Ramune bottles are officially called codd neck bottle named after english mechanical engineer hiram codd who invented it in 1872.
Why is there a marble in ramune soda.
Why a marble you ask.
Welcome to my ramune recipe for disaster or how i removed the marble from the bottle a good friend recently brought me a marble pop as a gift.
Ramune is a unique take on the typical soda bottle and the marble makes it stand out from the crowd.
The drink was introduced in 1872 in the sixth largest city of japan called kobe.
Ramune is a soft carbonated drink with a codd neck marble locked in the packaging glass bottle.
Place the plunger topper on top of the marble and push down until the marble falls into the marble chamber the wider part of the neck of the bottle.
Also referred to as marble soda these drinks were quite common around the world.
In 1872 british soft drink maker hiram codd of camberwell london designed and patented a bottle designed specifically for carbonated drinks.
Most people know ramuné for its unique bottle called the codd neck bottle.
When sealed the pressure of the carbonated drink pushes the marble upwards against the lid sealing the drink secure.
While there are a few theories tracing the exact origins of the japanese ramune beverage it was initially introduced around the late 19th century.
The uniqueness comes from the marble inside the bottle.
A codd neck bottle is a type of bottle used for carbonated drinks.
The bottles made of glass have a codd neck and the purpose of the marble is to hold in the carbonation.
Some bottles will have two little grooves on one side of the marble chamber.
It has a closing design based on a glass marble which is held against a rubber seal which sits within a recess in the lip.
Alexander cameron sim the scottish pharmacist had introduced this amazing soda.
However there was the pronunciation issue and the word lemonade became what we know as of today ramuné.
The bottle was designed and manufactured with thick.
The codd head is held in place by the pressure of the carbonation in the drink to open the bottle a plastic device used to push the marble inward is provided.
This is particularly important in today s crowded soft drinks market since there are so many different competitor sodas all competing to be different.
The design of ramune bottles is what makes it unique.
The beginnings of the ramune drink.
In a nutshell it is a fruity flavoured soda with a novelty of being sealed by a marble.
Instead of a traditional bottle cap the marble acts as the bottle cap.
You will see the top of the ramune soda marble sitting just inside the bottle.
One theory suggests that ramune was first served to shogunate officials by american naval commodore matthew perry in 1853 while another story purports that ramune was first sold as remon sui or lemon.