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Schweppes
The first soft drink can be traced as far back as the late 1700s. Jacob Schweppe is credited with perfecting his process for manufacturing the world’s first carbonated beverage, mineral water. A jeweler by trade, his interest in science led him to the novel art of infusing water with carbon dioxide. As he experimented, he gave away the bubbly water. Eventually, Schweppe began charging a small fee for the water and thus J. Schweppe & Company was born.
Working from a Swiss lab in 1783, Schweppe patented his special process for carbonating water. His achievement was exceptional, but getting the carbonation into the water was only half the challenge. Keeping it in was the tricky part. Schweppe’s true stroke of genius came from his development of a bottle that could retain the carbonation. This started the soft drink business.
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