‘‘Soft drink industries in Tehuacán’’




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Few cities in our country have transcended so healthily as Tehuacán, Puebla. Located near the foothills of the Pico de Orizaba and who naturally receives runoff from glaciers in the mountain in his basement. And means that even today in many places talk about a Tehuacán, a carbonated mineral water, came to be, what the marketers call a generic. The name by which is universally known a product, regardless of the manufacturer. And I say healthy because since it began its commercialization, early 20th century to the mineral water Tehuacán always curative properties are ascribed to him, but let's go by the principle.
He ran the year of 1903 when the Lords Anacarsis Peralta and Joaquín Pita began bottling of a brand of mineral water called "Red Cross" Noting that had healing properties and was very well accepted by the people. These features encouraged young entrepreneur poblano Miguel Mantilla who already devoted to the bottling of soft drinks along with his family to sell some property in their native Puebla and try their luck in Tehuacán. With an initial investment of $25 thousand pesos Miguel Mantilla began operations in the year of 1905 at the "El irrigation" spring in addition to mineral water bottling soft drinks that his family also commercialized in Puebla.


The maker of don Miguel Mantilla had several avant-garde features, one of them was to be the few factories in the country moved by force of gas motor (internal combustion), another was that it was the first to bottle mineral water quinada. The bottling plant watering had its heyday when a retired Colonel think buy what was once a Hotel and in its grounds there is a spring that is at the foot of the Hill, that spring more or less to 5 meters under the ground, and to get up to the at the time made a down aisle and made him a space to beformerly there was a cave, where could one take mud and spread it on the face, because it took away infections have much ore, I now believe that this left the place since I believe that there is a dispute, with the municipality, hopefully could rescue it, since in that area there was a road that resembled the entrance of a Palace, because had on the side, planted Palm trees of dates and when I was small, I was going with my dad, who worked at the company... is watering area was made the film of Valentin Trujillo EL VALIENTE VIVE version, until he COWARDLY wills, and there himself in the hills that are the walk between the irrigation and San Lorenzo are Televisa Y Tv Aztec Repeater antennas.