Polo Cockta

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Polo-Cockta
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Type Soft drink
ManufacturerZbyszko (2000s)
Country of origin  Poland, based on Slovenian Cockta
Introduced1970s; 2000s
Discontinued1980s
Flavour cola
Related products Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Kofola, Cockta
Website https://zbyszko.com.pl/category/polo-cockta/

Polo-Cockta (sometimes written as Polo Cockta or Polo-Cocta) is a Polish cola drink introduced in the 1970s. Polo-Cockta was introduced as a substitute for the original Coca-Cola, which was unavailable in Polish shops due to limits on exports from the US to soviet bloc countries. At first it was based on Cockta, a very popular drink from Slovenia (then SFR Yugoslavia). [1]

Polo-Cockta was discontinued during the 1980s, but has been revived for a few years by a private company Zbyszko which acquired all the rights to the brand, reacting to the ever-popular demand for PRL-stylised products, an element of "PRL nostalgia". The taste of Polo-Cockta is sometimes described as a mixture of Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

For a while Polo-Cockta was renamed Polo Cola, without change to the product. However, in 2016, Polo Cola was renamed back to Polo-Cockta.

Polo-Cockta has made a significant appearance in the Polish film Kingsajz by Juliusz Machulski, where it was a major plot device.

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References

  1. "Televizija Slovenija".