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Apr 17, 2023 · The first written mention of lemonade-like drinks comes from On Lemon, Its Drinking and Use, an Arabic treatise written in the 12th century by the physician Ibn Jumayʿ, who wrote down a number of...
Nov 13, 2015 · The addition of bubbles had to wait, however, until 1767, when English chemist Joseph Priestley invented carbonated water, a technique exploited by Johann Jacob Schweppe, whose commercial drinks company began selling fizzy soda in England in the 1790s.
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Jun 24, 2021 · By the 1840s, London was home to more than 50 manufacturers, according to the BSDA. The bottled lemonade of the time was a carbonated mix of water and citric acid, as well as lemon oil and sugar syrup, effectively an oleo saccharum – all ingredients that most bartenders today would be familiar with.
In 1630, Parisian vendors began selling "lemonades" made from sparkling water and lemon juice, marking the birth of carbonated (soda) lemonade. Lemonade quickly gained popularity, and by the mid-17th century, Paris had become a hub for lemonade vendors.
Britain's contribution to the lemonade craze came by way of chemist Joseph Priestley who invented an apparatus for making carbonated water. By the 1780s, Johann Schweppe, a German-Swiss jeweler, had developed a new method of carbonation using a compression pump that made mass production more efficient.
Lemonade became so popular that in 1676 the vendors incorporated and formed a union called the “Compagnie de Limonadiers.” The first published American recipe for lemonade appeared in 1824 in The Virginia House-wife, a combination housekeeping manual and cookbook.
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Jul 21, 2021 · Lemonade is recorded in France by the 1600s and in England by the 1800s; the British Navy used lemons beginning in 1795 to prevent scurvy (please note, these references point to sources outside of the Library). Lemonade and water peddlers in Constantinople, circa 1920. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress