Tanora

DS86DS

Has anybody ever tried this? If so, how does it taste and how does it compare to other orange drinks?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanora#:~:text=Tanora%20is%20a%20tangerine%20flavoured,litre%20and%20500ml%20plastic%20bottles.

Duckworth_Luas

Remember that scene with John Hurt on the table in Alien?

It taste like that!

KungPao

I bought a 2L bottle in Tesco recently. Was cheap as chips and tasted like tangerine. That’s it really.

Badly Drunk Boy

I think it's big in Cork but I've been drinking it for years, here in Kildare. I always get the impression that it's unhealthy but I was told the other day that its sugar content is relatively low. (Obviously that doesn't really bother me since I never checked. )

TK Lemon

It’s alright but I haven’t seen it in years.

ulster

Is that the big orange lad who runs around and rubs his hand in your face?

setanta1000

Tanora is the nectar of the Gods


...and anyone who says otherwise is some langer :D

ulster

ulster wrote: »

Is that the big orange lad who runs around and rubs his hand in your face?

Nope......

bobbysands81

DS86DS wrote: »

Has anybody ever tried this? If so, how does it taste and how does it compare to other orange drinks?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanora#:~:text=Tanora%20is%20a%20tangerine%20flavoured,litre%20and%20500ml%20plastic%20bottles.

Popular in Cork and easy to get there, more sweet tasting than orangey.

Kilboor

Tanora is lovely, is it considered a red lemonade? If so it's the nicest of em.

A similarly named drink, tango, is utterly bland. Like a worse finches.

bee06

It’s manky! Definitely doesn’t taste like orange.

Rows Grower

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I think it's big in Cork but I've been drinking it for years, here in Kildare. I always get the impression that it's unhealthy but I was told the other day that its sugar content is relatively low. (Obviously that doesn't really bother me since I never checked. )

Yeah it's mostly a Cork thing, I think the original recipe was changed in the last decade because of some health concerns. Lovely cold thirst quencher and like Lucozade even nicer out of a can.

bee06

bee06 wrote: »

It’s manky! Definitely doesn’t taste like orange.

That's likely why it's called Tanora

EmmetSpiceland

I had it for the first time after playing Cork Con away, had a blue and white label back then. Lovely stuff.

Think they’ve changed the recipe, probably moving away from the “bad” ingredients. It’s still nice but not as nice.

Does it still come with a hyperactivity “warning”?

It's lovely stuff but can be difficult to get outside of Cork. A couple of shops in Dublin that did sell it at some point don't seem to stock it any more, hopefully it is still out there somewhere in the big shmoke.


I'll definitely be getting some when I'm back down in Cork after Level 5 is over.

EmmetSpiceland

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It's lovely stuff but can be difficult to get outside of Cork. A couple of shops in Dublin that did sell it at some point don't seem to stock it any more, hopefully it is still out there somewhere in the big shmoke.

I’ve seen it in both Tesco and Dunnes around Dublin.

Signore Fancy Pants

It's a poor mans Irn-Bru

Rows Grower

I've bough it in SuperValu and Tesco in Kerry.

cml387

Acceptable as a cure if Lucozade is unavailable and the pubs aren't open

Otherwise don't bother.

For Forks Sake

ulster wrote: »

Is that the big orange lad who runs around and rubs his hand in your face?

The Mighty Quinn

If I recall correctly there is some gin distiller producing a tanora flavoured one.

Edit:

Yep,

https://www.drinkstore.ie/blackwater-tanora-tangerine-gin-500ml-5391532240237-11192/1/

the beer revolu

The Mighty Quinn wrote: »

If I recall correctly there is some gin distiller producing a tanora flavoured one.

Edit:

Yep,

https://www.drinkstore.ie/blackwater-tanora-tangerine-gin-500ml-5391532240237-11192/1/

Past tense, it was a one off special - still some stock knocking around!

Tony H

Tanora is still nice but it was much nicer before they changed the receipt , it used to make a lovely rock shandy with club orange before I discovered the joys of alcohol , always nicer out of the glass bottles , the plastic ones don't do it justice ,
but then tastes from our childhood were always better

the beer revolu

Tony H wrote: »

Tanora is still nice but it was much nicer before they changed the receipt , it used to make a lovely rock shandy with club orange before I discovered the joys of alcohol , always nicer out of the glass bottles , the plastic ones don't do it justice ,
but then tastes from our childhood were always better

As I understood it, they changed the recipe some years ago but changed it back due to consumer outrage.
Perhaps it changed again with the introduction of the sugar tax?

