Cawy Bottling Company
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| Industry | Soda beverage company |
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| Founded | Cuba, 1948 |
| Headquarters | Miami, Florida [1] |
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Cawy Bottling Company is a soda beverage company was founded in Cuba in 1948[1] and nationalized after the Cuban Revolution when communists and socialists took over in 1959. Two of the company's executives emigrated to the U.S. and restarted the brand in 1962, first offering lemon-lime soda and then diversifying outside of that competitive market by offering Materva (a yerba mate flavored soda) and then other tropical flavors.[1][2]
Products
Cawy's soda brands include lemon-lime soda, Materva, Jupiña, Champ's Cola and Quinabeer. Jupiña is the company's best-selling line. Other offerings from the company include Cawy Watermelon, Coco Solo (a coconut soda), Fruti Cola (a red cola), Malta Cawy (a Malta (soft drink)), Trimalta, Rica Malt Tonic, and Rica Orange Mandarin. An article in Spin (magazine) described the watermelon soda as "horrible tasting", adding that it is "a perfect example of why certain flavors just weren't meant to be carbonated."[3]
Quinabeer
Quinabeer is a carbonated beverage produced by Cawy Bottling Company. It is very sweet with hints of orange and cherry flavor.[4] It has been described as tasting like a combination of cream soda and cola.[5] Another source says it is "like root beer, but sweeter".[6]
Quinabeer cans feature a stylized drawing of a bicep flexing "Champion George Prince". The same figure also adorns Cawy's Champ's Cola,[4] a lighter version of Quinabeer.[5]
Distribution
Cawy's beverages are distributed in the United States, Canada, Central America and Spain.[1]
See also
- Champagne soda
- Ironbeer
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Cawy Bottling Co., Inc. Company Information". Hoovers. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ↑ Cubans: an Epic Journey: The Struggle of Exiles for Truth and Freedom
- ↑ Keeping it Unreal; The artificial intelligence of synthetic flavors SPIN Nov 1997 page 60
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 George Prince Loves Quinabeer Soda Survey by Sebastian Del Marmol August 24, 2010 Miami New Times
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "WEEKLY FIZZ: Champ's Cola | George Prince Endorsed Since Sometime in the 20th Century". weeklyfizz.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ↑ Judson, Lyman Spicer V. (1952). Your holiday in Cuba. Harper.
Further reading
- Cuban immigrant started Cawy Bottling in Miami by Carli Teproff March 19, 2011 Miami Herald
- Daniel Shoer Roth (March 20, 2011). "Fallece Cubano que popularizó Materva y Jupiña en EEUU" [Death of the Cuban who popularized Materva and Jupiña in the U.S.] (in Spanish). El Nuevo Herald.