Dandelion and burdock are plants that they still use as herbal infusions to flavour the drink. This drink has, been in existence in one form or another since the middle ages One of my favourites. I like Fentimans dandelion and burdock

You two just unintentionally did the most British thing by squeezing that lucozade bottle in Steve’s face. Back in school if anyone had a squeezey bottle of lucozade you bet that was getting popped in everyone they interacted with’s face😂😂

The original Lucozade came in a glass bottle with an amber cellothane wrapper. Your mum would give it to you when you were ill. It was like drinking syrup it was so full of sugar. After two glasses you would be bouncing off the ceiling!

Lucozade sports is not Lucozade, Lucozade original is probably one of the first energy drinks and has a unique taste, I love it.

Dandilions are a recognised superfood. Look it up.

Dandelion and burdock is a traditional "root beer", made for hundreds of years. Used to be popular in anti-alcohol "Tea Total" bars. Vimto and Ribena only used to be concentrated cordial health drinks. Lucozade used to only be a sweet glucose energy drink for invalids. You would take a bottle of Lucozade with you when visiting people in hospital. Today they use the names as brand names to sell all sorts of sodas.

my favourite is old jamaican ginger beer it delicious

Back in the day. Friday night chippy dinner and a big bottle of D&B 😋

We have a soft drink brand in the U.K. called Rubicon, which have a range of exotic fruit flavours, with mango, passion fruit, guava and lychee.

Vimto was made in 1908 by a wholesaler of herbs and spices as a soft drink due the temperance movement. The factory is in Manchester.

Cream soda float, add ice cream to the cream soda it's lovely

Pop just means fizzy drink in the U.K., not specifically cola

You must have terrible Beer in America if it tastes like a UK Soft Drink. It was so Good to see you both Laugh.

Not a sugar rush its a laughter rush having fun is the best medicine ❤

I used to like Robinsons barley water lemon squash. Make it up in a jug and chill in the fridge. So refreshing on a summers day.

Vimto has a few other flavours but they're mostly known for the original one. I would mostly buy it as a concentrate and add water as it's both cheaper and allows me to pick my own strength. Ribena have tried a few other flavours but mostly blackcurrant, it goes back to the war when it was popularised as a source of vitamin C. Again, I tend to buy the concentrate. Edit: Nope, none of those are caffeinated. Only colas and energy drinks tend to be caffeinated over here.

Well, you did it. Well done. I didn't know about ready-mixed Ribena, after 40-odd years in Sweden. We had Ribena cordial that you mixed with water to taste. Lucozade was something people brought with them to people in hospital 😊 Fun fact - my maternal greatgrandfather and his brother started a soft drinks company based out of Kettering in the Midlands called "Cooke's Pop" It went bust in the 1970's unfortunately due to bad management and my mum never forgave them. She used to ride on the horse-drawn cart when she was a child (she was born in 1910) when her father or someone delivered the crates to the local pubs. She also said she used to help stick the labels on the bottles 😊. Hugs from Sally in Sweden xx

Welcome to blackcurrant! That’s the interesting flavour you can taste in vimto and ribena. You’ll quite often find a north/south divide, southerners tend to prefer ribena, northerners love vimto! There are exceptions, but vimto is better. And we typically buy large bottles of concentrated squash and dilute at home with tap water to taste.

You should try squash’s which you in the US don’t have. Squash’s are concentrated drinks that you mix with water.

Think when Americans try our drinks they miss the taste of usa additives

Criminals you left the vimto bottle squashed

Your taste testing videos are so enjoyable to watch. It is really entertaining to see you reacting to each other and having a laugh. I love it, thank you both and I look forward,every day, to viewing whatever content you choose.

Vimto was created in the town where I live .. Blackburn, Lancashire. It's a shame no-one sent you a can of "Shandy" .. that's my favourite.

You would love Elderflower cordial!

Hot Ribera is lovely

Dandelion and Burdock is made from the plants, it says on the can its made from botanicals. We have laws that state you cannot state falsehoods on foodstuffs. So they are using the same plants now as they used in the middle ages and possibly before that. I believe it was the inspiration for American Root beer. We have Ribena squash which is a cordial to which you add water, in the winter we often make it with hot water, its so warming on a chilly winters day. Sadly you were sent cheap cans of Barrs pop, we buy Fentimans bottles of Curiosity Cola, cream soda, ginger beer, etc etc. More expensive but well worth the extra ❤

dandelion and burdock are both weeds that grow all over the UK, they use the dandelion plant and the burdock root. It was first developed as a medicinal tonic. Ben Shaws definately still uses the plants for flavouring never tried the other version.

