An assembly and method are provided for storing and dispensing a soluble
substance, such as a flavoring, into a liquid. A useful application of
the subject invention includes the case where lime-flavored liquid is
contained in a foam artificial lime stored in the neck of a beer bottle,
attached to a beer bottle or can, or attached to the 6-pack or 12-pack
carton. The artificial lime may be retrieved from the neck or a
protective covering and acted upon so it diffuses the lime-flavored
liquid into the beer when it is inserted into the beer bottle.
Alternately, juice from the artificial lime may be squeezed into the
beer, or the artificial lime may be simply retrieved and discarded.
Rather than needing to buy a natural lime, cut it up and push a wedge
into a beer bottle, an artificial lime, or a packaged natural lime, may
be stored directly in or with the beer bottle and placed in functional
contact with the beer at time of consumption.