The Day Thread of Brad’s Drink (09/26)

No, not that Brad, and not that drink (he’s endorsing De’Longhi espresso). Rather, this is Brad:

…a pharmacist whose full name was actually Caleb Davis Bradham, and who invented the drink that we know today as…

In 1893, he introduced his concoction with under the name “Brad’s Drink”. It has gone through many evolutionary stages since then, being renamed “Pepsi” in 1898, and has for a long time been the biggest competitor to Coca-Cola. There was even a short-lived extra-caffeine variety called Pepsi AM. One soda to unite the Brads. . .

Soundtrack for this day thread courtesy of the other other Brad, a non-Pearl Jam band that guitarist Stone Gossard was in:

Bonus: Which Pepsi logo do you prefer?

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