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Lemon & Paeroa
Lemon & Paeroa, often shortened to L&P, is a sweet, lemon-flavoured soft drink manufactured in New Zealand. It is considered Kiwiana, and was traditionally made by combining lemon juice with naturally carbonated mineral water from the town of Paeroa. Today, it is manufactured by multi-national Coca-Cola. The origin date of the drink is uncertain, but the brand estimates 1907.
In the township of Paeroa, the origin place of the drink, there is a 7-metre (23 ft) tall Lemon & Paeroa bottle statue. It is one of the most photographed locations in the country, and is also considered a New Zealand icon.
Originally, Lemon & Paeroa used naturally carbonated water from a spring in the town of Paeroa. The spring is located near the Ohinemuri and Waihou rivers. The land at the spring was originally used to service gold mines, and was a cow paddock when the spring was discovered. Locals frequently visited the spring following its discovery to drink the water. This was a time before anyone had thought of commercialising it.
James Coote and Alexander Hogg, who were both from Paeroa, owned the land where the spring was located. In August 1887 they subdivided the property, transferring the plot with the spring (13 acres) to Sir John Logan Campbell. The land was bought by timber merchant James McAndrew in 1896, who built a sawmill there. The land then transferred through several owners during the next decade until December 1908, when Robert Fewell and his brother-in-law, Frank Brinkler, bought the sawmill and the land around it including the spring.
Analysis of the spring's water in 1904 carried out by Arthur Wohlman revealed magnesium bicarbonate in a concentration of 73 grains to the gallon (1040 mg/L), that the water had a temperature of 80 °F (27 °C), and that the water also had a pleasant taste. Wohlman believed that it had medicinal benefits, such as for constipation. Wohlman believed that due to the colony's widespread consumption of tea, demand for the spring's water would be limited.
In 1909 Fewell started bottling the spring water commercially. He erected a steam pump at the spring and built a concrete reservoir to hold the water pumped up. A bottling plant was constructed that could manage 500 dozen bottles per day. Samples of the water were exhibited at the Auckland Winter Exhibition in May 1909. Fewell incorporated the Paeroa Natural Mineral Water Company in March 1910. This company sold cases of bottled mineral water rather than Lemon & Paeroa. Fewell's factory burnt down in July 1912, but was probably rebuilt as the bottled water continued to be sold. Fewell left Paeroa to live in Auckland in 1914.
In 1915, the Paeroa Natural Mineral Water Company and the property the spring sits on was sold to Grey & Menzies Limited, and by November 1915 'Lemon and Paeroa' was being advertised. In 1916 Grey & Menzies advertised their "new idea" of bottled Paeroa mineral water with added lemon. Grey & Menzies later opened a new factory in Paeroa in 1926 producing plain mineral water, but also had a factory in Auckland.
Water from Paeroa was transported in barrels by trucks and tankers to the Auckland factory, where Lemon & Paeroa was made. It took until 1934 for the Lemon & Paeroa label design to be trademarked, although the name itself was not trademarked at the time. This was because place names (Paeroa) and generic fruit are often not trademarkable. In 1934 L&P started to be manufactured in the Paeroa factory. In 1960 the company was bought by New Zealand Breweries Ltd, which was later acquired by Schweppes. In 1963 Menzies & Co merged with Hamilton-based bottlers CL Innes, and L&P took on the Innes Tartan as a motif on the neck of the L&P bottle. In the 1960s the well of the spring was lined with concrete that went 13 metres (43 ft) deep, and in 1970 a pipeline was laid from the well to the factory. Due to the carbon dioxide from the well causing breathing issues for workers, there was difficulty upgrading it. The crane first chosen for these upgrades could not lift as much weight as required, meaning that a new crane had to be used. In 1969 Lemon & Paeroa won the British Bottlers' Institute Diploma of Excellence Award, the only non-British company to do so. Innes Tartan and Schweppes was acquired by Oasis Industries in the late 1970s, who were later bought by Coca Cola in 1989.
