@@CocaCole27 it's mentioned in the early part of the video, it's because they're "hot" drinks, apparently. the difference is they're hot lol. then throughout the rest of the video, they bypass the hot part lol. it's about their interpretation. cause they say no iced coffee, no iced tea, and no red bull types lol.
As someone from Utah and an ex-mormon, they get so mad at you when you drink tea or coffee. But the soda shops are... EVERYWHERE. and everyone here is addicted to soda for sure.
I know! My coworker comments on my drinking a homemade oat milk latte 3x a week but her being halfway through a litre of MOUNTAIN DEW before 8 am is fine?
i don’t understand why caffeine in soda is fine but coffee and tea isn’t allowed. and why is iced coffee or tea out of the question? honestly that is one of the least weird aspects of that religion which is saying a lot. some guy in the 1800s really made up a religion so he could have multiple wives and just decided to include the craziest random rules. absolutely wild 😂
And as mentioned in the video, sugar-free sweeteners in diet sodas disrupt normal cellular metabolism, leading to diabetes, etc. over time. I had a coworker who would drink six Diet Cokes a day who recently developed diabetes at 43 years old.
they also buy up lots of agricultural land cause they hate Christian farmers in this country. Joseph Smith himself predicted that the US would collapse within his lifetime.
I worked at Dunkin and a woman would come by everyday ordering a large iced coffee with SIXTEEN pumps of caramel, four ice cubes exactly, and cream and sugar. That SYRUP took up half the cup ☠️
i work at dunkin as well and there used to be a regular getting 16 pumps of caramel with 5 sugar and 5 cream and she would ask for extra sugar packets on the side. She would also get glazed donuts every now and then but i haven't seen her in a while.
As an ex Starbucks Barista, I feel your pain. I had a regular who would order a shot of espresso over ice with 30 pumps of syrup - 15 vanilla and 15 caramel. It was so horrifying that I can't forget it to this day, 7 years later. Edit: She was super nice though and I enjoyed seeing her, her drink just made my tummy curl.
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I agree that soda shops have potential to seriously expand. Coffee/caffeine or no, Americans are so addicted to sugar. And for those of us in the church who truly believe we should abstain from addictive substances, I personally believe sugar is the biggest problem today.
Isn't sugar literally as addictive as drugs like cocaine? I remember reading a study about how they did a study with two rats - one was given sugar water and one with cocaine water - and the rat with the sugar water showed a behavioral pattern of increased intake, withdrawal symptoms, and relapse behaviors conpared to the rat with cocaine water. There's also studies about how sugar mimics the same neurochemical changes in the brain as hard drugs. Maybe it's because I'm an athiest, but this rule literally makes no sense and you can clearly see that these Mormon girlies have a bad sugar addiction.
No, it's not. Rats aren't humans. Also, people give up sugar all the time with no withdrawal symptoms or anything. I gave up sugar several months ago, and I feel great. In fact the moment you give it up, the cravings stop. It's the consumption of sugar that causes the craving for more.
Imagine replacing a healthy drink like coffee or tea with these sugar bombs. The ban on alcohol and tabacco at least has benefits for your health (except that you have to listen to the people in your community sober).
I’m an ex Mormon and growing up, you couldn’t even have caffeinated soft drinks either and they chanted that rule in relatively recent years. So this makes a lot of sense lol
@@Eaglemamame too coffee with milk. The milk is creamy and sweet enough than I don’t need sugar. Also coffee has a lot of health benefits, of course in moderation
@digitalpeelings It's been 10 years. I drank diet coke, and it has aspartame. I had headaches daily. Someone said it was from soda. I went cold turkey. The headaches went away along with the cravings.
6:44 so as someone that’s been born and raised in Utah, I’ve got to correct one thing. People here didn’t suddenly start soda mixing in the ‘10s. That’s just when people realized they could build businesses around the concept. At least since the ‘80s (that I’m aware of, I wouldn’t be shocked if it’s gone on longer than that) there’s always been a contingency of Utahns that have mixed their sodas when going to any fast food place, or restaurant where the soda dispenser was accessible. Though, prior to these shops and the internet normalizing the term “dirty soda” this has been more commonly referred to colloquially as “swamp water” or “kitchen sink soda” because before the shops “dirty” always implied there was alcohol mixed in.
I'm from Utah. Not a Mormon. I love soda shops. There is literally 15 within 5 miles of me, even the dutch bros next to me mostly sells soda and energy drinks. Even our gas station have syrups out for people to use. I never thought it was weird until i went out of state. But I also want to point out that most people actually get everything sugar free because Utah has a huge health cautious population. Everyone here is hiking and going to the gym but they all get soda after. Not even joking.
