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Had a little nostalgia moment there with "Vozduwnij Boi" and the soda water dispenser. Those were 2 kopeks for a soda I think and 5 kopecs for kvas, which was s

• pavel_lishin 11y ago
  Yeah. I've bought bottled stuff here (NYC), occasionally, and even some stuff at restaurants - but it all tastes weird and bad, and vaguely Coca-Cola-ish. Went back last summer for my grandpa's birthday, and bought like five liters from an old woman who was selling it out of a big tank. Tasted almost exactly like I remember it, and I probably drank about two liters in one day.
  • lisivka 11y ago
    Quality of kvas improved a lot, so it may explain why it tasted _almost_ exactly like you remember it: it is not diluted anymore but produced by exactly same technology, so it a bit too concentrated, because soviet norms were adjusted for about 20% of additional water added at distribution. I.e. it especially made concentrated to dilute it later and steal money without need to fake documents.
• pvg 11y ago
  Kopek for plain soda, 3 for soda with syrup was the longtime standard. Kvas, usually by some kvas-delivery vehicle, sold by a person. That seems to be still going strong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvass#/media/File:Kwass_kyjiw.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvass#/media/File:Kwass_kyjiw....
  • rdtsc 11y ago
    Oh yeah that's my recollection as well. Then of course the glasses were reusable and you had to press the glass down into a sprayer that sprayed the glass with some water to "clean" the germs of the person in front of you. But you know we drank it and didn't mind it too much. But looking back it seems a little "unsanitary"