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Diet Soda vs. Regular – Battle of the Sodas
Soda history is a fascinating love affair between entrepreneurs, scientists and the American consumer. Originally touted as health-enhancing beverages capable of curing everything from tuberculosis to hair loss, the first sodas contained what pharmacists called nervines, which could have included varying amounts of cannabis, opium, morphine, cocaine and even strychnine. Wildly popular in the late 19th century, soda fountains sprang up all over the U.S., providing these healthy, energizing drinks to customers who thoroughly enjoyed the way these medicinal beverages made them feel.
6 Homemade Popsicles You Should Try
Want your family to love you even more than they do now? Make these to-die-for homemade Popsicles this summer using our awesome Beverage Universe products. All you need is a couple of cupcake pans, Popsicle sticks and aluminum foil. Fill each cupcake hole with your liquid, cover with aluminum foil and carefully insert Popsicle sticks through foil into each hole. You can substitute plastic wrap for foil, but you’ll have to make sure it is stretched tight enough to hold the sticks in place.
Guide to the Ultimate Backyard Party
Want to know how to plan a backyard party without draining your bank account or stressing over details? Throw the ultimate backyard party using these party planning tips and nifty backyard party ideas.
Fruity Cocktails, Mocktails & Kids’ Drinks That Are Perfect for Spring
Warmer weather, buzzing bees, colorful flowers. There’s just something about spring that makes you feel alive again. You survived another grueling, frigid winter. Give yourself a pat on the back — and a fruity spring drink in your hand. You earned it. Try one, or all, of these spring drink recipes in celebration.
Do You Remember These Drinks from the ’90s?
The ‘90s were saturated with oddball Nickelodeon characters – Rugrats, Ren and Stimpy, Doug – noisy with the sound of raw guitar-heavy, grunge bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam, and suffered an invasion of weird-looking, Japanese pocket monsters called Pokémon. The pre-Internet, post-hair band decade of the 1990s also gave us a multitude of tasty and not so tasty beverages we still drink, dream about or recoil at the thought of drinking again.