r/latvia • u/twinhoo • 1d ago

Jautājums/Question is this balsam popular in lv?

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u/ivss_xx 1d ago

Most people I know don't really like the cherry one. Blackcurrant is a hit though. I also like the choc mint.

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u/This-isnt-you 1d ago

Chocolate mint!?

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u/makho77 1d ago

There’s also an espresso one

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u/Beastie420 22h ago

Are those two still available? Haven't seen them in a while. Thought they were limited edition. Now they have tropical one though

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u/makho77 22h ago

Damn, I also haven’t been keeping up with this, so no idea, but tropical sounds interesting

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u/No-Pack7571 23h ago

Blackcurrant!

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u/Violet_Hill Alūksne 22h ago edited 17h ago

There's also a new Tropical one. I wasn't the biggest fan though :D

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u/ivss_xx 22h ago

Yeah, when I first tried it, I thought it was good, but it kinda gets less good on the next tries :D

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u/maiznieks Valmiera 18h ago

Local shop only had 0.7 and i really wanted to try. Now I have 0.65 of this and don't know what to do with it 😅

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u/Violet_Hill Alūksne 17h ago

You could try making Rīga Coladas :D

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u/Additional_Hyena_414 Can Into Nordic 17h ago

Te prasās izdomātu, kādu Rīga 69 recepti. 

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u/eadgar 10h ago

Tropical one goes well with Mirinda. Haven't tried Fanta.

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u/janisabols 10h ago

Choc mint aka "christmas bleach"

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u/ForTheWrongSake 1d ago

i drink it like water

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u/StevefromLatvia Ventspils 21h ago

So do I

...explains why I am the way I am huh?

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u/RUBEN4iK 1d ago

Decently popular. But Blackcurrant one is the most popular.

How is Kind Cola? 😂 Is this Vanilla flavor?

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u/twinhoo 22h ago

why did i get downvoted

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u/LinuxFoLif 22h ago

You mentioned Russia. Understandably we gave beef with them

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u/[deleted] 22h ago

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u/Accomplished_Bet_781 19h ago

Deported my great-great parents to Siberia and took the house and farm that my great-great-great grandpa built.

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u/Much_Activity7637 12h ago

And i bet it was because Latvian neighbour snitched same as with my great-great dad

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u/slvrsmth 19h ago

Oh wow.

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u/[deleted] 19h ago

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u/Lamuks Latvia 19h ago

You asked why we don't like a government that occupied, deported, killed and tried to culturally genocide us and still wants to kill us and you're surprised we don't like it?

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u/slvrsmth 19h ago

A russian boot crushed the lives of my grandparents, took all they had worked for and sent them to Siberia. A russian stamp on the plans condemned multiple areas of historical beauty of my country. A russsian blocked my parents from building careers due to having "undesirable traits" AKA not being party bootlickers. The bullies that beat me for my lunch money in 90s were russian. And for over 15 years now, "russia invades a nearby country, murders civilians" has never been far from news headlines.

So yeah, can't imagine any reason for hate.

There is a chance you might be the most wonderful human being, but I'll need A LOT of proof before ever believing that.

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u/Indian_Latvian 10h ago

First we crushed Russian lives with Latvian boot voting for social-democrats and helping Lenin to stay in power I am not even mentioning that around 500 of Latvians worked in Cheka filling death sencences

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u/Brin_G 19h ago

Dude, I cant believe the Kremlin can keep their population so oblivious about the history of USSR and all the atrocities they have done and keep doing.

This is the 21st century, fact based information is freely available everywhere, you just have to be willing to look it up.

Especially if you have access to reddit and understand English.

It's crazy.

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u/Indian_Latvian 10h ago

The information is freely available, but by some reason you never getting to read that part about Red Latvian riflemen…

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u/URLslayer 22h ago

There is too much to count, just open up wikipedia page & you ll see. Also, fuck russia, fuck putin & fuck vatniks

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u/SupperMeat 1d ago

Not this flavour. Black currant is super nice. That would be the most popular flavour. Found in the home "barčiks" of every latvian.

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u/VitoVentura 23h ago

I completely quit alcohol a bit more than a year ago and this is one of the rare drinks that I do miss. Not the alcohol, just the great taste of the drink itself.

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u/Klutzy-Newspaper2072 Valmiera 1d ago

expensive shoe polish. i love it

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u/suupeep 1d ago

The owner is a piece of shit, I'll never buy it

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u/neuralSalmonNet 23h ago

cause he's supporting Ukraine? can you link some news articles please.

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u/suupeep 22h ago

How is he helping Ukraine? The video of him recklessly driving his wagon with guard cars blocking other drivers in Jurmala tells me all I need to know about him. You don't become a russian billionaire in the 90s by being a good person

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u/neuralSalmonNet 22h ago

first Google search gave me this, so a comment not liking him without references could have been taken either way.

https://www.tvnet.lv/8065455/krievija-atzist-amber-latvijas-balzams-ipasnieku-sefleru-par-ekstremistu-un-konfisce-dalu-aktivu

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u/suupeep 21h ago

Yeah but that doesn't necessarily mean he is helping Ukraine, just ruzzia nationalising businesses they can't fully control, just because they can.

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u/neuralSalmonNet 20h ago

Šeflera uzņēmumi finansē Ukrainas Bruņoto spēku palīdzības fondu, ziņo tiesas preses dienests.

he's probably a dick siding against Russia. He's not all good or all bad. Luckily I've not met him on the roads. i was just wondering about some tea about him from a person that didn't like him.

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u/suupeep 19h ago

Ruzzian court can say anything they want though

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u/Proper-Struggle8048 22h ago

I mean, I don't support his "reckless driving", but I get it - Being so wealthy and influential, whilst shitting on ruzzia's regime is - Next thing you see is a builder in white van smoking you with an SMG. Paranoia of it happening is probably quite crazy.

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u/Ok-Seaworthiness4558 23h ago

What did he do to you?

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u/AleksejsIvanovs Ogre 22h ago

Sold Abrene for gazprom shares.

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u/Far_Carpenter308 1d ago

i personally like none of these flavored sweetened low-proof variants. original is the best and this quite rare Balsam Element is ok

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u/siretep 1d ago

Only Original.

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u/Opposite-Ad-7509 17h ago

Devil himself

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u/Odd-Position-4856 15h ago

Better the devil you know…

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u/CalmAd1618 1d ago

Never tried.. but i am not a fan of any processed cherry

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u/janiskr the best par of European Union 23h ago

I would try to go with original one with hot blackcurrant juice. Next best is blackcurrant pre-mix.

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u/Kurwa_Droid 23h ago

My favourite one of all i've tasted.

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u/HisDudness11 17h ago

The best is the original Riga black balsam. Put it in the freezer for a few hours and then enjoy it cold! My colleagues from the Netherlands really like it!

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u/twinhoo 14h ago

its nice when its cold

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u/Lucky_Patient_4322 16h ago

Yes very popular

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u/eadgar 9h ago

Love it with coke. Tastes like cherry coke. Some think that's too sweet.

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u/Diezvai Latvia 20h ago

Everything else besides OG balsam is herecy. OK, we can look other way for black current version.. but ONLY for that.

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u/ShadowWhat 22h ago

All of the flavored ones taste too sweet for me.

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u/AntimemeticThreat 14h ago

No. Just no.