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Kool-Aid

Kool-Aid History
Food

How Kool-Aid Became the Flavor of Childhood

Mickey Yarber

Kool Aid was more than a drink. It was summer in a pitcher, a burst of color and flavor that grew wilder in the 90s when Sharkleberry Fin and Great Bluedini turned childhood into neon magic.

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