Cream soda Cream soda Cream soda (also known as creme soda) is a sweet carbonated soft drink. Traditionally flavored with vanilla and raspberry and based on the taste of a classic soda, a wide range of variations can be found worldwide. A recipe for cream soda—written by E. M. Sheldon and published in "Michigan Farmer" in 1852—called for water, cream of tartar (tartaric acid), Epsom salts, sugar, egg, and milk, to be mixed, then heated, and when cool mixed with water and a quarter teaspoonful of baking soda (sodium bicarbonate) to make an effervescent drink. It was suggested as a temperance drink
Cream soda of the Coca-Cola company. It is green in color. In South Africa, cream soda is often referred to as the "green ambulance" or "creme sober" (predominantly by students), as it is believed to alleviate the effects of hangovers. Cream soda is also used as a mixer with cane spirit (an inexpensive alcoholic beverage distilled from fermented sugarcane). This is commonly known as a "John Deer" (cf. John Deere and its green logo), "the cane train", "scream soda" or "green mamba". Cane spirit is chosen due its ability to go relatively unnoticed. Cream soda Cream soda (also known as creme soda)