I'm a matcha and chai drinker, I try sticking to just the tea with some 1% milk, maybe like half a pump of syrup if I'm feeling frisky. Sometimes I accidentally order full sweet at a Starbucks... it's disgusting? Why do I need 6 pumps of cream base or syrup PLUS matcha that they already infuse with sugar? Drinking your calories sure is something.
@meid9158 Uh not to necro this thread, but Mormons can and do drink "hot drinks" like hot water and hot chocolate. Nowadays, most Mormons interpret "hot drinks" to mean tea and coffee specifically, regardless of temperature. Also, some Mormons drink herbal teas as long as they don't have the tea plant in them (like green/black tea).
I buy pumpkin cream ice coffee from time to time but buying this stuff turns me off not only because of the sugar content but also because they are SO expensive and just dissonant with the cost of living crisis we're all going through. Really enjoyed your video!
Yeah, it’s definitely better as a sweet treat every once in a while rather than a regular daily order. Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 😊❤️
I’m a coffee drinker that actually likes the taste of coffee. I’ll have a bit of caramel syrup added with a bit of milk, but I can’t do all that sugar and extra stuff these people do for their iced coffee orders.
I work for Starbucks and let me tell you.. the sugar addiction is wildly out of hand and really needs drastic intervention. People drinking 26 ounces of HEAVY CREAM daily, extra pumps of white mocha, extra caramel drizzle, cups lined with drizzle, sugar added to refreshers (which are pre-sweetened) people mixing mocha with caramel with pumpkin just to maximize their sugar intake.. It's actually horrid, and I'm in Texas.
“They have the best Diet Coke in the world” there’s no saving these people. Coffee is an art and science when you want to make it right. So of course you sometimes want to pay someone else to do it. You don’t ’make’ Coke, it comes in a can.
@ I actually have first hand experience 💜 grew up in it. If it was “normal” there wouldn’t be a hierarchy of heavens, if it was “normal” they wouldn’t be enlisting THE DEAD to be part of their members so they get more money, if it was “normal” they wouldn’t force barely adults to pay a minimum of 10k to go to different countries alone in an echo chamber of propaganda and threats to try and prey on people going through weak points of their lives. Any one of those examples would make it a cult, but it has all 3 and LOADS MORE.
I'm glad I never heard of this trend when I was active in the LDS church years ago. I remember my mom-in-law avoiding cola and migraine meds with caffeine in them back then.
The soda thing for Mormons definitely goes before the 2010s but in a slightly different form. My Mormon grandma and her sisters have been dedicated gas station coke drinkers for decades. They each have their own preference of ratios with diet and regular coke mixed, different amounts of ice, and different syrups they steal from the coffee counter. The dirty soda shop is an expansion on this concept.
The thing about Watertok is that a lot of them are Bariatric patients so they can’t drink normal water. And while I think some of them are a little wild, it’s not like they’re doing it for absolutely no reason.
@@orthodox_gentleman I don’t know the exact science unfortunately but I do know it’s a well documented phenomenon that’s acknowledged by the medical community.
This is why Starbucks is super popular in Salt Lake where I live. Ex mormons find out that their sugar addictions could now apply to sugar milk coffee.
My theory is that it adds the creaminess they’re looking for in their Starbucks substitute while having a fruity taste that tends to mesh better with a lot of the soda flavors like Mountain Dew/sprite
As an Ex-mormon who is nearly an anti-theist I will Stand my ground for the Soda Shops. They are the best place, because it used to be a bar for us when we were kids
I assure anyone reading this that getting addicted to caffeine is not a belief you can either have or not have. It is a fact that caffeine is addictive
English is not my first language but when I hear hot drinks it suddenly reminds me of alcohol. Drinks that make you feel hot sensation inside the body? I have no ideas it made more sense to me that way.
I get what you mean, but in this context, hot drinks means non-alcoholic beverages, because Mormons are not allowed by their religion to drink alcohol…. So coffee and tea
As an Australian the culture shock is immense. I try to limit my sugar intake to average one standard can of soda (375mls) or equivalent every 3 or so days or better which is like 40 grams of sugar. I can barely comprehend a whole litre daily wtf. In saying this I do have bubble tea once a week but I try to be conscious about my sugar consumption ig. Definitely a massive difference in cultural and societal values.
As someone from the PNW, from a town that was pretty much just Pentecostals and LDS (Mormon) I grew up with friends who LOVE making soda drinks. I was raised Pentecostal so I could drink coffee and tea and did, but my LDS friends got me addicted to soda (to this day.) I LOVE "Mormon Soda," which is legit just flavored Italian Soda. Sparkling Water (or Soda base), Flavors, Optional Cream. Edit: Also, until today I thought the WHOLE COUNTRY was super into Italian sodas and Energy Drink Sparklers (like Red bull with blue raspberry syrup and cream.) Now, I'm wonder what else is uniquely a West Coast thing (WA, OR, CA, ID, UT)
But doesnt the cream separate from the carbonation? And also I’m trying to figure out whether soda just means carbonated soft drink or sparkling water?
