Texas Tamarindo: BettySoo Loves Tehuacan

For those of us who are obsessed with bubble water, the same water in a different delivery is different. It totally changes the character of the bubbles, like how long it stays fizzy, like all of that stuff changes. —BettySoo, Texas songwriter who loves Tehuacan Tamarindo mineral water

Traveling as a musician means going places and experiencing a lot of things at once. Texas-based BettySoo and Sloane Spencer discuss what it means to travel on the road, tamarind candy and its uniqueness, plus BettySoo’s favorite carbonated beverage, Tehuacan Tamarindo, which derives from her love of tamarind candy.

There’s kind of a unique cultural phenomenon to the Austin residency, and I think part of it, honestly, is that we have so many venues.

Beyond a shared love for carbonated water, they talk about the Austin music scene and what makes it special to be a musician there, how hard it is to get even nonalcoholic drinks shipped across state lines, and beloved Jewish deli sodas.

I love the connection like that, something that seems so simple as a flavored bubble water, is part of that whole experience.

List of links

• BettySoo.com
• Nobody’s Girl (feat. BettySoo, Rebecca Loebe, and Grace Pettis)
• BettySoo on Tour in 2022
• Mexican Tamarindo Candy versus Indian Tamarind Candy
• Khatti meethi imli candy
• Phenomenon of Topo Chico freezing in bottle after opening
• Satisfaction of a large burp
• Bubble Bottles TikTok of Topo Chico bubble
• The BettySoo episode playlist
• The Bubble Bottles podcast playlist
• Sneak peeks, outtakes, and bonus episodes

Beverage mentions

• Tehuacan Tamarindo
• Topo Chico
• Polar Seltzer
• Dr. Brown’s Celery Cel-Ray soda

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AI Transcript, Good for a Few Laughs

Sloane Spencer: [00:00:08] Hey, y’all, this is Sloane Spencer, and you found us here at Bubble Bottles, one of our two new podcasts. This is where we chat with music folks about their favorite carbonated beverages. I’ve got a special guest with me today, somebody who I have been following — literally following — at shows around the country for several years now and have actually gotten to catch several times. And I guess the plus and the minus of the pandemic is that BettySoo has done a pretty cool online event that bubbled up during all of this experience as well. But it is a Texas songwriter involved in a lot of different projects, not only her solo career but also her trio Nobody’s Girl who has a new album coming, by the way. I’m sure we’ll talk about some of that and happens to be a designer of planners, so I am obsessed with planners and full disclosure: I purchased the planner and I use it regularly, so I know that’s not really what we were planning to talk about, but I felt like I should put that out there. So BettySoo, welcome to Bubble Bottles. [00:01:07][59.1]

BettySoo: [00:01:08] Thank you so much. It’s great to be here. [00:01:10][1.8]

Sloane Spencer: [00:01:11] Oh my pleasure. So give us a rundown on what you’ve been doing musically. [00:01:15][3.9]

BettySoo: [00:01:15] Well, you know, Nobody’s Girl. We released our record a year after we t...