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The ingredients of the drink, created by John Pemberton, a medicinal pharmacist in 1886, have always been a mystery.
However, Thisamericanlife.org claims to have discovered a list in a photograph in a newspaper article giving the ingredients and exact quantities to make the drink.
I love fountain Coke when they don't get chintzy with the syrup to soda water mixture. There's a diner down the street from me (Brandon's Diner in South Fontana) that serves perfectly mixed fountain Coke, so I order it every time I'm there
I drink it when I can find the Mexican coke in bottles (no problem around here) or the Kosher Coke that appears around certain Jewish holidays.
The ingredients of the drink, created by John Pemberton, a medicinal pharmacist in 1886, have always been a mystery.
However, Thisamericanlife.org claims to have discovered a list in a photograph in a newspaper article giving the ingredients and exact quantities to make the drink.
The ingredients of the drink, created by John Pemberton, a medicinal pharmacist in 1886, have always been a mystery.
However, Thisamericanlife.org claims to have discovered a list in a photograph in a newspaper article giving the ingredients and exact quantities to make the drink.
When the telegraph listed the ingredients at the bottom of the article, they totally left out the prune juice. Yes, right there in the "original" there is prune juice. Any fool can read it.
Lime juice, orange oil, lemon oil, .... now that I think about it, yes, I can taste that in Coke.
Interesting bit of trivia to know but I won't be rushing out to buy the ingredients and make any myself.
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