Oddly, the brand is owned by Coca Cola Greece.

Tony H

we only really got it at Christmas ,my dad used to get a few crates of tanora and club orange from a buddy who had a pub ,, the rest of the year it was TK bought with pennies gotten from returning glass bottles ,
happy days out raiding orchards and gathering chessies (chestnuts) and outdoors from dawn to dusk , its funny how tastes and smells can bring memories back .

the beer revolu

Tony H wrote: »

, it used to make a lovely rock shandy with club orange

Tony H wrote: »

we only really got it at Christmas ,my dad used to get a few crates of tanora and club orange from a buddy who had a pub ,.

Growing up in Cork, a rock shandy meant Tanora and Club Orange.
I didn't know there were other options for rock shandy!

cml387

the beer revolu wrote: »

Growing up in Cork, a rock shandy meant Tanora and Club Orange.
I didn't know there were other options for rock shandy!

Rock shandy is Club Orange and Club Lemon mixed.

the beer revolu

cml387 wrote: »

Rock shandy is Club Orange and Club Lemon mixed.

I already told you, it's Tanora and Club Orange!

Zaph

Years ago I had a couple of managers from Cork, and they always went on about how great Tanora was and how disappointing it was that they couldn't get it in Dublin. When I eventually got to taste it a few years later I came to the conclusion that Dublin had had a lucky escape and that they were welcome to it in Cork. I think the only soft drink I've tasted that's worse is Mountain Dew, that stuff should come with a health warning for your tastebuds.

EmmetSpiceland

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

I’ve seen it in both Tesco and Dunnes around Dublin.

My local Tesco was one of the stores that used to do it but no longer do. I didn't buy enough of it at the time, taking for granted that it would still be there.

But thanks for the tip, next time I'm in Dunnes (or a different Tesco) I'll give a look for it.

cml387

I have seen it as the only non-Coke alternative in Coca Cola fridges. Do they have an arrangement with Coke?

the beer revolu

cml387 wrote: »

I have seen it as the only non-Coke alternative in Coca Cola fridges. Do they have an arrangement with Coke?

The brand is owned by coca cola Greece

cml387

cml387 wrote: »

I have seen it as the only non-Coke alternative in Coca Cola fridges. Do they have an arrangement with Coke?

I think it's bottled by the coke plant.

cml387

Deleted User wrote: »

I think it's bottled by the coke plant.

Odd then that people think it's a Cork thing. Unless Coca Cola Greece are carrying out some kind of bizarre experiment.

cml387

cml387 wrote: »

Odd then that people think it's a Cork thing. Unless Coca Cola Greece are carrying out some kind of bizarre experiment.

I'm from Cork, it is big down there. I think the bottling plant is in Cork, so maybe that's why?

Could be talking out my hole, mind.

the beer revolu

cml387 wrote: »

Odd then that people think it's a Cork thing. Unless Coca Cola Greece are carrying out some kind of bizarre experiment.

It was created by Daly's, Cork originally.

crossman47

cml387 wrote: »

Odd then that people think it's a Cork thing. Unless Coca Cola Greece are carrying out some kind of bizarre experiment.

AFAIK it was made by John Daly's in Cork. They were bought out by Coke.

cml387

crossman47 wrote: »

AFAIK it was made by John Daly's in Cork. They were bought out by Coke.

And the Greek angle?

The concentrate might be made in Greece or something.

Zaph

cml387 wrote: »

And the Greek angle?

Coca Cola Ireland are bottlers, rather than manufacturers, and they're owned by Coca Cola Hellenic, which is a Greek company.

Badly Drunk Boy

Augeo wrote: »

The concentrate might be made in Greece or something.

I'm sure the Greeks have lovely tangerines!

Delta2113

Grab some now.

https://shop.supervalu.ie/sm/pickup/rsid/76/product/tanora-bottle-175-l-id-1487161001

Hande hoche!

1.75 litre bottle, sugar tax at play.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122393850#Comment_122393850

They took a load of the sugar out and put in sweeteners, like all the other soft drinks bar Coke.

Hande hoche!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122393870#Comment_122393870

The link had it as "Original formula - back by popular demand". Thought it may be the older sugar laden version? Similar to how Irn Bru did it.

Atlantic Dawn

Don't think I've ever tasted it, I shall be hitting SuperValu to sample some.

EmmetSpiceland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122393900#Comment_122393900

Oh, didn’t see that. Jesus that would be great.
Then put it back in the 2 litre bottles.

Pauliedragon

There's Tanora pale ale now down here in Cork.

https://www.echolive.ie/corklives/arid-41381983.html