Belfast Sparkling Cider

by Nick Vagnoni (Subscribe to Nick Vagnoni's posts)
Posted Jul 22nd 2006 4:07PM
Filed under: West Coast, Business, Newspapers, America, Soda

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The San Jose Mercury News recently featured an article about Belfast Sparkling Cider, apparently a longtime favorite among Chinese communities in California. With roots dating back to Irish immigrants and California's gold rush, the cider has now become a niche favorite, found at many Chinese restaurants in San Francisco. The Mercury piece goes over several theories of how the soda rose to such prominence among Chinese Bay Area residents, speculating on taste, price and location. There is apparently little marketing needed for the stuff, since it's had a loyal following for decades.

Tags: belfast sparkling cider, BelfastSparklingCider, boutique, chinese, market, niche, old, san francisco, small, soda

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7-22-2006 @ 5:14PM

Dennis said...

Theory:

Because it tastes like alcoholic apple sidra, which is a sweet apple-y taiwanese soda that's sold all over asia (there's a huge taiwanese population in CA btw).

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7-24-2006 @ 12:19PM

Alex said...

Wow, I never knew that this was so historic. I love this stuff everything I go to a Chinese banquet!

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