Utah Girl Explains Mormon Soda (I Opened A Soda Shop)

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Watch as I dive into the fascinating world of utah sodas, share delicious recipes, and explain the unique lore behind these beloved drinks. Whether you're a utah soda enthusiast or just curious about this Utah sensation, this video is for you!

[@tylerbenderr]

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[@tommydeets]

The church had to change the rules because Romney came out as a soda addict. So they clarified only hot coffee and tea is bad because it's the devil's temperature.

[@travisleabeck2572]

Bet at least one Brandon will end up seeing your video and feel called out. You've got a fun vibe

[@travisleabeck2572]

LMFAO I just got to the end and you trying get people up in here commenting WAP at the end had me rolling. I see you there. Stay trolling

[@Kristen10-22]

They’ve opened Swig up in Fulshear, Texas. Always huge lines - huge I don’t understand this at all. Mormons work there ??

[@Kristen10-22]

Mormonism is a CULT

[@Monthlyjune]

My still-Mormon cousins swear they're not addicted but show up to every family function with a 48 ounce sodalicious but God forbid my sibling shows up with Starbucks

[@ATRTAP]

Ha ha that’s so weird

[@smooth_steve]

is it even worth explaining to them that an ice coffee with a little milk/plant milk and a little simple syrup is 1000% healthier than a soda - soda is about the farthest thing from God you can create, coffee is grown out of the earth and roasted. Religious indoctrination is scary and unhealthy

[@amyk.2500]

Well Starbucks is supporting the genocide in Palestine so

[@alexxxandriam]

I’m a non Mormon and I am absolutely addicted to soda. It’s so unhealthy for me, I’m young and haven’t seen any real health effects yet but It is so addicting, just as much as coffee. And it is damaging our bodies so bad.

[@thatonebinch]

@@alexxxandriam start tryna ween urself down maybe? make it more of a treat since one soda frequently has like. 160% of the sugar u should have in one day lmao (olipop is a p good low/sugar free brand that makes some good mimics flavors for classic types)

[@EmilyASMRchannel]

teens working for pennies ($7 an hour 😂) servicing caffeine enhanced sugar water to bored addicted housewives is the most Mormon setup imaginable.

[@theoutsiderjess1869]

Being a shift leader and getting 3 dollars extra makes me sad they are so underpaid

[@jessicag6729]

" mormons aren't allowed to eat anything bad" immediately drinks nothing but soda

[@bec7080]

But it's dieeettt coke

[@Thtgrlsyd]

@@bec7080diet soda is proven to have carcinogens

[@tylerbenderr]

But it’s skinny soda right

[@xgrimesreaper]

diet coke or coke zero, but then add a shit ton of sweetened creamers and/or sugar syrups to it

[@KariIzumi1]

​@@tylerbenderr but aren't the diet drinks also caffeinated? 👀

[@taram3041]

Hahaha working at soda shops was the Mormon girls version of getting hired at Hollister

[@tylerbenderr]

Wait YES HAHAHAHA

[@MeeYeeWeeWee]

That was my EXACT thought from the way it was described lol.

[@__kate___]

YALL I applied to hollister and they said no and I cried for DAYS 😅😂

[@etta5487]

You can't drink hot tea because its "harmful for the body" but half a gallon of corn syrup is okay?? I try hard to respect others religions but god yall make it hard sometimes 😭

[@Freaky0Nina]

And ever since Mitt Romney was photographed with a coke, the mormon church declared that it's not the caffeine that is evil, just green and black tea and coffee. Until then lots of mormon ppl stayed away from any caffeine.

[@itsjustBonniesworld]

all i could think of was how much sugar and chemicals they were putting in their bodies… but yeah…

[@madisonweber2480]

It's actually because Joseph Smiths wife got so annoyed cleaning up after his friends so no tobacco, coffee, or tea

[@ebrim5013]

These restrictions really aren’t there to “make sense”. It’s all about ritual obedience. In some ways it helps to have it not have a clear rationale from a religion’s standpoint.

[@etta5487]

@@madisonweber2480 honestly a girlboss moment if that's true

[@tatabeha8038]

Just a 40 yr old Black woman here, but you couldn't tell me 10 years ago I would be so fascinated with Mormons! True Crime and Trad Wives drama has me HOOKED 😩😭

[@malloryp8341]

I always assumed soda shops just sold old school sodas (made out of syrups and carbonated water). Learning its regular soda with WHIPPED CREAM and liquid sweetener repulsed me.

