Saturday 12 November 2011

The Eminent History of the Truly Delicious and Honest Soft Drink in America

Whether you call it soda, the name still 'rings a bell' in the compendious mind of the United States conscious. That name, is one of credibility and sugary fulfillment that has a long road of encounters and precursors along the way. The United States has seen firsthand images of the impact of these refreshing drinks and considered it a incalculable thing. Perhaps we take some consent in knowing the fact that a majority of our soda flavors fostered our history broaden. Maybe it brought together families and extended families, during those 'oh-so' prominent moments in history. We know that our grandmas and grandpas sure delighted in the stuff and we continue to be pleased with the refreshing cleverness of soda pop today. So sit back, relax and have a soda because it is a wonderful topic to talk about. The soda pop history can go all the way back to the source (so to say).

In America (particularly the Yellowstone national park region), there are documented amounts of naturally bubbling springs, which come up from the earths surface. We call these sources of natural carbonation and natural mineral water sources, partially because they come from the very rocks that we call home today. Even in the arresting Ancient times, when soda pop was an unapparent term, the societies (such as the Romans for example) thought that these natural mineral sources were a conducive thing and almost restorative source of life. They thought that going to bath houses and drinking these mineral waters would make them feel excellent (the invariable source of life, I guess). Appropriately, there was a expansive amount of scientists later on who wanted to study the effects of these mineral waters. For example, Joseph Black (a Scottish physician) whose studies discovered gases present in carbonation, such as Carbon Dioxide for example.

Furthermore, the chemistry department at Glasgow is named after Joseph Black. Another eminent scientist to study these mineral waters was Friedrich Hoffmann who was a German physician and chemist, who also discovered some of the fundamental information about the nervous system and German measles. Obviously, many more people researched the health benefits of this early bubbling mineral water. The earliest known sodas were called sherbets, which are now more known as a middle-eastern drink made with rose, and a variety of spices. These drinks came about in early times by Arabic chemists, who implemented many different spices and flavorings into them such as herbs. Mainly in the later 13th century, soda pop started to get a name with the introduction of an English born drink called the Dandelion & Burdock, which was made from the fermentation of dandelion and burdock. This drink is similar to what we call Root Beer nowadays in the United States. As for these ancient drinks were consequently carbonated from necessarily recurring Carbon Dioxide sources, such as the mineral waters mentioned above. The first and foremost commercially marketed soda pops that were not carbonated in the West took place during the 17th century. Most of these noncarbonated drinks were made from lemon juice, sweetened with honey. During the late 17th century, a French company by the name of Compagnie des Limonadiers had a monopoly on the sale of lemonade type soda pop. Businesses that adopted these drinks offered them off the backs of the sales agents and dispensed them into cups for thirsty customers. In approach to this, during the 18th century there was much progress in terms of trying to find a process to achieve chemistry-formulated carbonated water, like the water found in naturally occurring mineral sources.

In the later 17th century, an Englishman named Joseph Priestley compiled a process to execute carbon dioxide into simple water, thus making carbonated water in the lab. His invention of carbonated water would make a breakthrough for prodigious soda pop innovations. As well, the paper in which he published his findings was known as 'Impregnating Water with Fixed Air' in which he says that by dripping sulfuric acid onto chalk, would discharge carbon dioxide gas. This would allow the gas to decay into a bowl of water, thus starting the process of carbonation. Another Englishman named John Nooth caught hold of this importance and made a machine qualified for commercial use. There also was a Swede named Torbern Bergman who made a machine that generated carbonated water in a most related way (by sulfuric acid and chalk). One of the first chemists to add flavorings to carbonated soda pop was Jons Berzelius who added juice to the carbonated water, during the late 18th century. The central period for the soda pop industry in the United States, was the innovation of the soda fountain.

During the early 19th century, a Yale chemist professor named Benjamin Silliman sold these sodas in New Haven, Connecticut. Company owners in New York City also started selling these sodas in the earth 1800s. Additionally, during the early 19th century, John Matthews started making soda fountains. These people became fertile and had adequate factories built for making the soda fountains. People started to drink mineral water because it was found as a befitting practice. In the United States, pharmacists started to sell mineral waters, as well. Additionally, they started to add other chemicals to mineral water. Examples of the things they added were fruit extracts. These additions were included to improve the sale value of the mineral waters and offer more taste to the consumer. These pharmacists become a applauded part of American culture. American people cherished to go to these pharmacies with soda fountains, everlastingly. Most of the soft drinks that were consumed by American people during parts of the 19th century were found at pharmacies. After this period, canned soft drinks became one of the satisfactory markets ever for United State consumers.

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