The lime rickey owes its origin to its alcoholic forefather—AKA the gin rickey.
A refreshing mix of lime juice, fruit or sugar syrup, and seltzer, the lime rickey owes its origin to its. Sometimes referred to simply as"a rickey" or"gin rickey," the drink was famously concocted at Shoomaker's bar in Washington D.C. in the 1880s. It was there that Missouri-born lobbyist Colonel Joe Rickey took to a mix of rye whiskey, fizzy Apollinaris water, and lemon juice on the rocks—not exactly the drink that came to take his name.at the turn of the century.
Around the turn of the century, some started to question the safety of unregulated refreshments like Coca-Cola, then dubbed"Mother's Little Helper." In 1902, a Los Angeles Times article,"They Thirst for Cocaine: Soda Fountain Fiends Multiplying," called attention to the prevalence and dangers of the Coca-Cola"habit."
Americans didn't quit the habit for a while—7UP ads from the 1930s promised to take the"ouch out of grouch," via mood-enhancing lithium citrate—but the tides had started to shift towards a preference for natural ingredients.
The nation was on a sugar rush, and the soda fountain took on a life of its own, beyond the drugstore walls. It filled the gap Prohibition left for a public meeting place, and skilled bartenders became skilled soda jerks. There were 120,000 soda fountains in the country by the late '20s, by Silver's predictions, with 650 in New York City alone.The rickey stood at the center of the country's new Prohibition-era drinking habits.
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