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[–] stoy 49 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Time for a yearly reminder that Coca-Cola sales are about to plummet in Sweden.

Every year Coca-Cola sales drop by about 50% in Sweden over christmas as Swedes buy Julmust instead.

I have already stocked up with 12 glorious bottles of Zeunerts Julmust giving me 6 liters, I live alone so this is plenty.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What is the context for this? Is jusmult a culturally significant beverage around Christmas time? Is this a boycott of sorts? What is jusmult like?

[–] stoy 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I posted a link to the Wikipedia article about it, but yeah it is a culturally significant drink over Christmas, there is no organized boycott of Coca Cola, but I suspect that people enjoy the fact that Coca Cola tanks their sales in Sweden during christmas.

There are several versions of Julmust, there is one company making the syrup, selling it to drinks manufacturers, who all tweaks it to their preference.

The most common/standard version of Julmust is "Apotekarnes Julmust", though "Nygårda Julmust" has expanded a lot, there is one version that I didn't enjoy when I was younger, but is my favourite these days, "Zeunerts Julmust".

The taste of Apotekarners Julmust is quite hard to describe, the texture isn't as harsh as Coke, it is less sweet, and more fruity, it is a more adult taste than Coke, dryer...

The Zeunerts version is quite odd for the uninitiated, it has a darker taste when compared to Apotekarnes, with a weird aftertaste of coffee. When I first had it, I didn't like it at all, but these days I stock up on it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Thats super cool, thank you for sharing!

Maybe someday I'll get to try some, it sounds lovely 😊

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

But you'll need more next week!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

Helt galet när alla vet att påskmust smakar bättre.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

do you mind giving some contwxt on julmust?

[–] stoy 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It is a non alcoholic mixed drink, containing malt and hop extract, invented in 1910 as a non alcoholic alternative to beer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julmust

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

oh like kvass?

i tried that recently.

why are you drinking it instead of coke?

[–] stoy 1 points 1 week ago

Tradition, and it is quite tasty