Poll: best old-time sodas

[Donn Beach]

RC is the cola of choice here for mixing in your tuba, palm wine

If R C was my only choice then it would be beer which is my choice any way. Wine isn't that a waste of water?

I'm a confirmed beer drinker but I have taken a bit of a liking to the local brew, tuba. And it's really local. It's brewed in neighborhoods by climbing coconut trees and tapping the sap in the center. It's fermented in a matter of days and drunk fresh, not a lot of alcohol. I've decided it's better for me, figure lots of nutritional value. I drink mine straight it's already plenty sweet. Coke dominates the soda scene but for some reason when it comes to tuba it's RC. I don't know where they get it. I don't see it sold in stores

[Sibelius Hindemith]

ATTENTION: I have changed the Sunkist entry to Fanta due to the latter's earlier date of origin and more interesting history. If any of you wish to switch a vote you already made in this very important poll over to Fanta you may now do so for a limited time.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

During the Second World War, Germany was under a United States trade embargo and a British naval blockade; the import of Coca-Cola syrup was thus prohibited.[2][3] To circumvent this, Max Keith, the head of Coca-Cola Deutschland (Coca-Cola GmbH), decided to create a new product for the German market, using only ingredients available in Germany at the time, including sugar beet, whey (a cheese byproduct), and apple pomace.

He later described them as the "leftovers of leftovers".[2][4] The name was the result of a brainstorming session, which started with Keith's exhorting his team to "use their imagination" (Fantasie in German), to which one of his salesmen, Joe Knipp, retorted "Fanta!".[4]

The German plant had been cut off from Coca-Cola headquarters following America's entry into the war after the German declaration of war against the United States in 1940. After the war, the Coca-Cola Company regained control of the plant, formula, and the trademarks to the new Fanta product—as well as the plant profits made during the war.[2][4]