Syrup pumped by hand into a glass packed with ice. Carbonated water off a silver gooseneck spigot. A spoon, a stir, and then it's handed across the counter the same way it was handed across in 1925. No machine. No soda gun. No shortcut. Just labor, priced into a soft drink.

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