[@ThatAwkwardGirl7]

Those old fashioned egg creams are milk and carbonated water and syrup, so it's weird but not like it's never been done before. Plus root beer floats are basically the same thing

[@andrewweaver8189]

It's common to drink soda and creamer in Italy.

[@caelmack]

​@@ThatAwkwardGirl7I used to work at an ice cream parlor that sold both ice cream sodas and root beer floats, and they are made differently.

[@Shelsncheese]

@@andrewweaver8189the Italian version probably doesn’t have 100g of sugar if I had to guess

[@Graffitiworkrob]

@@Shelsncheesethey actually use pretty much the same syrups, but the base is just sparkling water so it’s closer to or a bit less sweet than a typical Soda, definitely no where near these mixed drinks.

[@pinkeysherbet7249]

As someone who worked at Starbucks in Utah, mormons do go to Starbucks they just get the drinks that aren’t explicitly coffee-based. The refreshers are super popular (even though they do have unroasted green coffee in them) but they generally turn a blind eye to it. They also order hot chocolates like crazy. Ps. Fun fact about the word of wisdom: Joseph Smith and his homies used to chew tobacco and spit it on the floor like animals and their wives were sick of cleaning it up, so they asked the men to stop and they got so offended that they wrote the word of wisdom where they agreed not to use tobacco anymore but they made the wives give up their “vices” which was tea and coffee. That’s why Mormons can’t drink tea or coffee.

[@crazycatlady8285]

Yah when Im feeling like ive been drinking to much coffee Ill switch to refreshers. Im a bad girl lol.

[@haleymist09]

The no hot beverage thing reminds me of one of my favorite Kenneth quotes from 30 Rock..."I dont drink hot beverages. That's the devil's temperature."

[@tylerbenderr]

Let’s go 30 rock reference

[@jmz2144]

What about Iced coffee/tea?

[@caitlinvongaertner9153]

@haleymist09 I feel like you’re my long lost bff

[@oliviasayshi7517]

​@@jmz2144idk how the interpretation like this happened, but hot drinks generally is interpreted as no non-herbals tea (even herbal tea can be controversial), and all coffee. ,,

[@labadaba5088]

Hmm, I wonder what they would say about boiled water. H2O but at 120F. I ask because that was a cultural adjustment when I went to rural china in the summer a couple times.

[@alen7480]

I just wanted to say, in many studies, sugar was found to be more addictive (in the pure physical sense) than caffeine, cocaine or opioids such as morphine and heroine. It can also cause severe personality shifts, depression, confusion and fogginess. What is even crazier, the sugar industry knew this and suppressed it in the 60s until now, often hiring the same "scientists" that protected the tobacco industry and later to "debunk climate change" for the oil industry. So sugar addiction is no joke. So I actually felt for you when you said you had a sugar addiction. You make great vids by the way

[@DanielleTinkov]

The more I learn about Utah, the more it looks like the place got stuck in the 1950s but with modern technology 🤷‍♀️

[@tylerbenderr]

Honestly… yes

[@sophiedowney1077]

The 1950s, but without the colorful interior decorating. Salt Lake City is pretty cool though. The Olympics did wonders for its public transit system and its much more modern sensibilities.

[@gmanandhislady]

That's what being in the church feels like.

[@cat_momma]

1850s

[@trinityanderson859]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@desireeknight8811]

Her imitation of the moms hitting on the young male employees was too real. 🤣

[@keybgbeez5713]

It's a crazy world out there 😂

[@davinastein5776]

It didn’t used to be blurry around soda. But then,somewhere in the late 80s early 90s, the profit at the time got a message saying coke was ok. It couldn’t possibly have been that the mormon church had recently acquired massive amounts of stock in coke, right?

[@whiskey_pink_42]

WHAAAAA?? No! Hypocrisy? Amongst the mormons?? Never! /s

[@KariIzumi1]

Wait, religious leaders can lie?! No way! 😮 /s

[@thhseeking]

hahaha..." the profit at the time" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Gold!

[@HootOwl513]

I thought it was Pepsi?

[@SDWNJ]

A for profit prophet?

[@mollyapteros]

Soda with a splash of milk is a Weight Watchers low calorie 'float' looool. I remember my dad drinking root beer and milk or creamer when he did Weight Watchers years ago.

[@CosmicRiverstone]

This explains the 'dirty' sodas at Sonic. They seemed so weird out of context.

[@mesmoe-rizing]

Sonic is based out of Oklahoma. They have their test kitchen in OKC where you can go in and try trial stuff.

