First a disclaimer. I don't drink soda. Ever. I haven't for years. But after watching the video below, I just might start.
OK, probably not. (If I'm going to add extra calories to my diet, they're going to be in cheese form.) But I do admire the hero of the video I've linked to below. He's a store owner who got bored selling the same old ordinary sodas. So he decided to offer all the lesser-known sodas he could find. Coffee sodas. Cucumber sodas. Banana sodas. Sodas made from flowers. Today his store features more than 500 flavors in all. But not Pepsi.
What's really awesome is that many of the products are still made by the same families that have been making them for 100+ years! (One brand is actually made and bottled by one mother and her three grown kids.) Now that I think of it, maybe I will try that coffee soda, after all! It's made in Brooklyn--and has been for the last 114 years!
See the video here. It's a little long, but totally entertaining I think.
first comment! hey kirsten can i find this and get it for you on christmas? :) http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=372b9053bf&view=att&th=123af6ab86312b4d&attid=0.12&disp=inline&realattid=0.24&zw
ReplyDeleteA Christmas present? How fabulous. But your link doesn't work, I'm afraid!
ReplyDeletehey kirsten so you have a rough date for kiki 3?
ReplyDeletei loooooooooove sprite!! but not nearly as much as ice tea that stuff is just pure amazing
ReplyDeleteI don't eat fast food. Ever. Lol. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE cheese. It is so cool that he is doing that!
ReplyDeleteThat was so interesting...I wish there was a shop like that in the UK.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to try some of those flavours!
i think it is really cool .i gonna save it as my back round.:)
ReplyDeleteI haven't had pop in like a year! Last week, I was really thirsty so I took a tiny sip of my mom's root beer and it felt soooo weird! I forgot how bubbly it was!!!! It actually hurt my throat! I don't like pop very much, but if that guy had a pomagranate flavored soda, I would totally have some! that's like my favorite fruit in the world!
ReplyDeleteHOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!! GUAVA!!!! MY FAVORITE FRUIT!!!!!! AND COFFEE, TOO!!!!!!!!!! IM OBSESSED WITH GUAVAS AND COFEEE.... you wouldnt get it, freeks who think im weird....
ReplyDeleteI've always liked old fashioned sodas like those
ReplyDeletehmmmm.....................sounds weird. and suspicious............
ReplyDeleteWAIT!!!!!!!! you havent had soda in years??? well, i probably shouldnt be talking because i cant drink soda unless im at a party and im just snacking cuz i only drink orange soda, sprite, and i love love love orange izze. i collect izze bottles. where was i? oh the bubbles fill me up fast. i love bubbles!!!!!
ReplyDeleteCool! I hate all soda though but I might try some of these. But I probably won't, I hate fizzy drinks.
ReplyDeletesomeone should tell him to branch out to where i live!
ReplyDelete@ Anna
ReplyDeleteme too!
I love guavas and coffee as well, but barely anyone has heard of guava!!!
its so nice!!!
love cheese. especially sharp cheddar.hey, there is this soda called"birch beer" it is SO good. it tastes like root beer with a little bit of cream soda mixed in. but.....you can only get it in WV and VA. kirsten,if you are ever in VA near Tazewelle County, and you decide to drink soda go to the Pop Shop and try some!
ReplyDeleteKirsten I just gotta ask...Where can I get my hands on some of that rose petal soda??? Must. Have. Some!
ReplyDeleteI love old fashioned sods! Those look so good!
ReplyDeleteBut did you notice he was kinda contradictory? He said diets were gross, then said he only drank diets or just plain carbinated water. Then he said how bad big companies like Coca-cola were bad, and had a big old fashioned coca-cola sign!
I've never had a soda in my life!
ReplyDeletemy friend was completly shure that she has been to that shop, but not in Brooklyn, Rio. Its also in CALI. :)
ReplyDeleteShe said they were delish!
I was talking 2 my friend about think in the locker and we were saying how they should make a frappucino soda. OMG I LUV FRAPPUCINOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteUhhh i dont really like this cuz in the story kiki is allergic to just about everything she cant eat cheese!!
ReplyDeletewonder if i can get my local supermarket to ship these in
ReplyDeleteThere is this one store in Philly, it sells sodas with flavors like Grass Jelly, Aloe, and Sugar Cane.
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