The World's First Soft Drink ??

guynextdoor

The World's First Soft Drink



"Give me a sun, I care not how hot, and sherbet, I care not how cool, and my Heaven is as easily made as your Persian's."

So wrote Lord Byron longingly in 1813, after he had tasted the drink during visits to Istanbul.

In The Thousand and One Nights, sherbet appears as a refreshing and medicinal drink. Sir Richard Burton's translation reads:

Thereupon Shahryar summoned doctors and surgeons and bade them treat his brother according to the rules of art, which they did for a whole month; but their sherbets and potions naught availed

naz_bella

:gila:............................

Sephiroth

Hmph ... Sounds like an Advertisement ... why is this in Scientific Column? ;)

rurouni_khairul

Hmm..seeloknya thread nie dlm BOD masakan...

guynextdoor

u might be right but the reason we put here is because in knowing the history of the soft drinks... how it began and stuff.:love: