What was this drink?

kitakyushu

I remember when I was a kid I used to get these packaged drinks for lunch and what was unusual about them was the packaging.

IIRC they were a clear plastic container with a foil top that you could pierce with a straw in order to drink. The clear plastic part (rather than being a smooth container shape) had segmented curves running around it.

I'm probably not describing it well. Probably easier to say it was like the container you'd get in one of those take-away Sundaes (only probably with more curved parts).



Also the container wasn't "firm/rigid". That is to say it was squeezable even before piercing the top (that's actually the reason it popped into my head - the memory of squeezing the container).

Finally I seem to remember the drink was probably red coloured (tho for all I know there was a variety of flavours so that might not be much help).

I know that's a bit of a ramble there, but does this ring a bell for anyone?

(btw I might be wrong on the Sundae-style mould but the container was defo non-rigid and had some sort of unusual texture).

uch

TIPTOP maybe ?

Degsy

uch wrote: »

TIPTOP maybe ?

Agreed.

kitakyushu

Has anyone got a pix of this 'tiptop'? I'm googling for an image now but because it's a common phrase it's throwing up all sorts of matches but nothing that looks like what I remember.

( Thanks for the replies so far btw! )

WindSock

There seems to be a similar product called 'Kwenchy Kup'

kitakyushu

WindSock wrote: »

There seems to be a similar product called 'Kwenchy Kup'

That's defo the right idea. The one I remember was circular however and probably squatter, but that one is certainly close.

Cardinal Richelieu

This thread mentions them and another drink called Wigwam.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71744457

Ann22

Wigwams were pyramid shaped cardboard weren't they? I was thinking TipTops too. They came in orange and cola anyway, think there were red ones too, not sure if there were red lemonade type ones as well. This is going back to the late 70's.

martinr5232

Was it Mona yogurt drink ??

Jason Todd

I think it was called TipTop too.

kerash

I was trying to think of this too recently! know exactly what you're talking about, can't remember what the heck they were called. I remember red and orange ones.

Rubecula

Did you ever get Jubblies in Ireland?

Huge triangular things, not the modern little ones. We sometimes got frozen ones, but never yet met anyone who actually managed to finish one while it was frozen.

col.in.Cr

Wig-Wam now that was a drink