Artificial carbonated (soda) water
Agua carbonatada artificial (agua de soda)
- Date
- 1767 · confidence high
- Place
- Leeds, England, United Kingdom
- Credited to
- Joseph Priestley
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
Priestley dissolved carbon dioxide, collected from the fermentation of a neighbouring brewery, in water and obtained a bubbly drink. He published the method in 1772 and founded the soft-drink industry.
It imitated naturally sparkling mineral spring water. The Swiss Jacob Schweppe industrialised the process in Geneva and London.
What it led to
- commercial carbonated drinks (Schweppes, 1783)
- siphons and fizzy lemonades
- cola soft drinks in the 19th century