Pepsi gets credit as the first American soft drink company to create an energy drink before the market for them took off in the U.S. Josta's fruity flavor, derived from guarana, didn’t click with consumers and the drink was pulled from the shelves in 1999. It still lives on in the...
OLD PAL is next to Yours Truly on Kloof Street. Image: OLD PAL IF THE ‘90S WERE A HANGOUT '80s diner meets '90s hangout at OLD PAL. The retro space is curiously decorated with big Coca Cola bottles, neon signs, boxing gloves, chequered tiles, old-school brand logos like Pepsi Cola ...
William J. A. Bailey dissolved radium in water to create an energy drink he named RadiThor, which was just one piece ofthe American frenzyover the newly discovered element. Industrialist Eben McBurney Byers was rumored to have consumed 1,400 bottles to ease back and joint pain; eventually, h...