[@robyn00xx]

This makes so much sense! Live in cali and always thought it was weird lol

[@katecoffee4744]

I live in Stillwater Oklahoma - birthplace of Sonic Drive-In and JUST yesterday I stopped by one of our Sonics for ice cream and saw dirty soda on the order display! Never heard of it and now I’m watching this video. The World just got smaller ☺️

[@vozera723]

​@@mesmoe-rizingyeah ever since the company got bought it's not the same tho

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

The basic concept originates from pharmacy soda fountains, I think. When those died out the concept of cream sodas with actual creams in them did, too, until some modern franchises especially where there's lots of Mormons apparently, revived it. I imagine it to taste a bit like a float with the ice cream melted into it. There's a fancy pharmacy with an old timey soda fountain and slow churned ice creams where I live. They have 'egg cream' sodas that are sorta like this on the menu. Place is delicious but expensive. Such a vibe, though.

[@holidayoreoreal]

Hey! Greetings from a South Florida girlie who’s never heard of a Utah soda. I just made one of these with Jarritos pineapple, half and half, grenadine, whipped cream, and blue sugar. It was AMAZING! Thank you for this idea!!!

[@minimalist5]

As someone raised/living in London I love learning these specific American subculture things

[@anni5392]

I'm from germany and its so interesting

[@foofieviolet]

This isn't American tho lol this is just Mormon.

[@ek-xq8tp]

I'm from the midwest in the US and I'm fascinated lol

[@KariIzumi1]

I live one state over from Utah and this is interesting,

[@mammajamma4397]

This isn't American, it's Utah Mormon.

[@billa337]

Very small bedroom community in the hills of Virginia. A "soda" shop opened in town. The natives thought this won't last long. But Southern Virginia University is here (Mormon school) and the business is killing it. You just explained to me why😂

[@lilly1389]

That man heard utah soda and immediately knew it was code for Mormon soda and was NOT gonna be indoctrinated lol

[@thhseeking]

I've always had a problem with 19-21-year-old Mormon missionaries being called "Elders" and trying to tell me that I'm living my life in the wrong way. Pass me my coffee and my Plymouth Gin! 😝

[@platypusgirl14]

It’s more hilarious when you realize they only call the 19-21year old Mormon boys are called “elders” the ladies are called “sister”

[@thhseeking]

@@platypusgirl14 When my ex- was a Mormon we'd have them over for lunch sometimes. I remember two of the "Sisters" looked like something from "Village of the Damned". They also performed a dance from their "Sisterhood", and I was reminded of a Second World War Soviet propaganda poster, arm stretched out, hand fisted. The indoctrination was strong in these two :P

[@platypusgirl14]

@@thhseeking sounds like dodging nuclear bombs

[@plutigvid]

Also the founder of FIIZ is a such a whiney petty man. I used to do banking for him and he would just whine at every opportunity about "My workers think they deserve more money (They make $7.25), and how everyone is stealing his brilliant soda ideas. During the pandemic he would NOT shut up about masks. Every time i saw him. I remember him coming in during the covid relief PPP loans and just kept saying "Im here for the free money" and refused to elaborate. Anyways, I hate soda shops lol.

[@tylerbenderr]

This checks out ughhh

[@KariIzumi1]

"I'm here for the free money" is sending me ☠️☠️☠️ But lol, the idea of mixing soda with other liquid things ain't new, me and my siblings and cousins would make suicide soda when we were kids, which was basically us mixing as many sodas as possible from the self serve machine. Plus, as Tyler said, soda is one of the cheapest things to stock up on as a restaurant owner, this could've been thought up by someone in the Midwest or the South or basically anywhere other than California South of I-10 with its diet culture (I'm Californian, I can say it lol)

[@vanpunk]

Really enjoyed the delivery of the edutainment here, I love it when people can have a sense of humor about themselves and their community instead of seeming judgey or sarcastic.

[@oscarguerrero178]

As a neverMo who has lived in Utah his whole life watching soda shops rise has truly been quite the interesting experience.

[@scorpionic-night]

whats a neverMo ? Never Mormon?

[@chalseoko8206]

neverMo???

