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This New Organic Version of Your Favorite Childhood Soda is a Must-Try

This article is written by a student writer from the Spoon University at Brandeis chapter.

Ah, Shirley Temple—the beer of childhood. Your still-young soul (don’t lose that vital force…adulthood is stale) can’t imagine a better taste, can it? You might even be a bit wary about anything that attempts to shake up the classic childhood memory. But to your and everyone’s surprise, the Shirley Temple has gotten better and there’s no way you can be anything but ecstatic about it.

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The name’s Twist. Temple Twist. It’s the official bottled organic version of the Shirley Temple and it puts the “duh” in soda. As in, why has no one thought of this until now?

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Photo by Jon Allen

When CEO Jon Allen was younger (he’s still ONLY 23… aaaaand feeling sh*tty about myself), he enjoyed Shirley Temples just as much as the next tot. Probably more than any kid ever, actually, because… well because he started an entire company based on his love for the damn drink. That’s commitment.

The best part: Temple Twist tastes just as bold and just as refreshing as the Shirley Temple you were drinking in the days when you used your computer and it sounded like aliens were intercepting your phone lines.

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Feel old yet? #welovenostalgia

And guess what else – Temple Twist falls under the almighty USDA category: certified organic.

120 wholesome calories in a WHOLE BOTTLE of Temple Twist. And I’ll stress it again, the six simple ingredients are organic. A good-tasting soda is healthier at last. Cue Etta James.

Finally those of us moderating our soda intake can cut out the cutting out and drank as much soda as we waw-nt. Finally those of us drinking “diet” soda can stop living a lie since diet = not diet when it comes before the word soda.

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Yeah, no drink is healthy or good for your diet if it can dissolve a nail.

Basically this development of the Shirley Temple is equivalent to Hostess coming out with a nutritious Twinkie. Imagine…. (That’s a hint, Hostess).

WAIT. It gets better. How? Booze.

A bottle of this stuff is good for three cocktails, so your vodka can mix with 40 cals of mouth-watering HEALTH instead of 100 cals of some awful, unpronounceable chemical. Now we don’t have to entirely obliterate our bodies with 6+ drinks every Saturday night. We can drink Temple Twist and only sort of obliterate our bodies .#gettwisted #notsorry

“…if you’re reading this it’s too late.” #Drake #TempleTwist

A photo posted by Temple Twist (@templetwist) on Apr 10, 2015 at 1:05pm PDT

I have two words for the CEO of Temple Twist who caused my childhood dreams (made in adulthood) to come true. I have two words for the man who is helping me feel the youth, and helping me stay young/alive at the same time vs. drinking nail crumbler.

Thank you.

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Niki Laskaris

Brandeis '16