On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 16:40:45 -0600, graham > wrote:

>On 22/07/2015 4:07 PM, wrote:
>> On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 13:38:44 -0400, Mike Duffy
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 17:20:20 -0600, Dr. Edward Morbius wrote:
>>>
>>>> Teaberry is a regional name for wintergreen (also known as Canada tea,
>>>> which may explain the name of Canada mints which are also wintergreen
>>>> flavored).
>>>
>>> Wintergreen is one of three flavours combined to yield the "classic" pink
>>> bubble gum flavour. The other two are cassia and vanilla.
>>
>> Wintergreen is/was also used in root beer. Some years ago I spent a
>> lot of time searching for 'authentic' root beer recipes... what a
>> minefield that turned out to be, I don't think I saw any two
>> 'authentic' recipes that were the same In the end, I finally found
>> an extract with the right kind of ingredients (not easy, due to the
>> 'toxic' ingredients) and brewed from that.
>> Came out wonderful, perfect. I still have half a bottle of that
>> extract, I should make some more soon.
>>
>To Brits, wintergreen is associated with a particularly smelly
>embrocation that was commonly used to relieve aches and rheumatic pains.

That's a point - 'wintergreen' is a name used for many different
plants, so care is required with that.

>Therefore, to me, root beer is vile!!

Not me, I love a /good/ root beer, or Sarsaparilla, as it is better
known in Australia. Oh, and a decent ginger beer too.

That said, I don't like any sodas at all (I wouldn't class a root or
ginger beer as a soda myself).