[@oscarguerrero178]

NeverMo is a term for never Mormon, used a lot on Reddit

[@keeganeilin8833]

Omg stay strong out there 🫡

[@KariIzumi1]

NeverMos are braver than any Marine I served with TBH 🫡

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

9:48 "So you do your coke!" Said in the most cheerful friendly tone just sent me 🤣

[@keybgbeez5713]

Bro my friend was chilling then went "yo coke?" Self incriminating at its best

[@khansard]

Starbucks in Utah are amazing! Never a line, and usually get free cafe items 🎉

[@amyk.2500]

Starbucks is funding the genocide in Palestine

[@theonlydiego1]

Is cold brew acceptable? It’s not hot

[@justanawkwardnerd]

@@theonlydiego1 It's still coffee, though. Maybe some of their refreshers, but if tea's also considered bad, I doubt it.

[@michelleharris750]

Except during tourist season. Anyway, haven’t met an Utah barista that could make a good mocha latte.

[@christiea.6778]

I’ve lived in Utah for 7 years as a non Mormon and I’m still not used to the culture here. It is different than any place I’ve ever been.

[@ChubbyUnicorn]

Watch "Stepford Wives" a few times and Mormon / Utah culture will make sense.

[@lindseystein9676]

I live in the Midwest and we don’t have a huge Mormon population, so this soda concoctions are wild to me. I do like a sprite/seven up with grenadine or rose syrup though. Coke and coffee creamer on the other hand, idk about that…

[@Andrew-z5b1g]

Sprite with grenadine is a Sherly Temple, that's a classic mocktail right there. When I was a kid adults would always give me this at weddings

[@mhfromnh1421]

and coke with grenadine is a Roy Rogers. I also used to put a splash of Hi-C pink lemonade in my diet Coke when I worked in a restaurant.

[@thegoodwitchluzura]

Coke with coconut cream is on the way to making a non-alcoholic margarita.

[@caskett8898]

imo its similar in flavor to a coke float, im also from the midwest and unfamiliar with the whole thing but someone explained it to me like that and it made sense lol

[@raphealaazaniahi4761]

Coke with cream, fruit and coconut 😭 idk about that one.

[@cloudgirl131]

Fun fact: Arizona also has a high mormon population. My boyfriend grew up there, but moved to CA later for work. We met in CA and I visited AZ with him. There are mormon churches on like every corner, including the super huge decorative ones that look like castles. I unfortunately did not get to see any soda shops

[@2stayweird]

Slight tangent: My best friend as a kid was Mormon and not only did her family (6 brothers and sisters of course) not eat chocolate, drink caffeine, etc. -- she could not SWIM on Sundays. My little brain could not parse out how swimming was a sin and my Presbyterian parents were like "🤷‍♂🤷‍♀"

[@stripdstrwbrrysundae]

@c471NOT ALLOWED TO SWIM??? The more I find out about this religion the harder it is to take it seriously

[@broken_elevator]

as a mormon my whole life this is the first time i’ve ever heard about no chocolate or swimming on sundays lol

[@M4RI4TIGER]

My Presbyterian brain would not be able to handle that either lol 🤯

[@edie4321]

I remember my friends Catholic parents turned Mormon. According to their new religion, they had to keep a year's supply of food on hand. Her basement was well stocked with what I remember most, every flavor of Faygo soda, delivered. It was so cool at her house of many flavors. This was in the Detroit area in the early seventies. I thought Mormonism seemed rather cool.

[@88amona]

​@c471I was taught the same growing up. Then my uncle told me they went spearfishing alot on his mission in Tonga 🇹🇴 😑 then everything went out the window for me. And I went swimming on my mission LOL

[@Mater_Lachrymarum]

I always thought LDS members were supposed to abstain from caffeine, period, so this was actually incredibly fascinating to learn about!

[@katherinebaker9909]

"The demographic is all Karens" I'm sorry, but I absolutely DIED laughing at that!

[@afterburner94]

I have no idea why this video popped up in my very French KZbin feed, but hey, that was enjoyable and entertaining to watch! Utah is really an alien place sometimes! Bonjour from Paris, France, Tyler!

[@SilverSkitty]

I’m Indian and I once made chai for my class as part of a cultural presentation. One of my classmates was Mormon and I had no idea she couldn’t drink tea, I felt so terrible 😭

[@DeidresStuff]

Why? That's not your problem.

