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12/09/2003 Archived Entry: "DR. PEPPER THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY"

DR. PEPPER THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY

We received a lovely basket of gifts for Christmas from Luke, a friend of ours who also happens to go to SMU and is majoring in Computer Engineering....too. He knows our granddaughter (Smile!)

He included, among other interesting things, several bottles of old-fashioned Dr. Pepper, like you can buy in Dublin, Texas where they use turn of the century equipment. If you are a Dr. Pepper fan, you'll enjoy the following story.

"Students at SMU may or may not have heard that Dr Pepper is considered by some to be the drink of Texas. It was originally created and bottled right here in Texas. One bottling division is particularly unique. At a bottling plant in Dublin, Texas, Dr Pepper is still created using Imperial Pure Cane Sugar in it’s bottled drinks and uses turn of the century equipment for their processes..... Click here for the rest of the story.