When I was a kid, I’d spend my summers at my grandparents house, in Memphis, Tennessee.
It was the 70′s, and a pretty cool time to be on my own in a foreign land. Everywhere I went, I was accused of having a “funny accent” and when I told people my name was “Dan” they’d say “Darrin?”
Besides spending about 8 hours per day in the pool (which I did just about every day), we sometimes took road trips. My grandpa Art Miller would take his summer vacation, and they’d cart me across the South and East, primarily to Civil War sites, since I seemed to enjoy seeing the cannons.
The beverage of choice on all of these trips wasn’t Coke, or Sprite, or Pepsi, or even Dr. Pepper; Nope. It was Shasta.
I don’t exactly know why. Was Shasta that much cheaper? Or was it a bigger and bolder brand back then? I don’t even know if they make it anymore, though I’d bet that they do.
I can still imagine the crisp flavor of grape, black cherry, and Shasta cola, and it pulls me back to those road trips and worry free days, where all I wanted was an Evel Keneval bicycle.
- Daniel
Thanks SmilinPhoenix!
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Shasta orange, used to drink that by the gallon back in the day.
I think it’s popularity had to do with price and the fact it was sold in loose cases so you could mix and match flavors till you were giddy.
It’s still made, they even have a website @ http://www.shastapop.com/
I have similar memories about Fanta in cans…
I used to hang out a lot with my father and the auto parts store he used had a soda machine the owner stocked himself, and it was always Fanta in there.
So every trip to that store meant I’d be getting me a cold Fanta orange and as a result I still equate that particular beverage with memories of hanging out with dad and killing time at the parts store.
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Sorry for the late bike but it is the thought that counts, right?
That MUZZ ad is now my desktop and it is sick!
Thanks for the avacado / guacamole green.
Shasta was a big thing back then. Cool Muzz ad!
Ahh. Grape Shasta in the summers.
And Slurpees. Summer of Slurpees.
I even remember the Shasta tv commercial.
Snowed like crazy here yesterday.
I hear Yakima got 1-3″.
Isn’t it MARCH!?
Shasta is definitely still around. They sell it at a cheapo corner store sort of near my school. It’s what the stoners drink, you see purple cans falling out of the trash cans after lunch.
By the way, I disagree with their motto…
There is nothing better than a blood feud.
Sadly, I missed out on most of the 70′s, so don’t really have any memories of Shasta, except hearing my brother-in-law rave over grape shasta. But I have similar fond memories of Fresca – that’s what my grandparents kept their fridge stocked with. Did you know that if you drink a 6-pack of Fresca you’ll snow in your pants?
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