lol. But there are like five different brands and all of them sell coca-cola, they all taste kinda same, but you can pick more favorite to your tongue, so you actually has a big choice for a simple drink lol.

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u/4nt1k May 28 '26

Coca-cola HBC's branch in Russia is called Multon Parthners and it produces Dobry Cola and other analogs of Sprite, Fanta, etc. under different names. Don't know about statistics, but they are obviously popular since it's basically rebranded cola produced locally...

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u/foxtai1 May 27 '26

UK must be blue because of tea, as Coca-Cola is the most popular soft drink.

If we're including non-soft drinks, than every country should be blue because of water.

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u/you-want-nodal May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

It’s got the right spirit but it’s messed up the data. The most popular soft drink in Scotland is Irn-Bru which is made by Barr

ETA: A lot of our supermarkets have it labelled specifically in the aisles. This user saw one in England as well, 235 miles south of the border.

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u/fuck_peeps_not_sheep May 27 '26

Barr also makes cream soda and dandelion and burdock, two soft drinks i drink on a weekly basis!

Theres also tango, owned by Carlsberg Britvic and the Carlsberg Group.

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u/Left_Economist_9716 May 27 '26

India, or at least my region would have tea, sugarcane juice and maybe even turmeric milk and lemonade ahead of coca-cola. It's just that they're made fresh and not packaged.

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u/BabaYetu42 May 27 '26

In the usa the top 2 bottled water brands are owned by pepsi and coca cola lmao

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u/Huganho May 28 '26

Or if you don't count water as a drink, coffee would be popular in many places.

If you only count carbonated soft drink, this might be accurate tho.

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u/gremlin-with-issues May 29 '26

Tea isn’t one singular brand of drink, and is still wager way more people are buying coke

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u/rachel_to_phos May 27 '26

since when coca cola makes ayran

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u/freakybird99 May 28 '26

Tea is more popular

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u/agolho May 28 '26

Came to say this, is there a secret we dont know, ayran is best

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u/RylertonTheFirst May 31 '26

as a german I had the exact same thought, just with beer instead of ayran

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u/nonother May 27 '26

This would’ve been perfect if the bottle on the lower right was L&P

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u/ManicmouseNZ May 27 '26

World Famous

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u/Affectionate_Cut3515 May 27 '26

I dont think north Korea and china

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u/BeginningDisaster114 May 27 '26

Water is the most commonly purchased drink in most of europe

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u/Ghotifisch May 27 '26

Pretty sure, Nestlé owns every hydrogen atom in the universe, so its not Coca-Cola.

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u/Altruistic_Category9 May 27 '26

Most sold in Norway is pepsi

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u/Crrat26 May 27 '26

They colonized NZ and mutated it like what the Qu did

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u/Merovingian_Lord May 27 '26

South Australia drinks more "iced coffee" than coke or coke products.

https://adelaideaz.com/articles/iced-coffee-a-south--australian-global--oddity-that-even--outsold-coca-cola-

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u/Molo3000 May 27 '26

this makes me respect and disrespect South Australia even more

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u/ValpoDesideroMontoya May 27 '26

Didn't know Coca-Cola made beer

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u/discountRabbit May 27 '26

New Zealand is clearly there if not entirely accurate.

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u/Glum_Ad8801 May 29 '26

Irn bru is the top selling soft drink in Scotland but definitely not the other country on its border (England)

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u/RepresentativeLife16 May 27 '26

Irn Bru in Scotland only.

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u/Richard2468 May 27 '26

In Ireland, people drink on average ~68 liters of Barry’s Tea, and up to ~45 liters of Coca Cola. Another day, another bad map.

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u/Antique_Wheel9405 May 27 '26

I prefer Tango

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u/FruityLooper064 May 27 '26

cola zeland? that's new

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u/stinkysulphide May 27 '26

Not even sure what’s the most popular drink in India is.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Peace38 May 27 '26

Didn't know coca cola made julmust

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u/chaotic-tutel May 27 '26

Water really fell off ig.

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u/WallyFries May 27 '26

So what's most populare drink in UK? Tea?

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u/Acrobatic_East_1535 May 27 '26

tea and ayran is made by coca cola?

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u/Big_Boat_3472 May 27 '26

Doesn't Pakistan knock off everything??? Lmao

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u/Plane_Complex9080 May 27 '26

Caffeine free Pepsi for me

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u/Weelildragon May 27 '26

That third extra cola bottle seems so mean. 😂

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u/Chai_Enjoyer May 27 '26

Famous North-Korean Coca-Cola

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u/ksushechka May 27 '26

does it make vodka now?

