The taste of salt soda is a bit like Sprite, slightly saltier than Sprite, but not as sweet as Sprite. Companies engaged in high-temperature production, such as some steel plants in Shanghai and Jiangsu, have developed a drink called salt soda. The purpose is to help workers cool down from the heat. Workers can get it with cold drink tickets issued by their work units.

I drank salt soda in Suzhou, and it was really ecstasy to have a sip of salt soda in the summer. Many netizens also said: When I was a kid, I bought a bottle to drink after exercising during summer vacation, and nothing can compare with the taste!

Since the unit can configure it by itself, it means that the method of configuring salt soda water is very simple. Prepare 1500 ml of cold water, 30 ml of vinegar, 6 grams of baking soda, 10 grams of citric acid, 60 grams of white sugar, 3 grams of refined salt, and 3 drops of edible lemon essence. Take a small amount of cold water to dissolve the baking soda, and mix the remaining cold water with other ingredients and stir evenly. Mix the two solutions and seal immediately to prevent air leakage. The salt soda is now made. Friends who are interested may wish to give it a try. It tastes best if it is iced, but not if it is not iced.

Nowadays, salt soda is more common in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. It is not available in other places, at least it is very rare. The summer in Wuhan is like an oven. I have been in Wuhan for so long and want to buy a bottle of salt soda to try it. It tastes like it was when I was a kid, and I can cool off by the way. Unfortunately, I didn’t find any salt soda in supermarkets or canteens in Wuhan. Initially, salt sodas were packaged in glass bottles. Later, because glass bottles were easily broken during transportation and were unhygienic for repeated recycling and cleaning, they were changed to plastic bottles. It’s really a memory to still be able to drink salt soda cement in glass bottles!

Salt soda is originally a popular drink among workers working in high temperatures, but due to its meager profits and fierce competition in the beverage market, salt soda has not been as popular as I had hoped. However, salt soda contains a certain amount of salt and has the characteristics of low sugar and low osmotic pressure. Drinking it after sweating a lot in a high temperature environment can quickly replenish the salt and water the body lacks and achieve electrolyte balance. Although there are various drinks on the market, none of them can really relieve the heat and cool down like salt soda. When the factory prepared salt soda, it borrowed materials from the Soviet Union and solicited the opinions of workers. It was obtained after many experiments and was well received by the majority of workers.