Amazonian Fizz · Brazil's Other National Drink
Guaraná Antarctica
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Guaraná seeds contain roughly two to four times as much caffeine as coffee beans, though the soda itself has only a little.
Guaraná Antarctica is a bright, fruity soda flavored with guaraná, a caffeine-rich seed native to the Amazon that Indigenous Brazilians used long before it became a soft drink. It's sold in every corner bar, beach kiosk, and street-food stand nationwide, usually ice-cold.
Why it's made this way: First bottled commercially in 1921, it grew into Brazil's most popular soda after Coca-Cola and a long-running sponsor of the national football team, making it a genuine symbol of Brazilian identity.
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