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I notice that when I go to Texas or on the Texas border, Mexican drinks like Joya and Topo Chico are really popular on both the Texas side and the Tamaulipas/Nuevo Leon/Coahuila side. Are these drinks available in other parts of Mexico? I don't recall seeing them in Mexico City and I don't see them very often in Tijuana.
What other types of Mexican regional products are out there and where are they from? I notice Carta Blanca beer is also hard to come by in Tijuana.
Joya (English: "jewel") is a brand of fruit sodas introduced in 1942 in Monterrey, Mexico by mineral water producers Cia. Topo Chico (now a division of Embotelladoras Arca, the second largest Coca-Cola bottling group in Mexico) Joya was available only in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and the north of Tamaulipas; then, in 2004, Joya distribution started in Coahuila, and part of San Luis PotosÃ, and in 2005 in Sinaloa, Chihuahua and Baja California. In 2004 Joya was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company, and in 2006 Joya was introduced in Hidalgo, part of Morelos and part of Puebla .
Joya and Topochico are brands of ARCA Continental the second largest franchisee of Coca Cola in Mexico with long presence in northeast of Mexico.
They also have territories in another states as San Luis PotosÃ, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Baja California Sur, Sinaloa, Jalisco and Colima. So you can find this brands in those states but limited because they prefer to handle the traditional brands of Coca Cola Company.
Another regional beverage that surprised me when we starting going to Mexico: Squirt.
You don't see it much in the US these days, but it's everywhere in MX.
Used mostly in Palomas, a mixed drink of tequila and squirt. I like palomas better than margaritas and when I order it, the response is always one of approval, that the waiter is somewhat impressed that this gringa knows what a paloma is.
The first time I drank cerveza 'Indio' was in Monterrey a few years back, I had never seen it before. It seems to be everywhere now, I saw it everywhere in CDMX.
I was in Colonia Condesa a few weeks ago at a pub and saw many craft Mexican beers, including one from Tijuana called Cucapa. I thought that was very cool.
Another regional beverage that surprised me when we starting going to Mexico: Squirt.
You don't see it much in the US these days, but it's everywhere in MX.
Used mostly in Palomas, a mixed drink of tequila and squirt. I like palomas better than margaritas and when I order it, the response is always one of approval, that the waiter is somewhat impressed that this gringa knows what a paloma is.
Squirt is sold in almost every US and Canadian supermarket. It's a different taste than Mexican Squirt, but same general idea.
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