In American films, you can often see the hero drinking soda from a bottle, praising it. In fact, soda is nothing more than … regular soda made using standard baking soda.
Soda is understood as a type of soft drink created on the basis of a mineral or flavored drink saturated with special minerals and carbon dioxide. Sparkling water has been used as a medicine since the 7-8th century BC. In the writings of Hippocrates, you can find a whole chapter dedicated to her, in which the scientist advises not only to drink it, but also to take whole baths of mineral water.
For the first time, Joseph Priestley from Great Britain was able to create artificially carbonated water. In 1767, he conducted a series of experiments with the gas that was released during the fermentation of beer. And in 1770, a native of Sweden, Tobern Bergman, based on Priestley's experiments, created a specialized apparatus - a saturator, which made it possible to add carbon dioxide and other minerals to ordinary water.
Thirteen years later, industrial production of mineral and carbonated water began in Great Britain. The entrepreneur Jacob Schwepp, on the basis of Bergman's invention, invented a device that allows water to be saturated with minerals on an industrial scale. The production of this water was very expensive, so in the early 1800s, baking soda was used to create soda. This is how the name "soda" appeared. The novelty aroused great interest in the British, and soon they began to dilute alcoholic drinks with soda. Schwepp, seeing the growing popularity of the drink, created his own company, the trademark of which became the well-known Schweppes.
In the United States, soda was sold and is still sold in bottles, while in other countries it is consumed from vending machines in cafes and various bars. Until 1917, carbonated water was considered the lot of gentlemen, they called it seltzer, since they took it from the source of Niedersselters.
