Goli soda - a unique cool drink!

Goli soda
@pitstop (14095)
Australia
October 21, 2022 8:09am CST
This is a very popular soda drink in India. What is unique about it is the bottle that has a marble in it that is pushed out to a small rubber ring in the mouth that seals the top as the soda pressure builds. To open it, you put a finger into the mouth, push the marble in and let it pop into the bottle. There is something that holds the marble on top of the bottle without faling into the bottle. There are bottles like this in other countries and they are called different names. It cost me 30 rs - less than 50 cents and was very refreshing. I chose a strawberry flavoured goli soda. The original is Rose syrup flavoured and is called panneer soda. Do you have anything similar to this?
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140118)
• Philippines
21 Oct 22
It looks like a special bottle for this drink.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
22 Oct 22
Yes, it is unique.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140118)
• Philippines
22 Oct 22
@pitstop Does it cost an arm and a leg there?
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Pitstop
@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
22 Oct 22
@Shavkat it costs less than 50 cents for the drink. The bottle has to be returned afterwards.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342145)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Oct 22
There are some very old bottles which have marbles in them. They are worth a lot of money now.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
22 Oct 22
The original bottles from a few decades ago are collectors items apparently.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342145)
• Rockingham, Australia
22 Oct 22
@pitstop My folks used to talk about them. The boys would break the bottles to get the marbles out.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
22 Oct 22
@JudyEv that's scary - breaking glass could so easily injure someone.
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Fleur
@Fleura (30541)
• United Kingdom
21 Oct 22
Bottles like that were in use here when my parents were young.
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Pitstop
@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
21 Oct 22
I've seen them in my childhood. Then they seemed to have disappeared till a few years ago n
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thomson
@relson (34)
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20 Nov 22
it stopped selling around 2010 . it was popular until then . it had many fruit flavours but no cola flavour. it was a big disadvantage .people drank it in the hot summer days. it has come back but is costly .
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Pitstop
@pitstop (14095)
• Australia
20 Nov 22
Now we get them for cheap here. More companies are manufacturing them .