Black Currant Juice

Hello! We recently returned from England and I'm curious to hear what others think of black currant juice. It seems wherever we were in England that was the popular children's drink, often served on the warm side. It caught my attention because black currant juice is something completely new to me.

In our area of the U.S. it's usually orange juice, apple juice, or lemonade on childrens menus (lemonade from lemons, which seems quite different from what we found in England).

Do you drink black currant juice?

If you mean Rybena then no my DH and I do not drink it, but our friends who have children have it in their homes.  We do drink some Black Current Juices and also eat the Jam on toast......

Vile, vile stuff.

I think it's alright in a Snakebite, but you wouldn't be feeding that to your children... (Half cider, half lager, dash of blackcurrant)

I love blackcurrant juice (and all the blackcurrant-flavoured things too) ... but then I did grow up on it here in the UK (we were never allowed Ribena at home when we were little though because it was too expensive ).

I think blackcurrant is the UK equivalent of grape flavour in the US... for example, we have blackcurrant Skittles and Starbursts here instead of the grape ones. However, I feel the same way about US grape flavour as some of you guys obviously feel about UK blackcurrant flavour... I can't stand it !

I hate to admit it, but I LOVE black currant juice (along with ksand24, I like anything black currant flavored...give me black currant wine gums any day)!  When I go over, I drink the light Ribena because I can do without the added sugar and I still get my fix.

Vile, vile stuff.

Ditto.  I find it very strange.

Nasty.   

Blackcurrant isn't "juice" anyway.  It is a juice cocktail sort of thing. Can you even get 100% juice blackcurrant drink?

Love the stuff. And it is quite nice with vodka, too

Blackcurrant isn't "juice" anyway.  It is a juice cocktail sort of thing. Can you even get 100% juice blackcurrant drink?

I don't know that you can.

The blackcurrant 'juice' (i.e. Ribena) that is available is basically just fruit squash... you drink it as a small amount of blackcurrant concentrate diluted with a glass of water (the Ribena drinks bottles/cartons you can buy in shops to drink right away are pre-diluted).

At home growing up we always had Robinson's Apple and Blackcurrant squash (due to the not being able to afford the proper Ribena) - which I didn't actually like all that much because I found it too watery with not enough flavour.

I think it smells like cat pee...but it does taste good.  I still miss really good Concord grape juice, though (not the artificial grape flavor you get in candy, kool aid, etc).

(not the artificial grape flavor you get in candy, kool aid, etc).

In my family, we call that artificial flavor "Purp!", which is short for "Purple drAnk", since it tastes nothing like actual grapes...(but it is quite purple!)

I love blackcurrant juice (and all the blackcurrant-flavoured things too) ... but then I did grow up on it here in the UK (we were never allowed Ribena at home when we were little though because it was too expensive ).

I think blackcurrant is the UK equivalent of grape flavour in the US... for example, we have blackcurrant Skittles and Starbursts here instead of the grape ones. However, I feel the same way about US grape flavour as some of you guys obviously feel about UK blackcurrant flavour... I can't stand it !

We had Ribena if we were ill, my sister suffered from asthma and was ill a lot and I used to complain that she could have Ribena and I couldn't! Used to love it made with milk as well!
Now I usually buy the store brand summer fruits squash or apple and blackcurrant.

I'm with you on grape flavour....doesn't really taste of anything to me, particularly grape jelly (jam)

I love Ribena. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it. Also, I've made my own blackcurrant cordial and that's even better!!! Serve it with water, soda water, vodka or champagne. Heaven!!!

Vile, vile stuff.

LOL! I didn't want to say it, so thank you. I can't believe our children didn't complain. But seriously, the stuff was everywhere!

Thanks!