How soda pop was born

I've recently become a fan of of herbal tea--oh the good a lemon mint does for a throat and a breath pattern. It's unlike anything else I drink, and the potency was hard to get used to at first. It was a blessed day the day I discovered that adding a little sugar helped. I got home today, was sipping some, thinking about the sugar, and thought, "I bet it would taste like candy with a few more tablespoons of sugar. Then again, I guess anything would taste good with loads of sugar . . . LIKE SODA." Thus, I am convinced it was invented when some weirdy put an obscene amount of sugar in their tea. Too bad it was a coca leaf and kola nut tea they were brewing.