Pomton Drinks

Pomton - low calorie refreshers

Reinventing original refreshing traditions so generations can blend moments of joy

Grapefruit juice & Tonic water: It was monsieur René Lacoste, the legendary French tennis player and the man behind the sportswear with the embroidered crocodile, who created Pomton as we know it nowadays. While attending a golf tournament in 1967, Lacoste invented Le Chose (The Thing). The mix of grapefruit juice & tonic water in one drinking glass would quickly become the traditional reward for golfers and tennisers worldwide after a good round of golf or tennis.

Watermelon fresca & Grapefruit juice: Back in the 15th century, Aztecs traveled along the rivers of Tenochtitlán and gathered fruits along the way. They muddled these fruits with water, then added ice from the Popocatépetl to make it more hydrating. Over the years, agua fresca has become a staple beverage in Mexico. And being the healthy “fruit water” it is, Mexicans grew up with this refreshing drink. More various fruit were added as time went by. The watermelon variety in particular quickly gained popularity. After years of being the most popular drink in Mexico, the drink also became famous among their North American neighbors. Perfect time for us to reinvent this tradition in Europe and add our own touch of grapefruit to the drink which makes it even more of a thirst quencher.  

Lime lemonade & Grapefruit juice The earliest written record of a lemon beverage actually comes from 12th-century Egypt. But the tradition of mixing traditional lemonade with fruit accidentally started in America by one Henry E. Allott in 1912 ,a Chicago man who worked in a circus.Because it was hard work, these circus performers often drank lemonade to quench their thirst. Working the concession stand of the circus one afternoon, Allott coincidentally “invented” the drink after dropping several colored cinnamon candies into a large vat of the traditional lemonade variety. With a line of customers in front of him and no time to make a new batch, Allott simply sold the drink as it was, to great success.Since it was quickly noticed that the candies made the lemonade less healthy, they were replaced by grapefruit.