I don’t know what it was called, a Puerto Rican soft drink that tasted like pineapple and bubblegum.

A flavor only a kid could love.

Was Tahitian Treat like a carbonated version of Hawaiian Punch ?

Growing up in the Philly burbs we had Frank’s Black Cherry Wishniak which was a unique local dark colored cherry soda.

Rarely got soda as a kid, too expensive. Went through the Kool Aid though.

Grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and had a company called Deep Rock Beverages that bottled several flavors. Black cherry was my favorite.

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Originally posted by Oz_Shadow:
Was Tahitian Treat like a carbonated version of Hawaiian Punch ?

YUP, it's made by Canada Dry I think.

Orange Tru-Ade and a grape Nehi in Maryland.

Sunkist in NorCal

Delaware Punch in Texas. Orange and Grape Crush were also served.

For me it was Koolaid. Basically sugar and water with a "fruit" flavoring but it's what we got. Mom didn't believe in keeping carbonated drinks in the house for us kids. So the only time we got soda pop was for a party or when dad took us to his door plant. There I would be able to get a Nehi or Faygo red pop. What I thought was amazing is that Dad had the key to the pop machine and could open it up and just hand us a pop. BTW, I was about 5.

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For me it was Koolaid. Basically sugar and water with a "fruit" flavoring but it's what we got. Mom didn't believe in keeping carbonated drinks in the house for us kids. So the only time we got soda pop was for a party or when dad took us to his door plant. There I would be able to get a Nehi or Faygo red pop. What I thought was amazing is that Dad had the key to the pop machine and could open it up and just hand us a pop. BTW, I was about 5.

Occasionally we got Koolaid and FlavOraid made with twice the water you were supposed to use. Our main drink was tea. There was always a gallon pitcher of tea in everyone’s fridge. When it was used for Koolaid no one ever used more than 1 pack.

Elf soda and Shasta. Crush was too $

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For me in TN, I remember Nehi mostly. I think Crush was around too. I remember getting sick drinking too much hot Peach Nehi on a summer day. Can’t even imagine touching the stuff now.

Here in Michigan it seems Faygo was and still is the big flavored soft drink. Towne Club is a lesser local brand.

Oh GOD that takes me back! Nehi Peach soda!! I loved that stuff as a kid....it was a treat when we'd go visit my great-grandparents just across the Red River in southern Oklahoma (I grew up in Wichita Falls, TX). There was this little country story outside of Randlett, OK, and they had one of the old style cooler vending machines. You know, the kind that looked like an ice-chest, but inside was stocked with different sodas. You'd pick the one you wanted and slide it down the rails to the end. There was a bottle opener on the outside of the cooler. Anyway they had Nehi Peach, Nehi Grape, RC Cola, and Frosty Rootbeer. Always went with either Nehi Peach or Frosty.

Grape and orange NEHI soda. Round Lake Illinois.

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Tahitian Treat

4 pages and only one reference to Tahitian Treat.

That Pop machine at the Gas Station - on a Friday Night - MMMMMmmmm good.

Tahitian Treat by Canada Dry (Fruit Punch) and Shasta (Cheaper than Coke) in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 60's - early 70's.

Was almost always Shasta. Cheaper soda than other brands; big deal maker with Mom, the 'guardian' of the budget in our home. Sometimes Crush, when we were over visiting at Gramp's old corner store. Does 7-Up count? Seem to remember ad campaigns touting its citrusy flavor/nature/whatever, though most of that marketing came after I had purportedly 'grown up' already.

-MG

Grape and orange Shasta.

“it has to be Shasta!” Was the slogan we heard in Nebraska.

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“it has to be Shasta!” Was the slogan we heard in Nebraska.

We lived about 5 miles from where Shasta was "bottled" in Hayward, California. We took a tour of the plant when I was in Cub Scouts. I remember a hallway with stills from their TV commercials. I think a bunch where keystone cops themes.