Source: Atlas Obscura
With its use of nostalgic label artwork, espresso, and cane sugar, Espresso Coffee Soda is a perfect storm of 21st-century trendiness. To top it off, it’s produced by Manhattan Special, which is ironically based in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. But what appears to be “a consciously retro hipster beverage” was actually created in 1895—long before its location, ingredients, or design were fashionable.
Native New Yorkers might remember the soda, which is essentially a chilled, bottled Americano with bubbles. Unlucky drinkers may also recall being sprayed by a rogue stream upon opening one, due to the drink’s intense level of carbonation. The deep brown fizz, made from nothing but espresso, sugar, and seltzer, stains just…
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