Cream soda on December 8, 1885, and a Canadian patent on July 5, 1886, for "ice-cream soda". Black's ice-cream soda, which contained whipped egg whites, sugar, lime juice, lemons, citric acid, flavoring, and bicarbonate of soda, was a concentrated syrup that could be reconstituted into an effervescent beverage by adding ordinary ice water. In the United States, cream soda is often vanilla-flavored and is either clear or colored a light golden brown in appearance; but red, pink, orange, and blue are also relatively common color variants. In addition, in some places in the U.S. where the drink is made on location, especially
Soda fountain and the United Kingdom. The term ‘fountain’ helps differentiate from, formerly, ‘machine’ coke as the fountain is a more recognisable term for the drink dispenser. A soda fountain is also referred to as a "postmix machine" in some markets. Any brand of soft drink that is available as postmix syrup may be dispensed by a fountain. The term may also refer to a small eating establishment or lunch counter, common from the late 19th century until the mid-20th century, often inside a drugstore or other business, where a soda jerk served carbonated beverages, ice cream, and sometimes light meals. The