History of Coca-Cola. It's a sin not to know

What is the most recognizable object in the world? Is it football? Or Big-Mac? No, the answer is a bottle of Coca-Cola. The famous bottle of Coca-Cola is almost 100 years old!

Football and the Big Mac are certainly part of life for many people, but Coca-Cola is now a permanent part of world culture. People know and drink Coca-Cola all over the world.

It is said that the bottle of Coca-Cola is the most recognizable object in the world. Hundreds of millions of people can recognize a bottle of Coca-Cola in their form, even if they do not see it! And the famous Coca-Cola logo is the most famous logo in the world. Unlike any other famous commercial logo, it has not changed in 100 years!

But Coca-Cola's story is even older than that. It was in 1886 that John Pemberton, a pharmacist from Atlanta, Georgia, invented a new type of syrup, using the leaves of coca, sugar, and cola, as well as a few other secret ingredients! Pemberton sold it as a medicine and with his coca (a source of cocaine), this should make people feel good!

Nevertheless, the medicine of Pemberton was not very successful, so he sold his secret formula to another pharmacist Ace Kandler. Candler was interested because he had another idea; He thought that the "medicine" of Pemberton would have been much better if it had been mixed with soda.

So Candler was the man who really invented the Coca-Cola drink. First, he sold it at the pharmacy, then he started selling the syrup to other pharmacies that used it with his soda fountains. Candler also advertised his new drink, and soon people gathered in pharmacies just to drink Coca-Cola.

Soon others became interested in the product, including several businessmen who wanted to sell it in bottles. Candler sold them a license for a bottle of drink, and very quickly men became millionaires. A well-known bottle with its very peculiar shape was designed in 1916.

During the First World War, American soldiers in Europe began to ask Coca-Cola, so the company Coca-cola began exporting to Europe. He was so popular among soldiers that they had to start pouring a drink in Europe.

Today Coca-Cola is produced in countries around the world, including Russia and China; It is the most popular drink in the world.

As for the famous formula, this is probably the most valuable secret in the world! The exact ingredients for making Coca-Cola is known only to a few people. And as for the "coca", which was in the original drink, it was eliminated in 1903. It was a drug, and it was too dangerous. Today's Coca-Cola contains caffeine, but not cocaine!