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Root beer is a sweet North American soft drink traditionally made using the root bark of the sassafras tree Sassafras albidum or the vine of Smilax ornata (known as sarsaparilla; also used to make a soft drink called sarsaparilla) as the primary flavor. Root beer is typically, but not exclusively, non-alcoholic, caffeine-free, sweet, and ...
For decades, until the 2010s, the iconic Sioux City sarsaparilla bottle was sold in retail stores in the United States.. Sarsaparilla (UK: / ˌ s ɑːr s p ə ˈ r ɪ l ə /, US also / ˌ s æ s p ə ˈ r ɪ l ə / sas-pə-RIL-ə) [1] [2] is a soft drink originally made from the vine Smilax ornata (also called 'sarsaparilla') or other species of Smilax such as Smilax officinalis. [3]
Sassafras albidum is used primarily in the United States as the key ingredient in home-brewed root beer and as a thickener and flavouring in traditional Louisiana Creole gumbo. [ 24 ] Filé powder, also called gumbo filé, for its use in making gumbo, is a spicy herb made from the dried and ground leaves of the sassafras tree.
Piper auritum is an aromatic culinary herb in the pepper family Piperaceae, which grows in tropical Central America.Common names include hoja santa (Spanish for 'sacred leaf'), [2] yerba santa, [3] [4] hierba santa, [3] Mexican pepperleaf, [4] acuyo, [4] tlanepa, [4] anisillo, [4] root beer plant, [2] Vera Cruz pepper [5] and sacred pepper.
An 1894 American Trade Card for Hires Root Beer A Hires Root Beer mug from the 1930s or earlier. Hires Root Beer was created by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, pharmacist Charles Elmer Hires. The official story is that Hires first tasted root beer, a traditional American beverage dating back to the colonial era, while on his honeymoon in 1875. [2]
Shasta Beverages is an American soft drink manufacturer that markets a value-priced soft drink line with a wide variety of soda flavors, as well as a few drink mixers, under the brand name Shasta. The company name is derived from Mount Shasta in northern California and the associated Shasta Springs .
Etsy, Poisonous Plants and a Root Beer Float: Inside an Alleged Mother-Daughter Plot to Kill the Mom's Husband. KC Baker. August 20, 2024 at 2:36 PM.
The sweet soda is similar to root beer, but with a bitter aftertaste. [4] It is flavored with gentian root extract, an extremely bitter substance commonly used in herbal medicine. Moxie was designated the official soft drink of Maine on May 10, 2005. [5] It continues to be regionally popular today, particularly in New England states. [6]