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Sunukikiya, a Thàpèkunkwèk'ia physician, is credited with inventing the concept of individually bottling servings of ''mpë'chgëyne'' in 1678''.'' Partnering with Tuanadi, a renowned glassblower, Sunukikiya created a bottle feasible for containing enough of a beverage to enjoy with a meal or as a treat. The ease of manufacture of these bottles allowed Thàpèkunkwèké to become extremely wealthy. One urban legend purports an Antoran lord paid almost a metric ton of gold for a hundred bottles of maple ''mpë'chgëyne''. Seeing the success that the bulk sale of soft drinks resulted in, the other League nations worked to create their own bottling systems and unique flavors. Pahsaèkatëmatwa'áku and Kèxaptunwène'ku followed in the manner of creating glass bottles, while Shahëwèkwe created large pottery workshops to mold jarlike vessels called ''paèntink'', meaning "in a cup." ''Paèntink'' are still made today, and the word is used to also refer to the drinks contained within. These soft drinks, typically made with high-altitude roses, blackcurrants, or lavender, are prized for their taste, high price, and fragile containers. Answikànwèkwe and Sànàksëkwe'iéke experimented with whalebone and carved stone bottles, though they switched to the glassblowing system after their efforts were deemed too labor-intensive and unsustainable for mass production.
Today, the League's soft drink industry builds on the heritage of these drinks. The largest sellers of ''mpë'chgëyne''-type soft drinks are Chgei'nuaka Pop, a birch beer, sarsaparilla, and tonic water company, Mountain Ice, a mineral water and citrus soda company, and Thitpan, a
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