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Lemon & Paeroa
Lemon & Paeroa, often shortened to L&P, is a sweet, lemon-flavoured soft drink manufactured in New Zealand. It is considered Kiwiana, and was traditionally made by combining lemon juice with naturally carbonated mineral water from the town of Paeroa. Today, it is manufactured by multi-national Coca-Cola. The origin date of the drink is uncertain, but the brand estimates 1907.
In the township of Paeroa, the origin place of the drink, there is a 7-metre (23 ft) tall Lemon & Paeroa bottle statue. It is one of the most photographed locations in the country, and is also considered a New Zealand icon.
Originally, Lemon & Paeroa used naturally carbonated water from a spring in the town of Paeroa. The spring is located near the Ohinemuri and Waihou rivers. The land at the spring was originally used to service gold mines, and was a cow paddock when the spring was discovered. Locals frequently visited the spring following its discovery to drink the water. This was a time before anyone had thought of commercialising it.
James Coote and Alexander Hogg, who were both from Paeroa, owned the land where the spring was located. In August 1887 they subdivided the property, transferring the plot with the spring (13 acres) to Sir John Logan Campbell. The land was bought by timber merchant James McAndrew in 1896, who built a sawmill there. The land then transferred through several owners during the next decade until December 1908, when Robert Fewell and his brother-in-law, Frank Brinkler, bought the sawmill and the land around it including the spring.
Analysis of the spring's water in 1904 carried out by Arthur Wohlman revealed magnesium bicarbonate in a concentration of 73 grains to the gallon (1040 mg/L), that the water had a temperature of 80 °F (27 °C), and that the water also had a pleasant taste. Wohlman believed that it had medicinal benefits, such as for constipation. Wohlman believed that due to the colony's widespread consumption of tea, demand for the spring's water would be limited.
In 1909 Fewell started bottling the spring water commercially. He erected a steam pump at the spring and built a concrete reservoir to hold the water pumped up. A bottling plant was constructed that could manage 500 dozen bottles per day. Samples of the water were exhibited at the Auckland Winter Exhibition in May 1909. Fewell incorporated the Paeroa Natural Mineral Water Company in March 1910. This company sold cases of bottled mineral water rather than Lemon & Paeroa. Fewell's factory burnt down in July 1912, but was probably rebuilt as the bottled water continued to be sold. Fewell left Paeroa to live in Auckland in 1914.
In 1915, the Paeroa Natural Mineral Water Company and the property the spring sits on was sold to Grey & Menzies Limited, and by November 1915 'Lemon and Paeroa' was being advertised. In 1916 Grey & Menzies advertised their "new idea" of bottled Paeroa mineral water with added lemon. Grey & Menzies later opened a new factory in Paeroa in 1926 producing plain mineral water, but also had a factory in Auckland.
Water from Paeroa was transported in barrels by trucks and tankers to the Auckland factory, where Lemon & Paeroa was made. It took until 1934 for the Lemon & Paeroa label design to be trademarked, although the name itself was not trademarked at the time. This was because place names (Paeroa) and generic fruit are often not trademarkable. In 1934 L&P started to be manufactured in the Paeroa factory. In 1960 the company was bought by New Zealand Breweries Ltd, which was later acquired by Schweppes. In 1963 Menzies & Co merged with Hamilton-based bottlers CL Innes, and L&P took on the Innes Tartan as a motif on the neck of the L&P bottle. In the 1960s the well of the spring was lined with concrete that went 13 metres (43 ft) deep, and in 1970 a pipeline was laid from the well to the factory. Due to the carbon dioxide from the well causing breathing issues for workers, there was difficulty upgrading it. The crane first chosen for these upgrades could not lift as much weight as required, meaning that a new crane had to be used. In 1969 Lemon & Paeroa won the British Bottlers' Institute Diploma of Excellence Award, the only non-British company to do so. Innes Tartan and Schweppes was acquired by Oasis Industries in the late 1970s, who were later bought by Coca Cola in 1989.