What is Kinnie?
[[File:Kinnie.jpg|thumb|200px|{{center|Original [[Malta|Maltese]] soft drink called Kennie}}]] '''Kinnie''' is a [[carbonate]]d [[soft drink]] from [[Malta]].<ref name=FB>{{cite web |url=http://www.21food.com/products/kinnie-soft-drink-277716.html |title=Kinnie soft drink |author= |date= |website=21 Food & Beverage Online |publisher=Food & Beverage Online |accessdate=9 May 2015}}</ref> It was first developed in 1952 by Simonds Farsons Cisk in Malta. Kinnie is amber in colour. It has a bittersweet [[flavour]]. Kinnie is drunk straight or mixed with alcohol to create a [[mixed drink]]. Unlike [[cola]] products Kennie actually [[wikt:quench|quench]]es [[thirst]].<ref name=idotravel>{{cite web |url=http://www.idotravelto.com/malta/info/Maltese-Cuisine/Kinnie.php |title=Kinnie |author= |date=9 April 2013 |website= |publisher=idotravelto.com |accessdate=9 May 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The taste takes some getting used to. But it is very popular with [[wikt:local|local]]s and [[visitor]]s.<ref name=idotravel/> ==History== Kinnie was first produced in 1952.<ref name=FB/> It was an [[wikt:alternative|alternative]] to the cola drinks that were [[Popularity|popular]] in [[wikt:post-war|post-war]] [[Europe]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tropicalsweets.ca/products/beverages/kinnie/ |title=Kennie, Original – Natural |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Tropical Sweets |accessdate=9 May 2015 |archive-date=18 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218045140/http://www.tropicalsweets.ca/products/beverages/kinnie/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kinnie's recipe is kept [[secret]]. The [[website|official website]] has more [[wikt:information|information]] about its [[ingredient]]s. Kinnie may owe its [[Bitterness|bitter]][[sweetness|sweet]] taste to a blend of ''Mediterranean [[chinotto]] bitter [[Orange (fruit)|oranges]]''. It may be combined with a dozen different [[wikt:aroma|aroma]]tic [[herb]]s and [[spices]]. These include [[anise]], [[ginseng]]