Soda Pop Gallery

The history of soda pop, also known colloquially in different regions of the United States as soda, pop, coke, soft drinks, or carbonated beverages, dates back to the 1700s. No one knows exactly when or by whom flavorings and sweeteners were first added to seltzer. Still, wine and carbonated water mixtures became popular in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. By the 1830s, flavored syrups made from berries and fruit were developed. By 1865, a supplier was advertising different seltzers flavored with pineapple, orange, lemon, apple, pear, plum, peach, apricot, grape, cherry, black cherry, strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry, pear, and melon. But perhaps the most significant innovation in the realm of soda flavoring came in 1886, when J.S. Pemberton, using a combination of kola nut from Africa and cocaine from South America, created the iconic taste of Coca-Cola.

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