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Thursday, November 20, 2008

The History of Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola was invented back in 1886 by John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia. His bookkeeper, Frank Robinson gave the beverage its name by combining the recipe's two most distinctive ingredients, the South American coca leaf and the African cola nut. Pemberton had originally intended to mix his new syrup with ice water when he first brought a sample of it over to Jacob's Drug Store in Atlanta. But, by mistake,the druggist had prepared the fountain drink with soda water instead. Pemberton was delighted by this accidental substitution -and, as a result -a soft drink legend was born!
Take a look at these vintage Coke ads on the following website.
http://coca-cola.tin-signs.net/

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