How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice • Hacker News Board

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

#41

Post by omnibrain » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:04 PM UTC

If there only was a sugar free variant. Having quit sugary sodas also meant having to overcome my Club Mate addiction. :(

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by legulere » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:06 PM UTC

kanwisher wrote: post #5

I've never seen anyone drink that outside of berlin ...

I've seen it in almost every shop in Hamburg. In other regions it's more a few group of people that drink it. In my university it's quite popular for instance.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by leoc » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:08 PM UTC

mch0lic wrote: post #17

It's all lovely and shit, but once you hook up on Club Mate and leave Germany you feel quite damned. I feel the same about Savanna Dry (South African Sider) but in recent years they expanded the market quite dramatically hope germans will do the same :)

Try living without tap Deuchars IPA https://www.caledonianbeer.com/beers/deuchars-ipa/ . :(

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by chpatrick » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:10 PM UTC

kanwisher wrote: post #5

I've never seen anyone drink that outside of berlin ...

It's everywhere in Budapest: http://www.clubmate.hu/#map

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

#45

Post by leoc » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:12 PM UTC

The taste reminds me of fig newtons and Worcestershire sauce.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

#46

Post by sbarre » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:15 PM UTC

leoc wrote: post #45

The taste reminds me of fig newtons and Worcestershire sauce.

you're not selling it. ;-)

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by kybernetyk » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:19 PM UTC

omnibrain wrote: post #41

If there only was a sugar free variant. Having quit sugary sodas also meant having to overcome my Club Mate addiction. :(

I have the same problem. I loved club mate but now on lowcarb I really can't drink it anymore :(

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by im3w1l » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:20 PM UTC

bshimmin wrote: post #26

"The golden soda has become essential nourishment for anyone in Berlin involved in hacktivism, club culture, dance music, tech—just about everyone in the city under the age of 40." What a ridiculous sentence.

It's probably written by Club Mate copywriters.

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by TeMPOraL » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:20 PM UTC

sbarre wrote: post #46

leoc wrote: post #45

The taste reminds me of fig newtons and Worcestershire sauce.

you're not selling it. ;-)

Well, about half of the people I introduced to Club Mate said the exact same thing - that it tastes like water from cigarette butts.

Haters gonna hate. I still love it. ;).

Re: How a German Soda Became Hackers' Fuel of Choice

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Post by kybernetyk » Sat, May 10, 2014, 1:25 PM UTC

oftenwrong wrote: post #23

Seems like a "submarine" http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

Hmm, I don't know. The small brewery that's making Club Mate here in Germany doesn't do any PR/advertisement.

It's also a hassle to get it here in Germany outside of Berlin. I'm living in a 300k pop city and there's only one store that sells Club Mate.

So I wouldn't really believe it to be some marketing tactics.