A lot of people found out about dirty sodas from Mormons on reality TV, but Kelowna\u2019s Kaitlyn Ambrozik already had her pop shop on the go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ambrozik, 26, is the owner of the dirty soda shop Sweet Streams in Kelowna. She said the business started out as a trailer in 2024 operating in the summer, but she was flooded with calls from people craving a dirty soda in the off-season so she opened a brick and mortar location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI’d get multiple DMs every single day, \u2019where can I get a dirty soda?\u2019\u201d Ambrozik said. \u201cSo it came to the point where we decided on brick and mortar all year round.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What makes the soda dirty is extra flavouring with syrups or candy, and adding some kind of cream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“You add your syrups, your creamers, cloud foam. Then we have other add-ins, too, you can add candies. You can do marshmallow fluff around the cup. You could do caramel drizzle, chocolate drizzle. You name it,” she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The calorie count in a dirty soda can range from a few hundred to more than 1,000, depending on what you add.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dirty soda started out as a trend in the Mormon community in Utah. Mormonism explicitly prohibits drinking alcohol and strongly discourages drinking caffeine, so dirty sodas became a popular alternative starting around 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The world became more aware of the drink in the past few years because of the show Secret Lives of Mormon Wives<\/em> as well as dirty sodas popping up on TikTok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n