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America's Melting Pot
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Gilded Age & Progressive Era - American soda fountains, malt shops, drive-ins, malls, smoothie bars, and regional drink counters
Chocolate Phosphate is fizzy Americana from the soda-fountain counter: Soda fountain chocolate syrup, acid phosphate, and seltzer.
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Difficulty
Easy
Prep time
10 minutes
Cook time
0 minutes
Total time
10 minutes
Servings
2 servings
Region
Philadelphia and New York drugstore soda fountains
Era introduced
Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Introduced by
American soda fountains, malt shops, drive-ins, malls, smoothie bars, and regional drink counters
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Chocolate Phosphate is a toast to the old American soda fountain. Soda fountain chocolate syrup, acid phosphate, and seltzer. Before every drink came bottled or canned, fountain counters mixed syrup, dairy, soda water, fruit, and ice into small pieces of theater. This one keeps that hand-mixed counter charm intact.
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