SODA, POP, COKE, SOFT DRINK?? THIS IS A MESS!!

Hi, dear readers!!

I want you to think just for a moment how you would invite a foreigner to a “refresco”… Saying “a drink”, maybe?? I think that if many of us have the opportunity of going abroad should know that because it’s easy!

When I have watched TV series or movies I have noticed that characters order a “Soda” in a pub... but what’s “soda”?? maybe a specific non-alcoholic drink? Yes and no!

“Soda” is just a term that means “soft drink” or “gassy drink” (the last one is more British)
But it doesn’t finish here. This term varies from one country to another. Is more familiar for you “Pop” or “Coke”?

Let’s take a look at this map of United States:

Interesting, eh?

Ok, I'm going to show you something more delicious! Hmmm…
Do you know what ice-cream soda is?? In many movies you can see it and maybe you have tried it!

It’s the mixtured of a soft drink or carbonated water with a few scoops of ice cream and flavoured syrup.

And again we have a discussion about terms for it: "ice-cream soda" or "float" are used in United States, Canada and United Kingdom; "spider" is used in Australia and part of New Zealand and in another part of New Zealand is used "coke float".

This delicious drink was invented by chance thanks to Robert M. Green in Philadelphia. He was selling sodas when he ran out of ice and in order to keep his sodas cold, he used vanilla ice-cream from another salesman.

There are different ice-cream sodas according to its flavour: Chocolate ice-cream soda, Boston cooler,purple cow, root beer float or black cow... and one very famous called "Butterbeer" due to Harry Potter series. =D

Do you think that Hermione likes Butterbeer?? haha xD

By: Nuria María Ortiz Sánchez.