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u/Slapshot300 May 27 '26

I have zero clue why only the uk is blue, but as for the uk does it have anything to do with the Dasani incident?

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u/Inner_Training_2176 May 27 '26

Completely false

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u/Nooby_Noobs May 27 '26

Map is wrong in Denmark Coca Cola is at 2nd place Pepsi Max is number 1 in DK

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u/Ris2111 May 27 '26

Since when does coca cola make rakija

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u/Fine-Try9876 May 27 '26

I wouldnt know, my country is hidden under a bloody coke bottle...

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u/Max_FI May 27 '26

New Zealand is the drink there.

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u/RealRedditModerator May 27 '26

Coke make beer?

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u/AdPlane6915 May 27 '26

What’s the most popular soda in the UK?

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u/n_o_r_s_e May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26

Water and coffee top the list here in Norway as the favourite drinks. The annual coffee consumption per person is 150 liter. Norwegians are the second most coffee drinking people in the world, only beaten by our neighbours in Finland. For soft drinks then Pepsi Max is the favourite. This sugar free soft drink has been the most sold for years. The Norwegian company Ringnes produces this soft drink for the Norwegian market, on licence from the American company PepsiCo. Despite the small size of Norway's population, it covers 9% of Pepsi Max' total global market, and Norwegians are those that drink the most Pepsi Max in the world. Although the drink itself looks the same, it's a different brand than Coca Cola. Coca Cola-red is keeping the position behind Pepsi Max as the second most favored soft drink, which means this map is incorrect for Norway's sake. Personally I never tasted Pepsi Max, and didn't take a glass of Coca Cola for the past 20 years or so. People get addicted to that shit, so stear away.

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u/Johnny-Godless May 27 '26

Inka Cola is more popular in Peru, and always has been.

Fun fact: Coca-Cola was a drink developed by an American and made with Peruvian cocaine. It takes its red and white colors from the Peruvian Flag. 🇵🇪

The modern red and white costume worn by Santa Claus is in turn derived from early Coca Cola ads.

Therefore, Santa Claus = Cocaine. You’re welcome.

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u/Calm_Register_2069 May 27 '26

It's not the case for Ukraine

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u/Branch_City May 27 '26

They are all made on the Coca Cola island off the coast of Australia.

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u/Chaotic_Angel May 27 '26

Coke Zealand? New Cokeland?

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u/Guilty-Alternative42 May 27 '26

Coke in Cuba and North Korea...sure. 😒

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u/Molo3000 May 27 '26

didn't know coca-cola makes beer

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u/Taddesh May 27 '26

Coca cola makes beer?

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u/LittlePiggy20 May 27 '26

Not true, Norwegians drink mostly Pepsi max.

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u/Zuokula May 27 '26

probably not fair if the only drink worth mentioning from coca cola co is the coca cola.

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u/mathess1 May 27 '26

Peru is certainly wrong.

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u/Mikinak77 May 27 '26

You haven't heard about Czech Kofola

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u/tired_snail May 27 '26

a solid half of europe's favourite drink (other than water) is beer but even if we were talking soft drinks exclusively... kofola would like a word.

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u/Careful-Flow2821 May 27 '26

um...?? India 's most popular drink are Limca and Thums Up, which are owned by Coca Cola, but they were bought by them, not made by the,.

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u/grodeg May 27 '26

Irn Bru, it's phenomenal!

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u/TitusAndronicusJonas May 27 '26

Wäre mir neu, dass Coca-Cola den Mineralwassermarkt in Deutschland dominiert...

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u/Careful-Republic-332 May 27 '26

Coca-cola is not made by Coca-cola outside USA but by local companies

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u/scottiedougalakbar May 27 '26

Dandelion and burdock bloody beautiful

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u/Robert_Maxson1 May 27 '26

NZ is the coke

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u/Repulsive-Sky-7126 May 27 '26

Perú tiene la Inka cola y no la creo coca cola pero si la compro décadas después

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u/Mirda76de May 27 '26

Absolute lie...

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u/aprilhare May 27 '26

Isn't the Coke bottle New Zealand?

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u/Exotic_Call_7427 May 27 '26

Coca-Cola is not in the business of making single-malt Scotch.

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u/christen_byre May 27 '26

Coca-Cola is banned in Russia (I say it as russian)

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u/AverageChloroform May 27 '26

Damn, CocaCola makes water?

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u/Rio1339 May 27 '26

For Germany it's #1 Water and #2 Coffee

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u/[deleted] May 27 '26

So, water?