[@MuffingDaCabage]

@@DeidresStufffr she should be thanking that guy. Finally showing her that the stuff they don’t want her too and seeing that shits good. Got 2 ex Mormon friends what they describe is a cult

[@SilverSkitty]

Oh lol, I’m a girl. I felt bad because I would have brought her soda or something so she didn’t feel left out

[@kallista5194]

​@@SilverSkittyfyi, chai concentrate mixed with sparkling water & sweetened cream is *delicious*

[@onradioactivewaves]

Don't feel bad, you may have saved them

[@NoNameNumberTwo]

Your transition to long form content is going swimmingly 🌊-keep up the good work! 😁

[@Kirsten_is_cursed10]

What’s crazy is I remember when Mitt Romney ran for president, it was considered a big deal that he was drinking caffeinated soda! Back then, all the soda fountains at BYU were also caffeine-free, so it’s actually fairly recent that they’ve been this open to soda with caffeine. It’s probably a good trend, honestly, I think it’s good for kids and teens to have somewhere to “go” for a little treat. For the millennials, it was fro yo with allll the toppings.

[@tylerbenderr]

Omg thank u for the lore we love this

[@virginiarogers9391]

I remember being in college and hearing that BYU was going to start serving soda on campus lmfao

[@Blue-sy1gh]

@@virginiarogers9391my band teacher there got “caught” drinking a Mountain Dew, and had to claim that he had a terrible headache so it was “medicinal” 😂

[@Thepeanutcollector]

@@Blue-sy1ghthat teachers a master at bullshitting

[@CutoutClips]

AFAIK, the soda fountains at BYU are still caffeine free

[@hopeg02]

We have some of these in central Florida, decorated sugar cookies and different flavored sodas.. I love it too because it’s by the lake so it gives it a nice feeling to walk out with ur cute soda and go down on a walk around the lake

[@Arri7979]

I didn't know missionaries could be assigned to Utah. Why are they assigned to Utah? I met missionaries in Florida and New Hampshire, but it does sound like the biggest L to be a missionary in Utah. Like, imagine being assigned to BYU 😭

[@Thehouseoffail]

Maybe they try to covert people at the Starbucks.

[@haleymist09]

Makes it sound like any place out of Utah is considered out of the country lol

[@siennagalvez8671]

The missions based in Utah actually have some of the highest numbers of converts to the religion 😂

[@breighbell7542]

So some of the Missionaries’s sent to Utah go to “temple square” which is like church headquarters and a ton of people visit from all over the world so there’s that, but yeah it is kind of a big L in my opinion like that’s the last place I would have wanted to go lol

[@KariIzumi1]

​@@siennagalvez8671LOL WHUT FTR I believe you but I find that hella funny

[@deepthoughtswithjessica]

0:51 Because they’re gross. 🤢

[@KariIzumi1]

The sassy old man at the end is sending me OMG 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@tylerbenderr]

Michael supremacy fr

[@jeremiah_12]

When did snark turn into sass?

[@EvanEdwards]

I've been doing this since I was a little kid in the 1980s. Half and half and root beer or Dr. Pepper, and a little vanilla extract. It's essentially a float without ice cream. You can do it zero sugar with heavy cream and diet root beer, and you can also blend the vanilla and cream or half and half with ice, then add the soda.

[@rawleigh729]

Utah people I think are like fallout npc, just weird encounters

[@MsSwthrt102]

😂

[@sophiedowney1077]

I live in Utah, and I walk around in public with a 4 foot snake around my shoulders. So that tracks.

[@-K_J-]

If I go to Utah I feel like I'll see the Wild Wasteland ui message in my peripheral vision the moment I cross the state line

[@norwegianblue2017]

My buddy has worked all over the place in the US. He always said that the women in Utah were the best looking.

[@buzzbrutusexcelsior2236]

Love seeing other people's local favorites, 5star chili in Cincinnati, Carolina red hot,Georgia boiled peanuts (actually all around in the south) Rochester white hots, i never would've guessed that pop done coffee style would evolve into a whole local flavor profile like that and the story behind it is interesting too (if you're Mormon and promise to be quiet i'll buy and sneek you a coffee if you'd like.)and i look forward to visiting Utah and experiencing a Mormon soda (POP)!!😋

[@elizabethwillis885]

It’s just so funny how hot drinks are bad for you but Diet Coke is totally fine.

[@HB-yg3ke]

From Idaho (my husband is from eastern Idaho which is like Mormon central) don’t forget to mention THEY ALWAYS ARE CLOSED ON FUCKING SUNDAYS.

[@KariIzumi1]

"You do your coke" LOL phrasing 😂😜

[@sapphirelane1714]

As somebody who’d never left the South, USA, until a recent cross-country move, it feels so good to somewhat understand these kind of videos! Went to a soda shop driving through Utah, wondered why there were so many!

[@aronrod386]

Your videos always scratch an itch of thoughtful critique, hilarious parody and very engaging concepts.

