In Slavic language means bitter, acid. It is a non-carbonated sweet drink made with berries, especially blueberries and sometimes with strawberries, cherries or raspberries, popular in the Nordic countries, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Russia. You can eat as a dessert by giving it greater consistency by adding corn or potato starch. It is also called kiisseli, Kissel, keisel. It is a woman's name of origin Slavic meaning woman sweet, syrupy. It is also a surname in the United States. Vehicle brand founded by Louis Kissel and his sons in Hartford, Wisconsin. Gold bug, one of his models was highly appreciated by big movie stars like Greta Garbo.