Dirty soda shops want to be the next Starbucks [Video]

When Jordan Myrick first moved to California in high school and heard about dirty sodas, she wasn’t the biggest fan.“It was a weird thing,” Myrick said.Video above: Ancient Chinese drink becomes Massachusetts couple’s modern-day success storyBut in 2023, Myrick, who said she is “very passionate about soda,” visited Utah on a “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City”-themed weekend trip. At a local store called Thirst, she tried a classic dirty soda combination: Dr Pepper with coconut cream and raspberry syrup.Now, “I’m begging them to open a location in Los Angeles,” she said.Dirty soda is a nonalcoholic drink combined with creams, flavored syrups or fruit. The beverages are ingrained into Mormon culture in the Mountain West, where the faith prohibits consuming coffee and alcohol. But thanks to social media, Mormon mommy influencers and a new reality television show based in Utah, the sugary drinks are becoming more and more mainstream, …