Champagne soda

Champagne cola, champagne kola, or champagne soda is a sweetened carbonated beverage produced mainly in the tropics of Latin America or India. It is typically dark yellow to light brown in colour, with a flavour comparable to bubblegum or cream soda, with no connection to "champagne" or "cola". In many countries, "kola" is used as a general term for all soft drinks. A similar product is the Peruvian Inca Kola.

Champagne sodas are produced by Goombay in the Bahamas. Kola Champagne and diet Kola Champagne are produced in the Cole Cold soft drink line produced by S. M. Jaleel and Company in Trinidad and Tobago.

In Jamaica, Kola Champagne is produced by brewer & beverage producer, D&G (Desnoes & Geddes). D&G also produces the well known Red Stripe beer, Jamaican ginger beer, Malta, and local Smirnoff Ice, Guinness, and Heineken.

In the U.S., Cawy Bottling Company in Miami, Florida produced Iron Beer and Quinabeer. Dr Brown's Cel-Ray soda has been described as "Jewish Champagne".

In Colombia, Colombiana produces a champagne soda as well as Gaseosas la Cigarra in Nariño, Colombia. Kola Román is also Colombian; invented in the city of Cartagena, Colombia in 1865 by Don Carlos Román.

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