As someone that does not drink alcohol by choice and when I recently visited Utah, I was ecstatic! It was certainly a treat trying out a "dirty soda," but of course this is just from a outsider viewpoint nothing to do with religion lol. This is definitely the OG before watertok was a thing lol.
I am not Mormon and never have been, and I love coffee. But I would totally go to one of these soda shops if they expanded into less LDS filled states. Just to have a different kind of business. People buying soda know it has sugar, it’s not like people don’t know. So do starbucks coffee drinks.
Not just soda… I was in UT in 2014 in the “middle of nowhere” and the Krispy Kreme donut shop had huge lines, too. Crumbl Cookie was also founded by two Mormons in Utah.
If something is truly a vice for, you would try to free yourself completely from your emotional dependence on it. The degree to which you enjoy/use something is entirely up to you 😊 But if you're uncomfortable with your emotional dependence on something, than you shouldn't be trying to substitute one vice with another no matter how seemingly harmless. The dynamic of emotional dependence is still there 😮😅🤷♀️🙈 If you give yourself no leeway or compassion, and don't tackle the root of your dependence you're gonna re-create this dynamic over and over in your life
@babygirlt8938 yeah, addiction/patterns of addiction tend to thrive in secrecy/repression. If you live in a very restrictive community, people will latch on to the one thing they can have if they feel like they have nothing else :P
I’m a Catholic but I was interested in seeing what the hype is about the soda after watching the show I don’t like soda that much but thought it’d be fun to learn about what this soda 🥤 trend is haha 😊
I’m an ex mormon and I feel like the issue with this is that people take advantage of soda as like a loophole, but truly the word of wisdom is to avoid all addictive substances and things harmful to the body because the point is to treat your body like a temple, and soda is so far from being good for your body like I could tell whoever did the morning soda ritually was like definitely more concerned of taking advantage of like the “rules” and potential loopholes instead of following faithfully to the intention of the rules and you could basically apply that to everything else in their life and see what kind of mormon they were based on that alone (like people who perform other sex acts instead of vaginal sex and then claim they haven’t had premarital sex but in reality they had) and that is a characteristic of not truly being saved by the standard of Christianity because the Bible says you know the tree by the fruit and if your whole heart isn’t turned then… you can fill in the rest.
This is fascinating. Honestly, I see Utah and Mormonism as white American culture in its rawest and most unfiltered form. There’s nothing quite like it anywhere else.
I live in Salt Lake and I have never once been to any of these soda shops. I think they're far more popular further south in places like Provo, Orem, and Pleasant Grove which have significantly higher Mormon populations. People outside of Utah probably don't realize this, but Salt Lake is actually less than 50% Mormon and is one of the least Mormon cities in the state.
When I was a kid, a root beer float was a special treat, like maybe a twice-a-month thing if my parents bought ice cream and a big bottle of root beer. You'd have one and that was it! How these people can guzzle so much sugar on a daily basis is beyond me. I once ordered a chai latte from a coffee shop that was much, much sweeter than I thought it was going to be, and I felt so ill.
Girl, this video is making me want an Italian Soda soooooooooooooo bad right now. A strawberry one with cream using a strawberry Bubly as base with strawberry slices.
The founder was probably just mad at some coffee shop and didn't want people to give that guy money lol.
😂😂 best comment
Not drinking alcohol but swapping it for a cup of pure sugar and excessive caffeine is wild
So wild
lol I was raised Mormon and coffee was a huge NO! But we made our cool aid with double the instructed sugar.
@ElectricPurple75the sugar is as damaging as alcohol.
What’s the difference between coffee and the caffeinated cokes and DR Pepper? It’s all caffeine
@@CocaCole27 it's mentioned in the early part of the video, it's because they're "hot" drinks, apparently. the difference is they're hot lol. then throughout the rest of the video, they bypass the hot part lol. it's about their interpretation. cause they say no iced coffee, no iced tea, and no red bull types lol.
As someone from Utah and an ex-mormon, they get so mad at you when you drink tea or coffee. But the soda shops are... EVERYWHERE. and everyone here is addicted to soda for sure.
Interesting!
Literally makes no sense
@@Itsbabygirlt i like Christian COFFEE Better
I know! My coworker comments on my drinking a homemade oat milk latte 3x a week but her being halfway through a litre of MOUNTAIN DEW before 8 am is fine?
i don’t understand why caffeine in soda is fine but coffee and tea isn’t allowed. and why is iced coffee or tea out of the question? honestly that is one of the least weird aspects of that religion which is saying a lot. some guy in the 1800s really made up a religion so he could have multiple wives and just decided to include the craziest random rules. absolutely wild 😂
Mfs are drinking MOUNTAIN DEW but not a shot of espresso 😂😂😂😂😂 the least pure thing a human has put in their mouth
They started drinking Coke once the church invested into the company. Before that they couldn't have caffeinated sodas.
