The History Of Coca-Cola

The History Of Coca-Cola

The creator of Coca-Cola is John Pemberton. He is a druggist. Do you believe that the most famous drink creator is a druggist. But it is true.

Pemberton's original creation was a cocawine, highly popular in 1884 Columbus, Georgia. But when prohibition was passed the following year, he re-worked the formula into a non-alcoholic drink that used coca leaves and kola nuts for flavoring. And Coca-Cola was born in 1886.He first sold his new product through a pharmacy.

In 1887, Pemberton sold rights to the formula, to Asa Candler, who then incorporated a company as Coca-Cola. But Pemberton then sold the rights a second time, while his son Charlie started to produce a similar drink.

Candler was afraid to totally remove the coca from his formula, because he believed the only way he could hang onto the patent for the name, was to keep producing it with the ingredients that had given the drink life as Coca-Cola.

In 1902, the actual amount of coca extract in the syrup, had been reduced to 1/400th of a grain. It would not be eliminated entirely, until 1929.

Coca Cola For 40 Years Without Any Other Liquid

Coca Cola For 40 Years Without Any Other Liquid

A Croatian man drinks Coca-Cola for more than 40 years. He says he is in perfect health. At this time he does not take anything.

His name is Pero Ajtman, 71, of Karanac. He started his Coke only diet in 1968 after promising his mum he wouldn't drink alcohol.

"My mum didn't like me drinking when I was a young man as she was very religious. She made me promise never to drink again and Coca-Coca was the only thing that tasted as good as wine so I started drinking that," Ajtman told daily 24 Sata.

But the pensioner was soon hooked and stopped drinking anything but the fizzy soft drink.

"Now I have a glass in the morning, before and after lunch, with my dinner and then before I go to bed. I never drink anything else," he said.

"My mother isn't here to tell me not to drink anymore but I'm not even tempted to quit coke for alcohol. Coke is my drug now, and I'll drink it till I die."