You probably haven’t had anything blackcurrant. Most of your grape flavoured things will be blackcurrant flavoured for us. The Blackcurrant plant is considered an invasive species in the US, so it can't be grown (not sure if this has changed now).

You can get raspberries vimto & orange and peach.

Someone send them some vimto squash

Lucazade (the original which was in a glass bottle) was always what we had as kids when sick and unwell. I have very severe migraines that last for days and lucazade (albeit the sports versions rather than the fizzy) are still my go to as I find that they help with rehydration and recovery.

Ribena is strange to most Americans because you weren't brought up with blackcurrents.

If ever Sophia is feeling under the weather, Hot Vimto is a proper feel good drink.

I buy bottles of the vimto cordial which you dilute with water. Ribena is usually sold as cordial which is nice made with hot or cold water.

Lovely to see you both having so much fun today! Dandelion and Burdock drinks ARE made with dandelion and burdock plants. That's what the flavour is.... Ribena does come in a few flavours, but the OG Blackcurrant is by far the most common, and if someone offered you a Ribena you'd assume they meant Blackcurrant. It used to be very popular as a good source of vitamin C for kids, before fresh fruit juices were as readily available as they are now. When we were ill as kids Mum would give us a ribena made with hot water for comfort and to aid recovery. (The bottles we had were what we call 'squash' which is a syrupy cordial you have to dilute to drink- not the premixed version you have there)

Dandelion & Burdock and Tizer are my favourites.

Oh one last one from me. When you're full of a cold, have Ribena with hot water instead of cold. It's amazing as a hot drink.

Lucozade, was the original electrolyte drink that everyone gave to you when you wasn’t feeling well or in hospital and it was only one flavour with orange cellophane twisted around the bottle

I will say as a diabetic i appreciate less sugar. Also thank you for the laugh at the end. Am nursing a ruptured ligament in my foot, and i was laughing with you. Laughter IS the best medicine. Thanks guys. Nana Karen Forest of Dean UK

Love Tizer. Hard to come by now , seems to only be found in some "corner shops". Reminds me of my grandma, she would always have the glass bottles of it dropped off by the milkman. Can't get it in glass bottles anymore, just cans and plastic bottles. I used to live about 3 miles from one of Barr factories that made it thats since shut down, so back then Barr stuff was plentiful in all stores. Majority of Barr stuff is pretty much sugar free now because of the sugar tax

Dandelion and burdock is flavoured with dandelion and burdock - dandelion is obviously the yellow flower, and burdock is a root that grows from those big-leaved plants that grow next to stinging nettles

Dandelion and burdock is my favourite. The flavour comes from dandelion and burdock. It's basically a herbal remedy. My Gran taught me to drink it for stomach upsets.

Vimto and Ribena most commonly come as 'squash', which is the syrup to which you dilute with 4 parts water to get to what you drank there

Vimto squash with ice on a hot summers day is my fave. Pink gin and cream soda in my best mates garden having a good natter is is also a fun activity lol.

In the UK as children we used to love Cream Soda with a great lump of ice cream in it. Tizer comes from appetizer, obviously. The recent sugar tax rules have a bit spoiled the taste of many drinks, as you say leaving an unpleasant aftertaste. We call all such drinks 'POP', cola or coke we specify it as cola, we are specific. We cannot call every carbonated drink 'cola' when it is not. Dandilion & Burdock really is flavoured with these plants, otherwise it would be something else. Ribenna is mostly given to infants, like many juices is is usually concentrated & needs to be dilute with water to taste. It is made from Blackcurrants, which is one of the favourite flavours in the UK, not available in the US. Lucozade has always been a energy drink given to people in hospital or when they are ill. It is not taken as a regular pop drink. It tends to be very sweet. The regular flavour is orange. Regular 'pop' is Lemonade, which you would call sprite, because it is not like American lemonade. To find American style lemonade in the UK you would look for 'cloudy' lemonade. Beside these processed pops, the UK has many types of 'juices', cordial fruit drinks which are concentrated & need to be diluted with water to the strength preferred by each person. Robinson's Lemon fruit cordial has been a regular favourite at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for years. You pore an inch or so into a glass & top up with water to the strength you like. It can also be made in jugs (pitchers) for several people to share. This means a litre bottle can make many drinks, or can be kept in the fridge for a long time. You clearly haven't yet got the British habit of once opened a packet of biscuits are pretty much consumed at one go. We find it hard to put the packet down once opened until all the biscuits are gone. Hardly anyone would put aside any chocolate bar after starting it, but usually eat it all at one go, however big. When enjoying our favourite goodies we never worry about calories or sugar content etc we just enjoy. Most of the drinks you tried here are not the regular flavours but the newer experimental versions, which are rarely as good as the original. Sugar rush? what on earth are you talking about, I've never known any such thing in my life, & I love my sweet treats, & have lived a very long time. I think you've been taken in by a load of stupid propaganda, which is weird in a nation that permits so much crap in it's food.