[@tylerbenderr]

Omg thank you so much 😭❤️

[@ANPC-pi9vu]

And great eye game

[@lindenm.9149]

Just made a Carmel creamer and vanilla syrup diet Dr Pepper. It was insane. Beautiful. A rare dangerous treat.

[@pacey5980]

I feel like I got diabetes just reading this comment 😂

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

No coffee: OK, rough, but I could deal with that. No tea: 😨😰😭😭😭😭😭

[@Arri7979]

Literally one of the reasons I never became Mormon. I can let go of coffee, but I'm literally boiling water for tea as we speak, though the missionaries I talked to said I can have herbal teas, so maybe that's another grey area.

[@mouhammadmbacke184]

Herbal teas aren't made from the tea plant so they usually don't have caffeine, which makes them okay I guess from a mormon perspective. Tdlr; We call herbal teas "tea" but they technically aren't "tea," which contains caffeine.

[@HobbesTheTigerr]

@@Arri7979 I am SO glad you love tea. That's the only reason you didn't join?? 🤣🤣

[@broken_elevator]

⁠@ypp0pi’m mormon and the thing i heard about it is like specifically tea leaves and it’s not about the caffeine idk

[@liz_violet]

no tea? IN CALIFORNIA!? you might as well not allow me to leave the house!

[@katatonic726]

17:02 I really thought you were gonna say "me & all my girlies from my hometown"... have diabetes 😂 omgsh 😳

[@Sunkist38]

Where I live we have two Guzzles, a Swig, and a Fiiz all within 15 minutes of each other and the one closest to me always has a line of cars spilling out onto main street. And people here are truly obsessed. The teachers at the local high school had to start making a rule where you couldnt bring your Guzzle into class so there was all these styrofoam cups sitting in the hallway ha ha

[@Shelsncheese]

Because sugar is addictive, just like caffeine. but they’ve already moved the goalpost on that one.

[@aylamyers5851]

The coffee shop in my college about 12 years ago sold irish cream sodas for a ridiculous price. I ordered one, watched how they made it, liked it and immediately went and bought some soda and cream from the store. Nver heard of morman soda or utah soda until this last year. It is the same concept of a rootboor float. 😂

[@Kay-tz2fh]

Tyler I’m absolutely obsessed with your long form content🤣

[@tylerbenderr]

Thank u sm for being here

[@jenniferhil942]

Randomly discovered your channel and now watching all of your videos. Lol I’m in Arizona and the soda shops are all over here as well. I guess that makes sense alottttt of Mormons are here as well. The drinks are delicious and the shops are always busy.

[@Starkardur]

Coffee is not allowed in mormonism. At first I thought, okay I guess they abstain from Caffeine but it has nothing to do with Caffeine, you can have as much caffeine as long as it's not coffee or tee. So if it's hot drink then they can't drink anything hot but what about Iced coffee? or hot chocolate? It is a little weird.

[@scorpionic-night]

that's weird. I only drink matcha lattes so I guess I would fit in. Im also a massive atheist though so....perhaps not.

[@Arri7979]

Coffee or tea. Caffeine from soda or energy drinks seems fine, though.

[@scorpionic-night]

it probably varies from Mormon to Mormon. some of them break rules.​@@Arri7979

[@nemi-ru5318]

What if you only drink cold brewed tea and coffee so it's never been hot? Or do they take roasting and steaming into account? In that case would cold brewed white tea should be allowed? And what about herbal tea?

[@cecilyerker]

@@scorpionic-nightmatcha is green tea babe 😂

[@The_Baph0met]

I'm a carbonation freak and pouring the soda just straight like that is like nails on a chalkboard to me and makes the drink flat. Keep the glass at an angle to reduce splash and bubbling as much as possible. I mean, unless you're into flat drinks.

[@CarDietrich]

Ngl I kinda want to take a road trip to Utah now to try this (monstrously) unique sounding soda. Unless you open one in LA which is much more geographically convenient for me

[@justine4652]

They're in Arizona too

[@LGalvin]

Girl, you're hilarious! The flirty mom bit had me rolling!🤣

[@evanjuleen]

They do soda bars in Japan too. 💖 Its such a cute thing. It's root beer floats Boba tea style.

[@jazmohawk7435]

I just moved to Utah (from Arizona) last fall to start college and I’m on month 6 of working in a soda shop. It’s so fun (a little underpaid) and really laid back…except when the lines get insanely long. Definitely a culture shock.

