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Thursday, December 1, 2011 Answer of the day
Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper
What came first — Coke, Pepsi or Dr Pepper? Coca-Cola was first produced in 1886; Pepsi came on the scene ten years later, in 1896. The oldest of the soft drinks, Dr Pepper was served for the first time (according to the US Patent Office) on December 1, 1885. In the last half of the 19th century, pharmacists began to experiment with flavored beverages to serve at the soda fountain in their pharmacies. In Waco, Texas, pharmacist Charles C. Alderton mixed effervescent water, fruit juice, sugar and several other ingredients to create a fizzy drink that his customers were hard-pressed to describe. It quickly became a local favorite known by the name "the Waco." Someone jokingly suggested changing the name to Dr Pepper, after the father of a woman Alderton's boss had been seeing. Known then as Dr Pepper's Phos-Ferrates, the beverage was sold only in soda fountains until 1891, when it went to a manufacturing company. It made its national debut at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.

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