James Anderson got into the lemonade business after he opened a restaurant next door to his beauty salon at 18th and Parallel in Northeast Kansas City, Kansas. He didn't serve any sugary soda pop, just his fruit punch and lemonade, which he made from a secret recipe. His satisfying elixirs suddenly got very popular. "Demand said bottle it," he says. Now Kansas Citians can find his sweet, tangy James' Lemonade everywhere from Osco and Hy-Vee stores to LC's Barbecue and cafeterias at Kansas City schools. James says the secret is in the ingredients, and he'll reveal only that he uses pure cane sugar and just a touch of mint.
