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About the event
The term �??milkshake�?� was first used in 1885. At that time, milkshakes were very different from what you can currently get at Dairy Queen, as they were alcoholic drinks made with eggs and whiskey, much like today�??s eggnog. Soon after, however, the word �??milkshake�?� began to refer to ice cream-based drinks made with chocolate, strawberry, or vanilla syrups. By the 1930s, milkshakes were a popular drink at the kind of malt shops depicted in many of today�??s movies, which were common student meeting places. In the 1940s and 1950s, sharing a milkshake became a gesture of intimacy between a couple who were dating.
Somewhere along the way, coffee was added to milkshakes to give them both a caffeine boost and the unique coffee flavor loved by millions worldwide, and then a day was created to celebrate the delicious combination of coffee and ice cream. There have been countless variations of this drink, one of which is Starbucks�?? Frappuccino.
