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Umeboshi
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Umeboshi

These salted, pickled plums are an ancient Japanese hangover cure.
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Bitter Melon
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Bitter Melon

This nightmarish-looking fruit has serious healing potential.
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American Spicebush
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American Spicebush

The plant's fruit, leaves, and bark offer a spice rack of flavors.
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Cotton Candy Grapes
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Cotton Candy Grapes

A crossbred table grape variety that tastes an awful lot like spun sugar.
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Licorice Root
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Licorice Root

The washed and dried root of the licorice plant was once a popular natural “candy.”
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San Marzano Tomatoes
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San Marzano Tomatoes

Grown in the volcanic soil around Mt. Vesuvius, these tomatoes are one of only a couple varieties used in authentic Neapolitan pizza.
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Reina Gattuso Added by Reina Gattuso
Fasnachts
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Fasnachts

Pennsylvanians come out in droves for this pre-Lent delicacy.
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Egg Cream
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Egg Cream

A fizzy, chocolate drink that harkens back to the days of Brooklyn soda fountains.
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Birch Beer
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Birch Beer

This cousin of root beer has a long history and a surprisingly minty taste.
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Pickleback
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Pickleback

A bar sharing a basement with a pickle place led to an unusual drink.
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Cheerwine
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Cheerwine

A World War I sugar shortage led an inventor to make a very cherry soda that looks like wine.
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Coffee Milk
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Coffee Milk

Would you like some coffee flavor with your milk?
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Grasshopper
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Grasshopper

This bright green cocktail doubles as dessert.
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Orbitz
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Orbitz

This drink hasn't been produced since the late nineties, but still has a cult following.
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Shrub
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Shrub

Before refrigeration, mixing fruit with sugar and vinegar extended its shelf life and made for a tasty drink.
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Ramune
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Ramune

The Japanese soda still comes in a marble-stoppered bottle from the 19th century.
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Turkish Coffee
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Turkish Coffee

Locals joke that you should be able to “float a horseshoe” on the thick brew.
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Wassail
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Wassail

This spiced, warming drink may have helped broker peace between warring tribes.
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Coca-Cola and Peanuts
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Coca-Cola and Peanuts

This traditional Southern pairing captures sweet and salty in a single bottle.
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Tomato Wine
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Tomato Wine

Who said vineyards have to grow grapes?
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Soylent
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Soylent

One fantasy food's journey from sci-fi vegan steak to silver screen cannibalism to actual meal replacement.
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Skal
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Skal

Meet Japan's first milk soda.
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Cheese Tea
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Cheese Tea

Bitter, sweet, and salty collide in this cool Taiwanese treat.
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Chocolate Tea
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Chocolate Tea

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.
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