Kopparberg Premium Cider with Strawberry & Lime, 10 x 330ml

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Your review is pretty spot on. Kopparbergs cider is not what I would call cider but rather a alcoholic softdrink. I don’t have a bottle available, so I can’t look at the ingredients as listed on the bottle. I would wager that water and sugar are among the top three ingredients. This alone would tell us that we are not dealing with a real cider.

But where is the lime? If Kopparberg is going to write it on the label, why not put it in the bottle. Well the bottle also says “premium” and “cider”. Again that medicinal tang is there, is that meant to be the lime?A build-in-the-glass, easy-to-create drink which allows venues already geared for serving Pimms to serve this option as well. This serve gives a fruity sweet alternative to consumers who might not enjoy the traditional bitter flavours of a G&T or Pimms. Ingredients When it comes to the fruit ingredients it wouldn’t surprise me if the apple content is added in the form of a concentrate. The apples could very well originate from Sweden as we have plenty of apple farms, especially in the south.

The 500ml bottle does suggest serving over ice. This only tempers the problem. As Kopparberg calls this beverage a “Genuine Swedish Apple Cider with a Taste of Strawberry & Lime”. I (and the Australian Tax Office) expect apples in a cider. I simply can’t taste them over the sugary strawberry “flavour”. The drink is probably meant to be light and summary but it is weighed down by the copious amounts of sugar. 10.5 g/100mL , to put that into perspective the winner of the Commercial Cider Review, the Dirty Granny only has 2.6 g/100mL according to CUB Enhancing the key flavours of the drink to create a refreshing summer beverage. Building from the clear strawberry flavour profile of the gin, the added strawberries bring the aroma and ‘colour’ identification to the serve. Lime wheel garnish balances the sweetness of the drink and enhances the lime flavours of the gin. Ingredients Well it tastes just like those strawberry and cream lollies. Kopparberg Strawberry And Lime has the same mouth feel as the lollies, I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the mouth feel is probably due to the fact that has just as much sugar in it. The strawberry taste is not like a real strawberry just a poor facsimile. The sugar hangs around like chewing gum on a shoe, it just gets everywhere. The passionfruit flavour gives a good accompaniment to the already present strawberry base, while the elderflower delivers a sweet flavour enhancer to the serve. Ingredients A sweet Spritz topped with Prosecco appealing to Aperol Spritz drinkers looking for a sweeter alternative. Can be garnished with pink grapefruit to balance the sweetness for those seeking a more classic Aperol Spritz option Ingredients

This serve delivers a refreshing, palate cleansing drink which balances the sweetness delivered by the strawberry. Both cucumber and basil are great partners with strawberry. In this serve they develop a more recognisable G&T flavour in bringing the botanical notes of the gin forward and leaving the strawberry to be the finishing flavour. Ingredients The Strawberry Blossom Martini draws on the main flavour pairings between the gin’s strawberry notes and the balance of sweet and sour from the lime and lychee combination. Ingredients

Today I’m going to put aside my prejudices and judge this beverage on its taste. As always this is my honest tasting notes The Nose That fancy mineral water does not add to the taste but it does cut the costs. Real fruit that’s what adds flavour. The lime and strawberry content is probably very slim. Only enough to satisfy Swedish consumer law that would otherwise prevent them from depicting lime and strawberries on the bottle. The flavours are probably from more ot less artificial essences. The lime is definitely not from Sweden as lime does not grow here readily. Strawberries could be Swedish, but is probably cheaper if bought from the European mainland.