[@whiskey_pink_42]

What school in Utah is better than anything in AZ? ASU and U of A are amazing.

[@jazmohawk7435]

@@whiskey_pink_42 I wanted to go out of state and for something better for one of the programs I’m pursuing haha.

[@peterc4056]

0:30 "We have invented our own lane, baby". Meaning Utah has put a modern spin on 1920's pharmacy soda fountains but with store-bought pre-processed ingredients. I'll take a genuine egg cream, a pilk, or an Italian soda over some coffee creamer poured into a soda any day. Solid video, though, in spite of the absolute lack of awareness of American pop culture in the last century.

[@kween4u268]

my teeth hurt when you named the ingredients😭🦷 thats ALOT OF SUGAR, and sugar is addictive too but that’s America baby🇺🇸 (pre-) diabetas 4th generation here🫡

[@carolinel.7804]

Different cultures are so interesting.

[@tammystiletto]

Addictions can come from anywhere. Great video

[@controltestsubject7372]

The hot drinks interpretation to mean tea and coffee is interesting because in Nigeria, "hot drinks" mean alcoholic spirits.

[@dm96177]

I was raised by a Mormon nanny and her whole family was addicted to soda. I have never really drank soda my entire life because it is literally sugar acid 😅 I do drink 1 cup of coffee with almond milk almost every day though.

[@sarafray]

I grew up LDS in the Midwest and we weren’t allowed to drink caffeinated soda at all but my mom and her family were transplanted from the South so iced tea was somehow fine. We would have two pitchers at family gatherings: southern sweet tea, and unsweet tea.

[@lammilyirl]

the guy asking if it was a prank is so valid like why is the camera man so far away 😭

[@LunarLeahy11]

Listening to this while I work and the 12:22 “Hey Brendan” freaked me tf out 😂😂

[@_k_d_d_264]

Tbh, coke and creamer doesnt sounds that bad, when u think about rootbeer and icecream floats, but interesting none the less

[@NinaYo401]

Super satisfying content, groundbreaking honestly. Way to go.

[@tylerbenderr]

Hahahaha thank you

[@danderson8431]

We had a FIZZ in San Antonio, TX. It was in an old Sonic so there were no indoor seating areas. It didn’t last long.

[@astropisces]

"im gonna put a lil rainbow on top, im like tht old guy" LMFAO the one who makes all those crazy old school lookin milkshakes, he's a gem

[@koolaidman_]

13:12 my aunt is mormon, and her younger son went to Chile for his mission trip. Her older son got Ohio, and i kind of felt bad for him, that felt underwhelming compared to Chile

[@TheOriginalAverageJane]

My midwestern town is getting a Swig soon. I'd never heard of it, so your video has been very informative!

[@babsbunny_]

“You look like you’re a junior in high school” lmaooooo

[@tylerbenderr]

💀✋✋ Michael is too much

[@TheFiteShow]

soda shops are awesome, dude... i went to one in wetumpka once and it was great. i wish they were more common, i love 50s era third places like diners and soda is DELICIOUS

[@sloth387]

parts of where my family lives has a slight mormon population. i guess that now explains the soda shop nearby with all the different flavors and combinations in their drinks

[@trishie3376]

The milk/cream and soda used to be my after-school snack of choice. Got it from Laverne and Shirley.

[@vigetscreative]

My sister told me about soda bars in Utah (a lot of her clients are mormon) and i decided that if all else fails ill open a soda bar

[@tylerbenderr]

Pls do queen

[@The8bitbeard]

I grew up in Northern Utah in the 80s and 90s. Never heard of this soda thing before. Of course I've heard there are some other major changes. Growing up we called it "pop". From what I've heard, most Utah residents are just calling it "soda" now, and the US region that calls it "pop" is rapidly shrinking. One of the things I really miss is going into a diner and ordering a "scone", and you would get a plate-sized piece of fried bread, usually with a side of honey butter. I remember trying to ask for a scone outside of Utah for the first time and getting a confused look in return.

[@KariIzumi1]

Also, as a fun fact: I was at my Target in Reno today and I saw they have coconut flavored Doctor Pepper for sale. I never liked DP so I won't be trying this out but I figure they must have made that one specifically for Utah haha

[@UmbralSol]

I've never heard of Swig, but I have seen a Sodalicious here in AZ just by pure chance and a bit of curiosity. I like the whole idea and concept of a soda shop, and we like to go there every now and then when we happen to be in that part of town. But it's interesting hearing the OG soda shop originated in Utah back in 2010.

