Cawy Bottling Company#Quinabeer
{{Short description|Cuban soda beverage company}}
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Cawy Bottling Company is a soda beverage company founded in Cuba in 1948 and nationalized following the Cuban Revolution. Two of the company's executives emigrated to the U.S. and restarted the brand in 1962, first offering lemon-lime soda and then diversifying outside of that competitive market by offering Materva (a yerba mate flavored soda) and then other tropical flavors.[https://books.google.com/books?id=k186e30BHmgC&dq=Cawy&pg=PT284 Cubans: an Epic Journey: The Struggle of Exiles for Truth and Freedom]
Products
Cawy's soda brands include lemon-lime soda, Materva, Jupiña, Champ's Cola and Quinabeer. Jupiña is the company's best-selling line. Other offerings from the company include Cawy Watermelon, Coco Solo (a coconut soda), Fruti Cola (a red cola), Malta Cawy (a Malta (soft drink)), Trimalta, Rica Malt Tonic, and Rica Orange Mandarin.
= Jupiña =
Jupiña (pronounced hoo-peen-yah) is a sweet pineapple flavored carbonated beverage. The name is from a condensed version of "Jugo de Piña" (juice of pineapple).[https://books.google.com/books?id=v1GIwcrmMS4C&dq=Jupi%C3%B1a&pg=PT336 Sabor!: A Passion for Cuban Cuisine] by Ana Quincoces Rodriguez
=Quinabeer=
Quinabeer is a carbonated beverage produced by Cawy Bottling Company. It is very sweet with hints of orange and cherry flavor.[http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/shortorder/2010/08/exotic_sodas_george_prince_lov.php George Prince Loves Quinabeer] Soda Survey by Sebastian Del Marmol August 24, 2010 Miami New Times It has been described as tasting like a combination of cream soda and cola. Another source says it is "like root beer, but sweeter".{{cite book|last=Judson|first=Lyman Spicer V.|title=Your holiday in Cuba|url=https://archive.org/details/yourholidayincub00juds|url-access=registration|year=1952|publisher=Harper}}
Quinabeer cans feature a stylized drawing of a bicep flexing "Champion George Prince". The same figure also adorns Cawy's Champ's Cola, a lighter version of Quinabeer.{{cite web|url=http://weeklyfizz.blogspot.com/2008/03/champs-cola-george-prince-endorsed.html|title=WEEKLY FIZZ: Champ's Cola | George Prince Endorsed Since Sometime in the 20th Century|publisher=weeklyfizz.blogspot.com|accessdate=2014-04-14}}
Distribution
See also
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References
Further reading
- Cuban immigrant started Cawy Bottling in Miami by Carli Teproff March 19, 2011 Miami Herald
- {{cite web|url=http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2011/03/19/906327/fallece-cubano-que-popularizo.html |title=Fallece Cubano que popularizó Materva y Jupiña en EEUU |language=Spanish |trans-title=Death of the Cuban who popularized Materva and Jupiña in the U.S. |date=March 20, 2011 |author=Daniel Shoer Roth |publisher=El Nuevo Herald |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113000220/http://www.elnuevoherald.com/2011/03/19/906327/fallece-cubano-que-popularizo.html |archivedate=2014-01-13 }}