I received a gift recently of a lovely imported Bavarian folding table, aka Bierbank, Fest oder Bierzeltgarnitur.
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The color struck me initially as I remember seeing tables with this brilliant orange in the train station of Munich during my first trip to Germany. Upon investigation, the color is called “Löwenbräu Orange”, which begs the question, why? I have yet to find out why the beer producer has its own color, perhaps due to the color of the beer?
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I have also seen this color called “traditional orange” as here:
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Perhaps a reader can comment on the nature of “orange” in Germany. One item I always noticed is that an egg-yolk or Eigelb” (literally egg-yellow) is not as yellow as we see it in the US. I have heard that is due to the feed or perhaps due to the inorganic nature of American egg farming.
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Try a test yourself: German Eigelb: English “Egg-Yolk”