Ribena was always served hot when sick when growing up. It either sold as a squash at home that you dilute or the cartons for little kids, finally the bottles from the corner shop on the go

Ribena comes in concentrate aswell, which i like because you add it to water to your prefered taste. If you guys ever see Robinsons brand squash that can be found in the USA you should try it, just remember to dilute it in water lol, it also comes in a few flavors.

Where's the Bass Shandy?! 😮

Ribena is my go to hangover drink

Hello bpth. I am not a tea or coffee drinker. So, I drink loads of soda’s and because of my health mostly the zero calorie, zero sugar varieties. I am getting old! When I was a kid, in the 50’s & 60’s our biggest soda seller was Corona. To get Pop, as we called it, we had to wait for the weekly “pop man” to call, deliver the pop and take away the refundable empties. For us the favourite flavours were American Cream Soda, Dandelion & Burdock, Orangeade, Lemonade. Coke was not around my area then. In Cardiff there was a shop that made their own Sarsaparilla and lemonade, and they were great. Sarsaparilla was a drink often sold as a beer substitute in the tee-total bars when religions decided to ban “the evil alcohol”. For a hot drink my mum used to use boiling water to dilute Ribena, often in a Thermos flask to take to school in the winter. I imagine Ribena is a new taste for you and all fellow Americans. Blackcurrants had been banned for years in the US. We get blackcurrant sweets/candy, blackcurrant pies, pies and crumbles, you don't know what you are missing!

If you have any Vimto "cordial" ( so not the premixed you have here) try it hot in the winter, that is how i prefer it.

Dandelion n burdoch is my favourite x

Shandy Bass deserves a mention. Made with real beer...0.5. Police have been ordered to not drink it while on duty, just incase there's enough of a whiff of booze in their breath 😂

Robinsons squash is so good. The British dental association recommends squash as the next best alternative after water and milk, therefore for those of you who find water boring, Robinsons squash is a great way to add flavour.

If you like Ribena you should try the cordial version and try it warm. It is fabulous especially if you have a cold or sore throat.

The best way to serve cream soda (espeically in the summer) is a Vanilla or Raspberry Ripple Ice Cream float... They are amazing.!!

Vimto is a stand alone brand/flavour

Lol Linsey that laugh was everythimg.....made me giggle! 😂

Vimto I remember back in the day. Does anyone remember Ariwights lemonade and you use to get 5 pence refund when you returned the bottle, Merc Jean-Marc

Dandelion and burdock is my favourite!

Hyperactive streamers lol , good to see you having fun. Keep up the fantastic work 👍🏻

Vimto cordial the concentrated version that you dilute to taste is the best …. It’s lovely hot too on a cold day 😊

I love Vimto now - didn't when I was a child. I thought Vimto was an anagram of 'Vomit'

Ribena is god tier. Also you can get vimto comcentrate, we call it cordial in fhe uk, where you mix it with water so you can make it as strong or weak as you like. Vimto is nice hot too.

Ribena used to be soo good before the sugar tax :( we have high juices which are basically super concentrated and taste a lot better than the standard juices

Ribena comes in other flavours (strawberry at least) but blackcurrant is the original and the best. If someone says Ribena they probably mean the blackcurrant version. Blackcurrant is such a normal flavour here and unheard of there. Irn-Bru, Tizer & Vimto are like an unholy trinity of awesome weird British soft drinks. My recommendations for Lucozade: Drink original when you're ill. Drink sport orange, fizzy or still when you're not ill.

What a double act - this has been one of the funniest and entertaining clips you have produced. Very watchable - well done. I wonder if you both have ever tried the TANGO range of soft drinks. They are particularly known for their carbonated Orange drink although they do Apple, Dark Berry, Passion Fruit. If you are lucky enough to come by the cherry flavoured Tango drink you are really in for a treat. Carotene, derived naturally from carrots is ofen used as a colouring in our drinks adding a boost of brightness and Vitamins A and C at the same time. Cheers and Love to you all from across the pond.

She got him .

I love it when you both get the giggles 🤣x

You can also get Vimto Cordial which is a Diluting Concentrate that you add water too, also a lot of the Ribena products are also Cordials which you add water too. Tizer used to be advertised as The Red One.

I grew up drinking Tizer in the 1950s.,...was my fave!

