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As the quinine powder was so bitter people began mixing the powder with soda and sugar, and a basic tonic water was created. The first commercial tonic water was produced in 1858. [ 29 ] The mixed drink gin and tonic also originated in British colonial India , when the British population would mix their medicinal quinine tonic with gin .
Faygo Beverages, Inc., is a soft drink company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan.The beverages produced by the company, branded as Faygo or Faygo Pop, are distributed in the Midwestern, Mid-Atlantic, and Central Southern regions of the United States, as well as southern and western Canada.
A soda with a taste of cumin, crafted especially for south-central Asian markets. RC Dra-Cola [23] 2012 A sugar-free, red-colored cola introduced to the British market as a special edition for Halloween 2012; it featured a glow-in-the-dark label. RC Ten [24] 2012 A low-calorie version of the cola made as part of Dr Pepper/7Up "Ten" line
Since it was first invented in 1886, Coca-Cola has become America's sugary beverage of choice, but fans can forget what a long, winding path it's taken to get there. ... a canned, spirit-based ...
The term soda comes from the phrase soda water, which refers to carbonated water. At a certain point, syrups and flavorings were added to make soda pop—and the rest is American history.
The earliest known usage of "pop" is from 1812; in a letter to his wife, poet Robert Southey says the drink is "called pop because pop goes the cork when it is drawn, & pop you would go off too if you drank too much of it." [5] The two words were later combined into "soda pop" in 1863.
[1] [3] His non-alcoholic recipe was inspired by the coca wine of pharmacist Angelo Mariani, created in 1863. [3] [4] Most modern colas have a dark caramel color and are sweetened with sugar, high-fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners. They come in numerous different brands, with Coca-Cola and Pepsi being among the most popular. [5]
Moxie is a brand of carbonated beverage that is among the first mass-produced soft drinks in the United States. It was created around 1876 by Augustin Thompson as a patent medicine called "Moxie Nerve Food" [2] and was produced in Lowell, Massachusetts. [3] The sweet soda is similar to root beer, but with a bitter aftertaste. [4]