Well, they are surrounded by a lot of mountains 🧐😂
Its cause only 'hot drinks' interpreted as coffee is outlined in Doctrine and Covenants Section 89, not caffeine as a whole.
I said this before I watched the video nvm I guess I didn't need to explain
As a daily diet mountain dew drinker: I agree.
What in the diabetes, dental problems and early death is this ?
What an accurate summary 😭
And as mentioned in the video, sugar-free sweeteners in diet sodas disrupt normal cellular metabolism, leading to diabetes, etc. over time. I had a coworker who would drink six Diet Cokes a day who recently developed diabetes at 43 years old.
Utah is one of the healthier states by far
It’s okay because they’ll get to highest level of heaven
Fun fact, there are more dentists in Utah per capita than any other state.
Nobody can convince me that Mormonism ISN’T a cult
It literally is one
It's literally a cult
they also buy up lots of agricultural land cause they hate Christian farmers in this country. Joseph Smith himself predicted that the US would collapse within his lifetime.
Cause it is
Imo, most organized religions are cults. Mormonism is just newer and weirder, so it's an easy target.
I worked at Dunkin and a woman would come by everyday ordering a large iced coffee with SIXTEEN pumps of caramel, four ice cubes exactly, and cream and sugar. That SYRUP took up half the cup ☠️
Omg?! my stomach just turned from reading the order alone
Isn’t it priced per pump of extra flavoring??!! My god was her order $100 per drink? 😂
i work at dunkin as well and there used to be a regular getting 16 pumps of caramel with 5 sugar and 5 cream and she would ask for extra sugar packets on the side. She would also get glazed donuts every now and then but i haven't seen her in a while.
that was me. posting this from the hospital
As an ex Starbucks Barista, I feel your pain. I had a regular who would order a shot of espresso over ice with 30 pumps of syrup - 15 vanilla and 15 caramel. It was so horrifying that I can't forget it to this day, 7 years later.
Edit: She was super nice though and I enjoyed seeing her, her drink just made my tummy curl.
As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I agree that soda shops have potential to seriously expand. Coffee/caffeine or no, Americans are so addicted to sugar. And for those of us in the church who truly believe we should abstain from addictive substances, I personally believe sugar is the biggest problem today.
That’s for the insight! I agree, I think the main problem is sugar overall
Totally agree. Sugar is 9x more addictive than cocaine.
word right here
Americans are also addicted to cults like you
your people are whacko
Isn't sugar literally as addictive as drugs like cocaine? I remember reading a study about how they did a study with two rats - one was given sugar water and one with cocaine water - and the rat with the sugar water showed a behavioral pattern of increased intake, withdrawal symptoms, and relapse behaviors conpared to the rat with cocaine water. There's also studies about how sugar mimics the same neurochemical changes in the brain as hard drugs.
Maybe it's because I'm an athiest, but this rule literally makes no sense and you can clearly see that these Mormon girlies have a bad sugar addiction.
That poor rat, and sugar and Cocaine being similar ? That’s rough
ikr, the girl saying “you have to fall in line and not ask questions” was astounding to me. you should really never do that in any circumstance!
Any drug softer than meth would be far healthier.
No, it's not. Rats aren't humans. Also, people give up sugar all the time with no withdrawal symptoms or anything. I gave up sugar several months ago, and I feel great. In fact the moment you give it up, the cravings stop. It's the consumption of sugar that causes the craving for more.
@@hueypautonoman actually this is wrong. numerous studies have shown it is highlyyyyy addictive.
“AYE-Mish” has me weak! girlluhhh you’re funny 🤣
Not you clowning me 😂😭
@@Itsbabygirlt wait did you not know it’s pronounced “AHH-mish”? Not being sarcastic I’m genuinely curious.
@@sammierose1150it’s possible. Some people really don’t know they exist.
Some people pronounce it the way she said it, even Amish people. It’s less common though.
Child the scream I scrumpt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Imagine replacing a healthy drink like coffee or tea with these sugar bombs. The ban on alcohol and tabacco at least has benefits for your health (except that you have to listen to the people in your community sober).
Your community sober is catching strays 😂
💯
I’m an ex Mormon and growing up, you couldn’t even have caffeinated soft drinks either and they chanted that rule in relatively recent years. So this makes a lot of sense lol
So do you drink coffee and other hot drinks now?
I'm an ex Mormon. I haven't had soda in years. I drink 1 cup of coffee (every day) with 2 tablespoons of creamer, no sugar.
@@Eaglemamame too coffee with milk. The milk is creamy and sweet enough than I don’t need sugar. Also coffee has a lot of health benefits, of course in moderation
@@Eaglemama it's interesting how you did a complete flip. When you stopped drinking soda that often, did you feel better?
