Carbonated beverages have a high demand today, but they were loved still in the 19th century.
Today one can buy fizzy drinks from any grocery, but in 1880 it could be obtained only from cafes and pharmacies. Clients wanted to enjoy carbonated beverages not only in cafes.
Even if the existing technologies allowed pouring the drinks into bottles, they almost excluded that it would be closed in an as much reliable, secure and airtight way. The idea of the metal cork developed just “under the pressure” of consumers.
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