To the point that not only popular shows and movies such as The Rugrats, Spongebob, and Kenan and Kel would have an episode dedicated about one of the characters selling lemonade at a home made stand to make cash, but there was even a computer game called Lemonade Tycoon released back in 2006 which as you can tell from the title involves running a business to sell lemonade at stands! I still seen lemonade stands in my generation as I was growing up all the way to my senior year at 18 before I enrolled in college. Heck my sister actually made cash running one fo these to buy a Pokemon Crystal for the gameboy!

So I'm wondering why lemonade stands were so common? Why lemonade specifically and not other drinks like Pepsi? And how come they pretty much died out to the point seeing a minor selling lemonade drinks is now an anamoly and I admit a nostalgic throwback to the past that I'd even order a couple just to help out the hardworking kid?