@digitalpeelings It's been 10 years. I drank diet coke, and it has aspartame. I had headaches daily. Someone said it was from soda. I went cold turkey. The headaches went away along with the cravings.
Since soda is sold virtually everywhere, I had no idea for the need of stand alone shops
Novelty, atmosphere, capacity to customize your drink, and frankly, content creation.
The standalone shops give you the option to mix different flavors, which is what people really want, not just a plain can of soda
“Starbucks experience” without the coffee
The lady ordering soda like it's Starbucks.. Yes I would like a venti diet Coke with cherry syrup and diabetes sprinkled on top 😂😂
It’s her version of Starbucks 😂
As a European this is fascinating
Haha, in a good or bad way? 😆
I was feeling the same as a New Zealander, the US "coffee" culture is horrific
@@Itsbabygirlt I don’t really know 😂
What’s interesting is this is basically a phenomenon in only Utah and maybe the immediately bordering states. Utah is its own religious ethnostate
This is even fascinating to me as an American from california
6:44 so as someone that’s been born and raised in Utah, I’ve got to correct one thing. People here didn’t suddenly start soda mixing in the ‘10s. That’s just when people realized they could build businesses around the concept.
At least since the ‘80s (that I’m aware of, I wouldn’t be shocked if it’s gone on longer than that) there’s always been a contingency of Utahns that have mixed their sodas when going to any fast food place, or restaurant where the soda dispenser was accessible. Though, prior to these shops and the internet normalizing the term “dirty soda” this has been more commonly referred to colloquially as “swamp water” or “kitchen sink soda” because before the shops “dirty” always implied there was alcohol mixed in.
Thanks so much for the context and additional information! really helpful 😊
I gotta go call my dentist after this 😭
Haha 😂 i hope they give you a discount
In don’t think I ever drank 44 ounces of anything
in my experience, so long as you brush them regularly, teeth are perfectly fine with being submerged in soda everyday
thats so interesting that they cant drink coffee even when its cold like cold brew
Right? It’s a rule they’ve stuck to and won’t be budging on anytime soon
Girl.. this video is not only informative, but also very interesting! I had no idea about this at all
Yes I learned that mormons are irrational af lmfao
Thanks so much Cristina 😊 and glad you know now!
Could you imagine people walking into your house and looking at you weird for having a Nespresso.
😂😂 right
After the glace I'd offer them a coffee
The water of the day guy lmao.
He has a whole flavor collection
they’re literally just making mocktails
I'm from Utah. Not a Mormon. I love soda shops. There is literally 15 within 5 miles of me, even the dutch bros next to me mostly sells soda and energy drinks. Even our gas station have syrups out for people to use. I never thought it was weird until i went out of state. But I also want to point out that most people actually get everything sugar free because Utah has a huge health cautious population. Everyone here is hiking and going to the gym but they all get soda after. Not even joking.
I’m always weary about things that are sugar-free, because what exactly are they replacing it with to make it just as sweet
Sugar free isn’t better
I’m surprised Sonic as a drink stop has not blown up more due to this for places that don’t have these soda shops
It’s an acquired taste, so not many people would like it or even want to try it
I'm a matcha and chai drinker, I try sticking to just the tea with some 1% milk, maybe like half a pump of syrup if I'm feeling frisky. Sometimes I accidentally order full sweet at a Starbucks... it's disgusting? Why do I need 6 pumps of cream base or syrup PLUS matcha that they already infuse with sugar? Drinking your calories sure is something.
Your order really is frisky 😂
That creamer is all vegetable oil.
not allowing to drink hot drinks in this weather? bro was wild and kinda eugenical
He was 😂
so like they can't even drink hot water??
@@meid9158 I don't know, I'm not mormon (but if herbal tea not allowed, I assume same for hot water)
@meid9158 Uh not to necro this thread, but Mormons can and do drink "hot drinks" like hot water and hot chocolate. Nowadays, most Mormons interpret "hot drinks" to mean tea and coffee specifically, regardless of temperature. Also, some Mormons drink herbal teas as long as they don't have the tea plant in them (like green/black tea).
@@staceyvanderlaan1905 really? If it's true - good for them, bc I'm really worried. Thanks for details!
I’ve never heard of this and I’m obsessed with this culture. This is why I love your channel. So underrated
Thank you so much! ❤️ appreciate you!
I buy pumpkin cream ice coffee from time to time but buying this stuff turns me off not only because of the sugar content but also because they are SO expensive and just dissonant with the cost of living crisis we're all going through. Really enjoyed your video!