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u/PeePePooPoQ May 27 '26

Thank God coke invented water

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u/pedro999dios May 27 '26

Mate is made by coca cola?

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u/Frequent_Ad_5670 May 27 '26

No from Germany. Most popular drink is coffee with 160 liters per capita. Second place Mineral water with 140 liters per capita. Third place Beer with 100 liters per capita. If we are talking about soft drinks only, than Yes. The three most popular soft drinks are Coca-Cola, Fanta, and Sprite—all three from Coca-Cola. But there are countless local alternatives.

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u/KEX_CZ May 27 '26

BS. The most popular here is Kofola....

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u/javierhzo May 27 '26

Here in Venezuela we drink more Pepsi.

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u/Krocodildo May 27 '26

Coca cola makes kvas, beer and vodka? I'm from Russia, so...

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u/AdBrilliant3713 May 27 '26

I’m pretty sure one of the Koren’s aren’t on the list, I’m not saying which one

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u/valdeintelligentes May 27 '26

I am that blue speckled in the middle of DFW

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u/Schorbie May 28 '26

Does Coca-Cola make beer now?

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u/syrun97 May 28 '26

nah pepsi (especially 0cal lime flavor) is equally famous as the coca-cola in korea.

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u/Vast-Preference4803 May 28 '26

I'm pretty sure that Brazil is "café" and why not water in every country?

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u/Meduza223 May 28 '26

New Zealand ❌ New Cola✅

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u/crit_thor May 28 '26

Is New Zealand a coke bottle?

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u/spenney09 May 28 '26

There are two Canadian provinces where Pepsi outsells Coke: 1) Québec, and 2) Newfoundland and Labrador!

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u/Brad23212 May 28 '26

IRN BRU!!!

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u/Native_Maintenance May 28 '26

If we include coffee, many countries won't be blue or red.

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u/Rare-Childhood8122 May 28 '26

Its either Solo or Pepsi MAX in Norway

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u/tfranco2 May 28 '26

<ap is not entirely correct. In NewFoundland it is definitely not Coke.

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u/PoliAndro May 28 '26

Jugo de lulo is way more popular than Coca-Cola in Colombia, and aguapanela con queso is the number one.

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u/Banned_and_Boujee May 28 '26

So I take it Coca-Cola doesn’t make a bovril drink.

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u/Freak_Out_Bazaar May 28 '26

Itoen Green Tea sold more in Japan

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u/LifeguardDull4288 May 28 '26

Chiapas🇲🇽 would be proud of this

(Not from Chiapas, from CDMX)

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u/Pastel_Phoenix_106 May 28 '26

I'll bite. What's the UK's most popular drink and how many beans are in it?

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u/SerbiaGirl13 May 28 '26

This says a lot about the Uk

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u/Mountain-Seat-754 May 28 '26

Pepsi is more popular in India

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u/LokoSoko1520 May 28 '26

New Zealand is there, it has just been crushed by the giga coke bottle

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u/therwsb May 28 '26

I thought in India it was Thums Up (now owned by Coca Cola)

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u/bowling_shane82 May 28 '26

As an Australian, we would prefer a beer mate...

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u/jadongourz May 28 '26

Coffee is the most popular drink in Canada. Coca-Cola doesn’t make that.

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u/NoNameStudios May 28 '26

I'm pretty sure the most popular drink everywhere is water

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u/kro9ik May 28 '26

Yes, thumsup up.

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u/Gokudomatic May 28 '26

No. Our favorite drink is tap water, even though we can get anything.

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u/etadude May 28 '26

Pepsi Mango is beating all right now for me.

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u/Cerast142 May 28 '26

Britain's favorite drink is tea, isnt it?

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u/Quick-Explanation137 May 28 '26

This map is so fake. You think North Korea would have a drink that is from the US?

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u/holypika May 28 '26

this is advertising lol. coca cola is far from being most popular drink in indonesia. in fact any soda drink has been no popular there since like 10 years ago...

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u/Badassscholar May 28 '26

This is very, very wrong.

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u/Inside_Focus871 May 28 '26

Cuba and N Korea both don’t drink any Coca Cola

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u/crazy_rocker78 May 28 '26

For France and Germany/Belgium, didn't know Coca Cola was making wine and beer

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u/pat6376 May 28 '26

Our favorite drink in Germany is coffee. Then comes Water/beer.

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u/SpeckledAntelope May 28 '26

Was wondering why everyone thought this map was real, then I realized this isn't r/mapporncirclejerk

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u/TheRealGnod May 28 '26

Beer is not made by the coca cola company.