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==History== A drink made with lemons, [[Date palm|dates]], and honey was consumed in [[Mamluk Sultanate|Mamluk]] [[Egypt]], including a lemon juice drink with sugar, known as ''qatarmizat''.<ref>{{cite web|title = History of lemonade|url = http://www.cliffordawright.com/caw/food/entries/display.php/id/95/|access-date = December 26, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120312080122/http://www.cliffordawright.com/caw/food/entries/display.php/id/95/|archive-date = March 12, 2012|url-status = dead|publisher =Clifford A. Wright|date=March 12, 2012}}</ref> The term lemonade has been used in England since 1663 and [[Samuel Pepys]] consumed it in the 1660s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mrs Hudson Victorian lemonade |url=https://www.mrshudsonskitchen.com/kitchen/2019/7/15/mrs-hudson-on-victorian-lemonade}}</ref> In 1676, a company known as ''Compagnie de Limonadiers'' sold lemonade in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web|title = The Victoria Advocate – Google News Archive Search|url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20060703&id=SY0_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8VUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5326,6663744&hl=en|website = news.google.com|access-date = December 26, 2015|archive-date = January 23, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160123111259/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=20060703&id=SY0_AAAAIBAJ&sjid=8VUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5326,6663744&hl=en|url-status = live}}</ref> Vendors carried tanks of lemonade on their backs and dispensed cups of the soft drink to Parisians.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Soft Drink |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/552397/soft-drink |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-date=May 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505041012/https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/552397/soft-drink |url-status=live }}</ref> While [[carbonated water]] was invented by [[Joseph Priestley]] in 1767 (with his pamphlet ''Directions for Impregnating Water with Fixed Air'' published in London in 1772),<ref>Priestley, Joseph. ''Directions for impregnating water with fixed air; in order to communicate to it the peculiar spirit and virtues of Pyrmont water, and other mineral waters of a similar nature''. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1772.</ref> the first reference found to carbonated lemonade was in 1833 when the drink was sold in British refreshment stalls.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Soft drinks – Their origins and history|page = 8 and 11|last = Emmins|first = Colin|publisher = Shire Publications Ltd|year = 1991|isbn = 0-7478-0125-8|location = Great Britain|url = http://www.britishsoftdrinks.com/write/MediaUploads/Publications/Soft_Drinks_-_Their_Origins_and_History.pdf|access-date = December 27, 2015|archive-date = March 4, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104125/http://www.britishsoftdrinks.com/write/MediaUploads/Publications/Soft_Drinks_-_Their_Origins_and_History.pdf|url-status = live}}</ref> [[R. White's Lemonade]] has been sold in the UK since 1845.<ref name="chester">{{cite news|title=Chester homeless charity teams up with lemonade brand|url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-homeless-charity-teams-up-12254126|publisher=Chester Chronicle|date=October 8, 2017|access-date=October 8, 2017|archive-date=October 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008232415/http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/news/chester-cheshire-news/chester-homeless-charity-teams-up-12254126|url-status=live}}</ref>
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