Yeah, it’s definitely better as a sweet treat every once in a while rather than a regular daily order. Thanks so much for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 😊❤️
Utahans have dirty soda, other Americans have frapuccinos, Taiwanese have bubble tea... People love sugary drinks everywhere, just in different forms.
ok but the other americans aren't moralizing a beverage and saying dirty soda is sinful and bad to drink
so don't draw a false equivalency
@@gildedpeahen876 EXACTLY
I’m a coffee drinker that actually likes the taste of coffee. I’ll have a bit of caramel syrup added with a bit of milk, but I can’t do all that sugar and extra stuff these people do for their iced coffee orders.
As a Canadian, I now know those sweet forbidden Tim Hortons ice caps were keeping me out of heaven. Alas!
You were so close….but yet so far 🥲
Id hate to support the Mormons, but I'd go to one of those stores.
I'd definitely go once and get the smallest drink size possible just for curiosity's sake, could be a good treat. Keyword: Treat
I’d love to know what these taste like
They’re actually really fun! Our family outing growing up was going to a soda shop, an occasional soda isn’t gonna kill you
You could go to a food place that has one of the soda fountains with a million options instead
@@Itsbabygirltits delicious
I can’t help but think in the Joseph Smith’s south park song Dumb Dumb Dumb Dumb
Haven’t heard of that, will have to check it out
@@Itsbabygirltplease consult the South Park episode about Mormonism, the creators grew up in that culture they also made the Book of Mormon musical
Literally every time I learn something new about Mormonism
Same😂😂😂
@@digitalpeelings same 😂
Addiction is Addiction
The levels of delusion 😂 soda is far worse than coffee or tea!
I will drink my coffee all day everyday! Lol 😂😂
I work for Starbucks and let me tell you.. the sugar addiction is wildly out of hand and really needs drastic intervention.
People drinking 26 ounces of HEAVY CREAM daily, extra pumps of white mocha, extra caramel drizzle, cups lined with drizzle, sugar added to refreshers (which are pre-sweetened) people mixing mocha with caramel with pumpkin just to maximize their sugar intake..
It's actually horrid, and I'm in Texas.
I can imagine working there, you see it all the time! ppl definitely go overboard with the sugar, especially with all those add-ons
I love pumpkin spice lattes the same way I love cake. A little treat once in a while. It’s a snack, not a daily routine.
Definitely a snack
They can’t drink coffee but swing, get pregnant from another swinger, get divorced and go to jail for domestic violence. Oh ok. Sure. Cringe 😬
Wait I had no idea about the swinging thing!?!?🤯 is that explicitly stated?
No bc literally
“They have the best Diet Coke in the world” there’s no saving these people. Coffee is an art and science when you want to make it right. So of course you sometimes want to pay someone else to do it. You don’t ’make’ Coke, it comes in a can.
This is major cult vibes 🤣
Mormonism is probably one of the biggest cults in the USA, it’s an interesting thing to study
Mormonism is literally a cult
Theres a reason for that
😢 have you ever been to one of their church services to see what these people are like? It might be more normal than you might think.
@ I actually have first hand experience 💜 grew up in it. If it was “normal” there wouldn’t be a hierarchy of heavens, if it was “normal” they wouldn’t be enlisting THE DEAD to be part of their members so they get more money, if it was “normal” they wouldn’t force barely adults to pay a minimum of 10k to go to different countries alone in an echo chamber of propaganda and threats to try and prey on people going through weak points of their lives. Any one of those examples would make it a cult, but it has all 3 and LOADS MORE.
Cult.
Imagine getting your coffee jar and your hot chocolate jar mixed up and suddenly you can’t get into heaven any more. I’m crying, what???
you know what....this would actually be devastating 😂
Thwy just super into mocktails
This explains those weird customized soda shop videos. It was a Mormon thing all along
This was so interesting, especially the historical background! Thanks for all of the info!
Thanks for watching 😊
Imagine living in a world w all this fun sh*t & ur idea of getting wild is a soda shop on a Sat night. Oof.
😂😂😭 why did you make it sound so grim
I'm glad I never heard of this trend when I was active in the LDS church years ago. I remember my mom-in-law avoiding cola and migraine meds with caffeine in them back then.
Wow
My european mind can not comprehend this
Don’t worry my American mind can’t comprehend this either
No sane mind can comprehend this.
Lol there are Mormons in Europe
@@Itsbabygirlt yup but i was talking about the sugar. And there are mormons but they are like a funny minority
3:25 - it doesn't really sound all that weird compared to Adam and Eve living in Missouri, so 🤷♂️
I thought I was Maine
So we not gonna act like sugar isn't the #1 drug in the world its literally legal cocaine 😂😂😂
girl i'm obsessed with your videos, keep up the amazing work!
Thank you so much!! ❤️
I love how respectful this was! Earned my sub :)
Yaay, thanks 😊
This certainly was interesting. They have a weird child-like quality in UT. And one SERIOUS sugar addiction!
They want their followers to act like kids.
