In Germany is it very popular, myself sometimes drinking after Sport (for example Football, Hiking, Basketball etc.) besides Water obviously.
That's Apfelschorle;
"Apfelschorle (pronounced [ˈapfəlʃɔɐ̯lə] ⓘ) (apple spritzer), also Apfelsaftschorle (apple juice spritzer) or Apfelsaft gespritzt (splashed apple juice, more widely used in Hesse, Bavaria, and Austria) in German, is a popular soft drink in Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.[1] It consists of carbonated mineral water and apple juice.[2] The broader category Fruchtschorle consists of any fruit juice mixed with carbonated water, but Apfelschorle is by far the most common. Spritzer (that is, wine mixed with carbonated water) is called Weinschorle.
A glass of Apfelschorle."
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Not here, and I wonder why, cause apple juice is popular (and we produce 4M tonnes of apples a year, 1st place in Europe & 4th global), and this sounds like genius idea 😐
Well I mean, there’s [Appletiser](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appletiser?wprov=sfla1) and [Apple Tango](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango_%28drink%29?wprov=sfla1)…but I’d be surprised if either of them were even in the top 20 most popular brands of soft drinks consumed. Maybe for children it is.
Schorle definitely isn’t as much of a thing here as it is in Germany.
(Also TIL Appletiser’s from South Africa!)
I can think of several stilldrinks that fit the description, but nothing carbonated.
Content vise, closest might be [Trocadero](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trocadero_(drink)), but that is an apple flavoured carbonated soda.
Function vise, being a quick fruit flavoured cooler, the closest is probably Mer [(sv)](https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mer) and Festis [(sv)](https://sv.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festis), but those are stilldrinks.
In Belgium yes! I remember the brand appeltiser. Mostly in the Dutch speaking parts you will find sparkling apple juice, we also have the sparkling Lipton iced tea, it’s the one soda I crave when I’m in a foreign country, I didn’t know how unique to Belgium and Germany that last one was until no foreigners I know knew about sparkling Lipton lol
ETA: Lipton recently also promoted sparking peach iced tea but it’s hard to find 🙁 I tried it once but it’s not as good as the classic imo
That is certaily a modern form of Gazzosa, a bevarage diffused in Northern Italy and Switzerland made fermenting fruit juices causing natural carbonation or in more modern times adding a tartaric acid and backing soda formula.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnLombardLanguage/comments/1jqku2v/ta_v%C3%B6rat_impara_a_fa_la_gazzosa_la_gazzosa/](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnLombardLanguage/comments/1jqku2v/ta_v%C3%B6rat_impara_a_fa_la_gazzosa_la_gazzosa/)
Not down here.
Perhaps more in the northern parts of Italy, especially Alto-Adige?
We have our own regional drinks in Sicily.Even just plain apple juice is unusual here, though they do sell industrial ones in the supermarket.
Nope, and i cannot express the feeling of betrayal when I arrived at Munchen station for the first time years ago, saw a bottle of apple juice, bought it and discovered it was CARBONATED
Why Germans love carbonated drinks so much?
It is not quite the same, but here in Switzerand there is a divide bewteen language barriers when it comes to apple sauce. In German speaking Switzerland it is a common garnish to a lot of menus, but in French speaking Switzerland this not done or at least much less often.
I don’t know if for Schorle this is true too, as it is sold in all of Switzerland, but it could be the case.
This wiki article is centered on Germany. Apfelsaft gespritzt, “more widely used” in Austria? More like exclusively used in Austria, in tourist spots we will understand what Germans mean by that, but it’s not common at all to call it Schorle. Spritzer is called Weinschorle? No, Spritzer is called Spritzer. Same issue. Even in Italy something with sparkling water is a Spritzer, in some regions.
I live in Austria’s province with the highest apple industry. You find Apfelsaft g’spritzt on every Restaurant’s menu.
Edit: the german wiki about Schorle is more specific on the terms used in DACH regions. https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schorle
It was quite popular in the Netherlands when I was a student 20 years ago but haven’t heard about it since.
I think it’s not unknown in the Netherlands. I learned about it from a friend and like it, have ordered it in restaurants and sometimes they have it, sometimes they are confused 😉
I recently saw an interview with Jacob Collier and he loves it too. It’s a wonderful refreshing drink, I wish they sold it here in the supermarkets.
