Soft drinks

Feb 96 min read

First fizzy ginger ale

First things first, don’t confuse ginger ale with ginger beer. They’re completely different drinks. Yes, they’re both flavoured with...

Jan 10, 20226 min read

First fizzy water

Fizzy water. Mineral water. Soda. This fizzy favourite is available all over the globe but when and who first put the sparkle into water?

Jul 17, 20213 min read

First fruit cordial

Rose’s Lime Juice was the world’s first commercial fruit cordial, invented by Lauchlin Rose in Leith, a port near Edinburgh, in 1867.