Cult
The soda thing for Mormons definitely goes before the 2010s but in a slightly different form. My Mormon grandma and her sisters have been dedicated gas station coke drinkers for decades. They each have their own preference of ratios with diet and regular coke mixed, different amounts of ice, and different syrups they steal from the coffee counter. The dirty soda shop is an expansion on this concept.
interesting how long its been around then! thanks for the info
If a Mormon is attached it…RUN!!!
I own 16 sodie shops in and around Salt Lake City, and trust me, everyone loves them. Just bought my 8th cybertruck
Facts?
The thing about Watertok is that a lot of them are Bariatric patients so they can’t drink normal water. And while I think some of them are a little wild, it’s not like they’re doing it for absolutely no reason.
Interesting, I never would have guessed that
What does being a bariatric patient have to do with not being able to drink normal water? Where did you hear that?
@@orthodox_gentleman I don’t know the exact science unfortunately but I do know it’s a well documented phenomenon that’s acknowledged by the medical community.
I pray to both the good and the dark Lord to NEVER let me associate with these people. So far, they have answered my prayers.
This is why Starbucks is super popular in Salt Lake where I live. Ex mormons find out that their sugar addictions could now apply to sugar milk coffee.
I wonder if they can eat coffee from a bowl with a spoon and call it bean soup😅
I highly doubt it 😆
This makes me want an iced coffee so bad tho! 😂
Lol I feel so much better about my coffee in the morning 😆
The fact that Mormon Heaven has subscription tiers is fucking wild to me.
There are levels to heaven and hell in Christianity too
If theres no coffee and tea in heaven I don't want to go.
I don't think there's any food/feeling hungry in heaven 😂
What's with the coconut flavor? I noticed it's added to a lot of combination of drinks
It must be a preference
My theory is that it adds the creaminess they’re looking for in their Starbucks substitute while having a fruity taste that tends to mesh better with a lot of the soda flavors like Mountain Dew/sprite
As an Ex-mormon who is nearly an anti-theist I will Stand my ground for the Soda Shops. They are the best place, because it used to be a bar for us when we were kids
I assure anyone reading this that getting addicted to caffeine is not a belief you can either have or not have. It is a fact that caffeine is addictive
English is not my first language but when I hear hot drinks it suddenly reminds me of alcohol. Drinks that make you feel hot sensation inside the body? I have no ideas it made more sense to me that way.
I get what you mean, but in this context, hot drinks means non-alcoholic beverages, because Mormons are not allowed by their religion to drink alcohol…. So coffee and tea
Who's gonna tell them the caffeine from soda is FROM coffee.
Wow this video makes me feel healthy
What about after the video? 🤔
As an Australian the culture shock is immense. I try to limit my sugar intake to average one standard can of soda (375mls) or equivalent every 3 or so days or better which is like 40 grams of sugar. I can barely comprehend a whole litre daily wtf. In saying this I do have bubble tea once a week but I try to be conscious about my sugar consumption ig. Definitely a massive difference in cultural and societal values.
sounds like you also have a mild sugar addiction, lol
@ lmao maybe a bit 🥺
As someone from the PNW, from a town that was pretty much just Pentecostals and LDS (Mormon) I grew up with friends who LOVE making soda drinks. I was raised Pentecostal so I could drink coffee and tea and did, but my LDS friends got me addicted to soda (to this day.) I LOVE "Mormon Soda," which is legit just flavored Italian Soda. Sparkling Water (or Soda base), Flavors, Optional Cream.
Edit: Also, until today I thought the WHOLE COUNTRY was super into Italian sodas and Energy Drink Sparklers (like Red bull with blue raspberry syrup and cream.) Now, I'm wonder what else is uniquely a West Coast thing (WA, OR, CA, ID, UT)
Really informative and well edited video, subbed ❤
Thanks so much, appreciate it ❤️
1:41 fun fact: the Amish CAN drink Alcohol. You should watch Breaking Amish, its a TLC reality tv show from the early 2010s it’s really good!!
Omg yeah I remember watching that show! But didn’t they drink alcohol because they had broken away from their Amish culture/religion?
What in the diabetes did I just watch lmao 😂😭🤣
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The do know that their is caffeine in soda…right?
Right? Does that mean no one makes it to heaven now?
Right….lol
But doesnt the cream separate from the carbonation? And also I’m trying to figure out whether soda just means carbonated soft drink or sparkling water?
from all the videos it doesn't look like it separates, I wonder how but it just works. also, soda is carbonated soft drink
idc whenever i’m in utah i gotta so to swig. i love it, and tbh i wish there was one closer to me.
ew lol
As someone that does not drink alcohol by choice and when I recently visited Utah, I was ecstatic! It was certainly a treat trying out a "dirty soda," but of course this is just from a outsider viewpoint nothing to do with religion lol. This is definitely the OG before watertok was a thing lol.
