Thursday Challenge : BEVERAGES (Tea, Coffee, Wine, Beer, Water,…)
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| BANTA… Yum.. |
I stumbled upon the ‘banta’ after ages during a recent trip to Mussourie. I’m not sure how to describe it and so I’m letting Wikipedia do the needful… (I’d never imagined I’d find it on Wiki).
Banta is a lemon or orange-flavoured drink popular in India. It is available in a Codd-neck bottle, a heavy glass bottle in which a round marble seals the mouth of the bottle by the pressure of the contents, instead of a cap. The distinctive bottle has led to the drink also being called goli soda in some regions (goli = marble).
NJOY!
Have known this as goli-soda 🙂
And yes goli is short form for goli-gundu ( marble pellets literally) , which is used in playing marble games.
@Jama.. Better than lemonade.
@magiceye: Thanks
@Meoww.. The real thing's better than the post. Try it. 🙂
@Tina's picstory, Ashwini: Thanks
@Shehnaz: very much there..I was surprised too.
@Jyothi: Welcome to the nostalgia club.
@Bikram: One rupee.. wow!
@Suchi: Seems like it's all over India.
Oh I love Banta, we used to get it in JNU's Ganga Dhaba….you brought back old memories 🙂
yes please bottoms up always .. I loved this drink so much and i think it was jsut for Rs. 1 then dont know how much it is now
Bikram's
Nostalgia. Nice..
Awesome! It still exists?! we called them goli soda!!
Love this on a hot sunny day.. Nice click..
great pic! 🙂
This is an excellent post on beverages 🙂
Love this!
taste like lemonade? I love anything cold and sour on a very hot day and this would fit perfectly for our weather here.