[@tassb6253]

I grew up on AZ, I'm not Mormon but I grew up in an area with a lot of Mormons, and I remember soda being one of the things they couldn't have. So when I started hearing about soda shops and that they were a Mormon thing I was confused. I wouldn't know as an outsider but does Mormon culture change from state to state?

[@dawnoheee9524]

I live in Billings, MT, where there is a Mormon temple here. There is a local soda chain here that makes these mix soda dirnks that are soooo good. They operate out of kiosks. I had no clue that this was a Mormon cultural thing. Thanks for the background about this.

[@JustinKobra]

👏👏👏 Great Video I feel better now with some Utah lore under my belt but now i am looking at zillow prices in St. George.

[@film9491]

I am so confused about the rules. If it is heat that is the problem, not caffeine, then shouldn't iced tea and iced coffee be allowed? Doesn't Starbucks sell iced coffee? On the other hand does that mean herbal (hot) tea is not allowed?

[@dsl.1034]

You’re not wrong😊. It is a massive contradiction. It would seem the terms “ coffee”, and “tea” , are trigger words🙄. Regardless of temperature.

[@Lslobo.]

Just came back from church and now I’m watching this 💀 I’m in the smack middle of Utah and there is a fiz at the bottom of my street.

[@Arri7979]

How was church?

[@scorpionic-night]

a Mormon church?

[@Lslobo.]

@arri797 good!

[@Lslobo.]

@ scorpionic-night yes. I still live in my parents house so I can’t leave yet, but I think I will one day.

[@scorpionic-night]

​@@Lslobo. oh gosh. good luck to you sweetie. i hope you find your own personal way of understanding this crazy world and continue to prioritize yourself because you deserve that. ❤

[@HereticHousewife]

Swig and Fiiz soda shops are popping up here in Texas now. There's a Swig getting ready to open in the closest town to me. I saw the logo on the building and had to look it up and see what it was. It makes sense though. It's hot as blazes here, people love sweet drinks, and you don't have to get out of your air conditioned car to pick up a cold drink from the drive through. We've got iced tea shops like HteaO, and Dutch Brothers, Starbucks, Dunkin, and Sonic already. Swig and Fiiz ought to fit right into the mix.

[@afull375]

I live in a rural part of California and the cool kids here use the soda machine at the gas station I work at and make themselves dirty sodas and this is a relatively recent thing for them. Like one day they just showed up, got their little dr.pepper took up all the French vanilla coffee creamer, made a mess and then paid the $1.50. It’s not a big thing but the cool girlies are definitely the ones doing it lol

[@meowiestwo]

why is this so cute, lmao. good for them

[@kier3576]

I was in the mountains in north GA a few weeks ago, and I saw a Swig and was entirely confused. I said "Certainly this isn't a drive-thru alcohol place, and certainly it's not just for soda? why would there be just a drive-thru for SODA." but now knowing it was Mormon, it makes a lot more sense lol

[@saintblades]

Woah 😂 sodie moms need to get their sh*t together.. leave the teen-agers alone! floored me..

[@taylor3950]

Yes, that was incredibly nasty. Hate to see pdfs just roaming free

[@spatula0city]

Very fun and informative. I feel like I would have so much fun at a party listening to your stories!

[@brandonsclips7741]

Ive always wanted to try these mixed sodas low key

[@hopeg02]

They’re good

[@airquarius713]

I live in southern NM, and i grew up friends with a mormon girl whose family interpreted it as caffeine was the issue in tea and coffee so they didn’t even have soda either! I was so confused by the title of this video, i didn’t realize her family was extra hardcore.

[@HobbesTheTigerr]

The man at the end didn't want to see Utah soda. lol

[@tylerbenderr]

Fr ✋✋

[@EchosOfSanity]

In Texas Sonic Drive-In sells a vanilla cream...could be coke, DP, root beer, anything they have soda wise, they add vanilla syrup and their ice cream base but its melted. Just don't look in the cup because...well, I'm not gonna say what it really looks like but it looks chunky. They are the best thing ever. I miss them now that I'm in Mississippi but this has given me all new ideas. Thank you!

[@mrbinks10]

Does “No hot beverages” encompass soup? I presume a broth is drunk.

[@JC-sm4mp]

Hearing you rant in such a silly relatable way about such a funny integral part of my culture is SENDING ME. Im an 04 kid who grew up in st George 🥲 I remember the first time I'd ever HEARD of swig 😭

[@JC-sm4mp]

My college has a place called soda nerd lmao