Yesterday my doctor told me to let my smoothies "get warm" b/c cold is hard on my gut, LOL. Wait till she watches this!
What did she say? 😂😅
I am not Mormon and never have been, and I love coffee. But I would totally go to one of these soda shops if they expanded into less LDS filled states. Just to have a different kind of business.
People buying soda know it has sugar, it’s not like people don’t know. So do starbucks coffee drinks.
They are already expanding to other states that are less LDS
I know a lot of Mormons they won't leave me alone they have way too many rules for me the one's I met were good people tho.
At least they were nice
Grew up in a town with a lot of Mormons and they are the nicest cult members you will ever meet.
@@Itsbabygirlt all 'salesman' are nice, if they think there's potetntial to sell you into their fallacious product.
Not just soda… I was in UT in 2014 in the “middle of nowhere” and the Krispy Kreme donut shop had huge lines, too. Crumbl Cookie was also founded by two Mormons in Utah.
This is tea!
If something is truly a vice for, you would try to free yourself completely from your emotional dependence on it.
The degree to which you enjoy/use something is entirely up to you 😊
But if you're uncomfortable with your emotional dependence on something, than you shouldn't be trying to substitute one vice with another no matter how seemingly harmless. The dynamic of emotional dependence is still there 😮😅🤷♀️🙈
If you give yourself no leeway or compassion, and don't tackle the root of your dependence you're gonna re-create this dynamic over and over in your life
True, but I think people will always try to replace one vice for another, they just try to choose the lesser of two evils
Thanks for sharing 👍
@babygirlt8938 yeah, addiction/patterns of addiction tend to thrive in secrecy/repression. If you live in a very restrictive community, people will latch on to the one thing they can have if they feel like they have nothing else :P
I’m a Catholic but I was interested in seeing what the hype is about the soda after watching the show
I don’t like soda that much but thought it’d be fun to learn about what this soda 🥤 trend is haha 😊
It’s an interesting trend indeed
@@Itsbabygirltit is interesting 🥤 😊
What's up with the coconut creamer?
It adds flavor
I think if we can start viewing these as desserts rather than drinks, people would cut back.
My Mormon friends have told me that they can’t have coffee or tea because of tannins.
I’m an ex mormon and I feel like the issue with this is that people take advantage of soda as like a loophole, but truly the word of wisdom is to avoid all addictive substances and things harmful to the body because the point is to treat your body like a temple, and soda is so far from being good for your body like I could tell whoever did the morning soda ritually was like definitely more concerned of taking advantage of like the “rules” and potential loopholes instead of following faithfully to the intention of the rules and you could basically apply that to everything else in their life and see what kind of mormon they were based on that alone (like people who perform other sex acts instead of vaginal sex and then claim they haven’t had premarital sex but in reality they had) and that is a characteristic of not truly being saved by the standard of Christianity because the Bible says you know the tree by the fruit and if your whole heart isn’t turned then… you can fill in the rest.
Interesting point about the loopholes
Underrated video ❤
❤️😊thank you
This is fascinating. Honestly, I see Utah and Mormonism as white American culture in its rawest and most unfiltered form. There’s nothing quite like it anywhere else.
Lol, that’s an interesting perspective
13:27 as someone who’s been finally winning against my own personal non mormon sugar addiction from childhood… this is a scary future prediction 😅💔
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I live in Salt Lake and I have never once been to any of these soda shops. I think they're far more popular further south in places like Provo, Orem, and Pleasant Grove which have significantly higher Mormon populations. People outside of Utah probably don't realize this, but Salt Lake is actually less than 50% Mormon and is one of the least Mormon cities in the state.
It wouldn’t be so bad IMO if they didn’t drink 44 OZ of soda DAILY!!! Just over a liter of soda. The amount of sugar consumed daily is insane.
When I was a kid, a root beer float was a special treat, like maybe a twice-a-month thing if my parents bought ice cream and a big bottle of root beer. You'd have one and that was it! How these people can guzzle so much sugar on a daily basis is beyond me. I once ordered a chai latte from a coffee shop that was much, much sweeter than I thought it was going to be, and I felt so ill.
Girl, this video is making me want an Italian Soda soooooooooooooo bad right now. A strawberry one with cream using a strawberry Bubly as base with strawberry slices.
Ngl I was craving a dirty soda too 😂
most of the dunkin drinks are used as a syrup tho you would mix some of it with milk and it would last you two weeks and you save a bunch of money
Exact same thing as the ~2010 boba drink craze on the west coast. Caffeine + sugar + creamer.
I'm from Europe, and I'm speechless over the amounts of sugar that Americans are ingesting... just wow😮
It’s not just in America 😆
You should look up "soaking" and mormons. Now that is a crazy loophole the LDS have. 😂