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== Significance in Cuban and Miami culture == Materva has been described as a part of the "standard Cuban pantry",<ref>{{Cite book|title = The Cuban Kitchen|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vmJlvl1mVUgC&pg=PA6|publisher = Alfred A. Knopf|date = 2011|access-date = 2015-05-12|isbn = 9780375711961|language = en|first = Raquel Rábade|last = Roque|page = 6}}</ref> and as "the old standby Cuban soda".<ref>{{cite book|last=Motz|first=George|title=Hamburger America|year=2011|publisher=Running Press|isbn=9780762442348|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5-cSGkAv_L4C&pg=PT61}}</ref> Because of its significance as a popular drink in Cuba prior to the Revolution, it is often cited as a source of "shared memories" and "nostalgia" of pre-Revolutionary Cuba by Cubans who live in the United States.<ref name=JandW>{{cite news|last=Wong|first=Samantha|title=Materva: Un Buchito de Cuba|url=http://www.jwu.edu/uploadedFiles/Documents/Academics/studentwork/JWUStuFoodWritingNMI.pdf|accessdate=2020-09-10|newspaper=Johnson and Wales: Student Food Writing |page=8 (PDF p. 11) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113000105/https://www.jwu.edu/uploadedFiles/Documents/Academics/studentwork/JWUStuFoodWritingNMI.pdf |archive-date=2014-01-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Navarette|first=William|title=Una Habana de otros tiempos|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2013/12/14/1635379/una-habana-de-otros-tiempos.html|accessdate=12 January 2014|newspaper=El Nuevo Herald|date=December 14, 2013|quote=tr.: "To read [this book] is to remember brands of products manufactured in Cuba [list including Materva] and many others that bring us the smells of great memories to those who are older."}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title = Miami: A Cultural History|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mMVHBgAAQBAJ|publisher = Interlink Publishing|date = 2014-07-30|isbn = 9781623710613|language = en|first = Anthony|last = Maingot}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> In Miami, politicians use the drink to symbolize Cuban-ness, such as when a congressional candidate told local media in 2010 that he had spoken about Materva to President Obama during a presidential visit to the city.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pardo|first=Bernadette|title=Materva Con Frita|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2010/10/15/820241/no-al-revocatorio-de-alvarez.html|accessdate=12 January 2014|newspaper=El Nuevo Herald|date=October 15, 2010}}</ref> Travel books also often recommend the drink to visitors to Miami.<ref>[[Petit Futé]] ''New York 2013-2014'' Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette 2746967529 2012 p. 207 "Les Cubains rencontrés lors de notre dernier passage nous ont assuré qu'ici on sert les meilleurs sandwichs cubains de la ville. Tout y est à point, même ce curieux soda à saveur de malte, le Materva."</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Schmidt|first=Gretchen|title=Night + Day Miami|year=2006|publisher=AS Davis Media Group|isbn=9780977624508|page=20|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qjf4ZPXu5-0C&pg=PA20}}</ref> In 2002, Materva was given the "Best Local Soft Drink" award by the [[Miami New Times]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/bestof/2002/award/best-local-soft-drink-15900/|title=Best Local Soft Drink 2002|publisher=Miami New times|accessdate=12 January 2014}}</ref>
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