Not very well known/popular in the Netherlands I think.
Personally I really like it.After learning about it on trips to Germany.
I drink it often now but mix it myself from apple juice and sparkling water 🙂 .
From my travel experience, the only country with sufficient demand (more than one brand in the supermarket) around Germany, Switzerland and Austria (maybe Liechtenstein and Luxemburg) is Czechia and there I only saw it in Bohemia so far, so I’m not sure if this is a German border region thing or not.
Not at all here (or maybe regionally and I don’t know about it).
I discovered it in Germany “the hard way”. I was serving some drinks for a small event, I was part of the club organising the event and I didn’t speak German all that well yet. Someone asked for an Apfelschorle, I didn’t know what it was and assumed it was a sort of premixed soda. A friend handed me a bottle (of apple juice) and I just poured a glass full and gave it to the customer. She was annoyed and said “there’s no water!!” I was extremely confused as to why there should be water in the soda, or water in the apple juice (after checking the bottle). It was such a foreign notion I was utterly lost, the customer was pissed and a member of our team said I was dumb and how could I not know about Schorle (she was a dick and didn’t last long). Anyways, all that to say, no, not common.
Might I suggest something different very popular in Austria.
(Wiki only in German).
Sparking water (Mineral or Soda) with Lemon juice (best an actual lemon slice with, fresh pressed juice) , that’s it.
The best fucking refreshing drink in the world
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soda_Zitron
I had never heard of Schorle before coming to Germany. And it’s the best! Back home, the water isn’t as carbonated so it doesn’t end up great. In Spain they have proper soda water so there it’s possible
Yes, we call it almafröccs, it’s a popular drink in the summer if you don’t want to drink something alcoholic nor overly sugary.
No, I learned of its existence from Germany, the only place where I’ve seen it. I’ve tried making it myself, but the commercial apple juices we have are all too sweet. Apples are acidic enough here because Finland has a cold climate, but this juice rarely sold in large scale. You have to find a local garden that sells their own very acidic apple juice.
My mom is German and this was always a mini culture shock whenever I had friends over who had never in their lives heard of it.
Not really. Regular apple juice is popular enough, though it competes with several other flavours. Carbonated water is also reasonably popular, though most people who drink flavoured varieties usually go with lemon. In fact I’m not even sure there’s apple flavoured carbonated water here.
At least in my extended family, apple juice is always mixed with water to lessen the sweetness. Everyone also always has carbonated water on the table to mix it with home made wine, so naturally apple juice is also mixed with carbonated water. It’s what my grandma always drinks. My aunt also always ordered it in cafes but nowadays juice is almost always bottled.
I discovered this as a teenager during my various language stays in Germany. For me, it remains intrinsically linked to Germany. (and it was always a disappointment because I don’t like carbonated drinks and in Germany, even the water they gave me was carbonated… I felt constantly dehydrated).
Funnily enough, the closest thing to it in France is a drink called *Champomy* (carbonated apple juice). It’s sold as the children’s equivalent of Champagne (without alcohol, but with bubbles!).
No, never seen anyone drink this.
On the other hand, wine mixed with carbonated water is quite popular, we call it “gemišt”.
It is not but it should be! My few years living in Germany converted me and this godsend drink is a staple in my house lol i can’t live without it 🥴 and i highly recommend.
If you have no soda like that in your supermarket, get your fav fizzy water machine and kids 100% apple juice concentrate. It is super easy to mix at home, just 3 ingredients and absolutely refreshing
Id never heard of it before last year. Then I went to Heidelberg in the summer, walked up the Philosophenweg in some hot weather and was dying for a drink after. Settled at a little cafe near the river and had my first apfelschorle and my god it was one of the best drinks I’ve ever had at that moment.
Whenever I pass through Austria or Germany on the train I make sure to get one.
I still have trauma from my first time ordering it with an immense hangover thinking it was regular apple juice 🙂
In Finland, no. In our family, very much so. I was a Stipendiat in Germany some 20 years ago and picked up the idea of blending apple juice and sparkling water.
Whenever I’m in Germany I always buy several bottles of the stuff to take home. I throw away so many pfandflaschen ever year.