Tea and coffee don't have to be sweet either, and there are lots of cold versions of those.

kranner 7 months ago | parent | next [-]

Also plenty of traditional cold drinks that are savoury or can be savoury: doogh, ayran, lassi, jaljeera, buttermilk, kvass

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OJFord 7 months ago | parent | next [-]

I guess simply 'milk' I also missed, which is a bit sweet of course but I wasn't intending to lump it in with fruit juices and added-sugar drinks.

I did almost mention jaljeera, but thought that might be a bit niche. It is also often sweetened though. I've never known not-sweet lassi though? Salted lassi is still sweet underneath, like salted caramel, ime. We could count it with the sweet-ish milk drinks, anyway.

	▲	kranner 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		Lassi is a traditional drink where I’m from and contains only salt traditionally. Sweetened lassi is a relatively recent restaurant-led innovation. When I was a kid “lassi” meant salted; you had to specify “sweet lassi” for the sweetened version.

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aziaziazi 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

I’ll add legumes juices : both raw, fresh blend or the water from a soup that you separate and put in a fridge. Those are delicious.

Kvaas contain alcohol, doesn’t it?

	▲	thesz 7 months ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Of about kefir percentage. Kwas has 0.5-1.5% ABV, kefir has 0.02-2.0% ABV.
	▲	kranner 7 months ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> Kvaas contain alcohol, doesn’t it? I think only as much as kombucha, not enough to cause a buzz

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metaphor 7 months ago | parent | prev [-]

To be fair, the concept of iced tea as an objective desire is considered the provenance of blasphemous original sin by a not insignificant percentage of natives where the parent hails from.