I definitely agree the Fentimen's Dandelion & Burdock drink is the best (also love their Rose Lemonade and Ginger Beer)

Ribena and Vimto actually are pretty popular

malt is super high in B vitamins so it is often in drinks and foods that you would have when you are ill or recovering

Somebody send them the Vimto and Ribena you dilute yourselves. That’ll blow their minds! When I was growing up (Manchester born and bred) Ribena was for the posh folk 😂

Al the sugar made you hyper towards the end! 😂🤣😂

Yes there is extract of dandelion and burdock in the drink. You can't put it on the label legally otherwise

Ben Shaws Dandelion and Burdock is best served cold with fish and chips. It was a Friday ritual for us growing up.

Dandelion and burdock root is as traditional as you can get. I knew avretired teacher who used to make this. It is really good made the traditional way. She was born in 1920. We don't do much grape juice instead we love blackcurrant flavour.

Ribena is what we’re served for communion at church.

Ribena have branched out with different flavours, including strawberry and passion fruit & pineapple. Ribena was originally a concentrated cordial that you add water to, it is also often drunk as a hot drink. Lucozade was originally marketed as a drink to help recuperating people who have been ill. Vimto has grape, raspberry & blackcurrant juices. Tizer is described as a citrus and red fruit blend.

The moment I saw Lindsey pouring off the dregs into a big glass I knew what was coming on. As children, when we had a birthday party there were always 2-3 types of soft drink available, like we had Coke or Pepsi, an orange soft drink, and either chinotto or gassosa (the latter is in the same range as Sprite, the first is a dark drink based on an Italian bitter citrus), and often there was orange juice too. All of us children would mix them together to make our own unique drink flavour.

Seeing you drink Dandelion and Burdock and Tizer took me right back to the 90s, not had either since I was a kid and now I got the craving 😅

This was great. I love D&B - Ben Shaws, Tizer and Irn Bru. xx

Vimto was originally made in Manchester UK,and is very popular more in the north of England. We grew up with both vimto and rihbeana as a syrup that you added water to. Love that your tasting some of my favorite childhood,and adult drinks. Enjoy.

Great video, lovely to see you both having fun. My personal favourite fizzy drinks are Fentimans dandelion and burdock, J20 Spritz Apple & Watermelon, and Apple & Elderflower. I don't usually like elderflower flavour but J20 has a great balance that I really like. I prefer dandelion & burdock in the winter and the other two in the summer. I also like the Robinsons mint cordial, which I think you've tried, I tend to have a tiny amount so it's more like flavoured water.

Top deck limeade and lager when you were feeling grown up as a kid😂

Tizer is one of those drinks that was quite popular back in the 90's but I imagine a lot of people are surprised it still exists. I've maybe had it maximum 10 times in the past 20 years, despite that I do really like it. They also had a short lived product called Tizer Ice that had, I'm almost certain, menthol added to it to give it an "icy" taste

Vimto’s main original flavour is black currant which I know you don’t get in America. Ribena is black currant too

Totally agree, guys. I have always thought D&B was like a beer, I used to sit next to my dad when I was a child drinking D&B pretending I was 14 years older lol.

We used to have Tizer over ice cream as kids, loved it!!!

You should try the Fentimans range of soft drinks, they are made to the original recipes, even the cola. They are somewhat pricey though.

when I was a kid, we would call Dandelion and Burdock ... Dandelions and Bird Muck.

The vimto still (Cordial ie concentrate) in 3rd place is often made with hotwater in winter kids love it.

Hi Lyndsey and Steve! My favourite is Dandelion & Burdock too! I love that drink. The flavour is just so unique. I’m not a soft drink person generally, but Inwouldnt turn that drink down. I prefer Lucazade original in the original glass back in the day, bottle. When I was young and ill, my mum would get me this and I would feel better by the time I finished it! 😊 You guys laughing was SO FUN! More please! I do think you Lyndsey should have been squirted too! Lol😅 I enjoyed this so much Suzie in London 🇬🇧

Hint on British labelling - if there's a picture of a fruit on the label, it has to contain that fruit (by law). Dandelion and burdock started out in medieval times, as a type of mead - the flavour is literally dandelion root and burdock root. To make it, you steep dandelion root and burdock root in water with some honey for about a fortnight (remembering to release the build up of glasses). Dandelion is quite bitter, and it's balanced out by the other ingredients, which is where the liquorice flavours come from. It's now mostly pop, although there is an alcoholic version. Fentiman's is probably the best easily available one.

I don't like Barr products they always seem to taste cheap. Vimto is best bought as, a, cordial and diluted with hot water on a winter's day. Delicious. I like it even better than hot ribena

VIMTO is a classic healthy soft drink - it was very popular in the 1960s - its blackcurrant based - although they did offer raspberry flavoured at one point

When you drink through a straw, you don’t get the aroma going up your nose. You miss half the flavour experience. Always drink from a glass.

Dandelions are often found in peoples lawn's and hedgerows. They are often considered a weed but you can make delicious homemade wine out of them.