Charles Courtice was born in Brooklyn, New York back in 1857. After high school, he attended Framingham College in England studying medicine at the University of Texas. After graduation, he worked as a pharmacist in Waco, Texas in a shop called Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store.
While working there he noticed customers were tiring of the old traditional flavors of sarsaparilla, lemon and vanilla from the soda fountain. So, he began trying to revive sales by working on a different combination of flavors. His discovery was first served on December 1, 1885. It was introduced to the public in the 1904 World’s Fair Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri as a new kind of soda pop.
What you may not know about Charles Courtice Alderton is that combination of 23 ingredients is now known as Dr. Pepper, it preceded the introduction of Coca-Cola by one year.
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