Mazagran is a kind of drinkware usually used for coffee, which is named after the town of
Mazagran in
Algeria
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Overview
A
battle
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took place there in 1840 between French soldiers and Algerians and the legend says that during the night, the 123 besieged French soldiers drank coffee laced with
alcoholic beverage
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s. It is a glass or cup on a foot, optionally also with a handle or a short stem. Mazagrans can be made of terracotta, porcelain or glass.
Coffee drinks (for example: coffee with ice) served in mazagran are sometimes also named
mazagran. Mazagran was a name of a failed carbonated coffee soda beverage developed as a collaboration between
Starbucks
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As of November 2021, the company had 33,833 stores in 80 c ...
and
Pepsi
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History
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in the mid-1990s.
Article
on USA Today
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website
See also
* Mazagran, a coffee drink made with lemon juice
References
Drinkware
Starbucks
PepsiCo brands
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