Maybe you know the difference between a malt and a shake, but do you know what distinguishes a rickey from a phosphate? Or a fritz from a fruit ade? This detailed flow chart of soda fountain drinks makes it easy to identify any fruity, creamy or fizzy concoction that might cross your path.
Compiled by soda fountain expert Gregory Cohen, the chart is exhaustive, but it is easy to follow the arrows to the identity of a specific drink, as well as see the differences between drinks. For instance, blending soda water with ice cream produces a double awful, but if you add ginger syrup to the mix, it's called a yip. (Needless to say, the old-fashioned names are half the fun.)
Julia Moskin at the New York Times shared this chart, which she stumbled onto while researching a story on the history of the American soda fountain.
• Get the chart: A Fount of Soda Knowledge at the New York Times
• Read the article: For Soda, the Genie Is Out of the Bottle
What's your favorite soda fountain drink?
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(Image: Lofty Pursuits)
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If you're ever anywhere near Tallahassee, you must stop by Cohen's shop, Lofty Pursuits. It's a classic soda fountain and a very cool toy store. They also make the best hard candy I've ever had, all produced with vintage machines.
Fun! But as a born 'n' bred New Englander, I have to point out that it's not a double awful...it's an awful awful! (I think the name may be trademarked, though, so maybe that's why it's wrong in the chart...)
I love lime phosphates! I get mine out in Los Angeles at the Fair Oaks Pharmacy in South Pasadena - fun place.
Being from the south, where everything is a "coke," this blows my mind.