TIL that Dr. John Pembertonβs most popular drink before Coca Cola was called βPemberton's French Wine Cocaβ which included wine, caffeine, and cocaethylene (cocaine mixed with alcohol) on its ingredients list. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemβ¦
TIL that Dr. John Pembertonβs most popular drink before Coca Cola was called βPemberton's French Wine Cocaβ which included wine, caffeine, and cocaethylene (cocaine mixed with alcohol) on its ingredients list. reddit.com/r/todayilearneβ¦
TIL that Dr. John Pembertonβs most popular drink before Coca Cola was called βPemberton's French Wine Cocaβ which included wine, caffeine, and cocaethylene (cocaine mixed with alcohol) on its ingredients list. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemβ¦
TIL: Pemberton's French Wine Coca was the start of Coca Cola. The famous drink actually started out as a wine developed by John Smith Pemberton to combat his drug addiction. Later, due to prohibition, it was transformed from a wine to a cocaine filled cola and then into the Coke we know today. pharmacytimes.com/news/5-β¦
COCA COLA HISTORY - Coca Cola originated from Vin Mariani, famous cocktail of cocaine and wine, and was first called Pembertonβs French Wine Coca. Coca Cola removed alcohol in 1886 and cocaine in 1903. Today, the coca leaf extract (minus ecgonine) ingredient is labeled as 'Merchandise No. 5'.
TIL Coca-Cola was originally sweetened with wine. Before the wine was switched out for sugar, it was known as "Pemberton's French Wine Coca". It was a 1886 prohibition law enacted in Atlanta that caused its inventor, Dr. John S. Pemberton, to rewrite the formula. memory.loc.gov/ammem/ccmpβ¦
Coca Cola originated from Vin Mariana, famous cocktail of cocaine and wine that was first called Pemberton's French Wine Coca. Coca Cola removed alcohol in 1886 and cocaine in 1903. Today, the coca leaf extract (minus ecgonine) ingredient is labeled as "Merchandise No. 5".
TIL of Damiana, the plant from which Damiana liquor is made. Damiana is believed to elevate mood and serves as an aphrodisiac. It was an ingredient in βPembertonβs French Wine Coca,β but was left out from the non-alcoholic counterpart, Coca-Cola. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turβ¦
TIL that John S. Pemberton had a second beverage next to the famous coca-cola the Pemberton's French wine cola it was a blend of alcohol and cocaine. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pemβ¦
TIL that Coca Cola was first was developed by John Pemberton in 1886 in response to a passed prohibition legislation, essentially creating a nonalcoholic version of French Wine Coca. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johβ¦
TIL that Cocaine and Wine together were a huge European success. Due to American Prohibition, John Pemberton created a carbonated, non-alcoholic beverage by the name of Coca-Cola en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinβ¦
The Man Who Invented Coca Cola & Where It ALL Began - John Pemberton Locations / Birthplace of Coke youtube.com/watch?v=493Fpβ¦
TIL Coca Cola contains a secret ingredient known as "Merchandise 7X" and it has remained a secret since its invention in 1886 by John Pemberton. The description of the ingredient is kept in a vault at the Trust Co. Bank in Atlanta. reddit.com/r/todayilearneβ¦
[todayilearned] TIL Coca Cola contains a secret ingredient known as "Merchandise 7X" and it has remained a secret since its invention in 1886 by John Pemberton. The description of the ingredient is kept in a vault at the Trust Co. Bank in Atlanta. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secβ¦
French coca wine rebirth
I just found out that the famous "Vin Mariani" is available again but is now been attacked by Coca-Cola:
https://france-amerique.com/en/coca-cola-vs-coca-mariani-a-french-american-quarrel/
John Pemberton was a CSA Army Veteran who suffered a sabre wound in 1865. His ensuing morphine and painkiller addiction eventually lead him to create what is now Coca-Cola.
John Pembertons wife accidentally invents Coca-Cola 1886 gfycat.com/blissfullighthβ¦
TIL on 29 May 1886, Coca-Colaβs 1st ad appeared in The Atlanta Journal. Creator John Pemberton predicted Coca-Cola would be a βnational drinkβ but he & his son sold their stake to satisfy morphine addiction. He died penniless but the recipe remains a closely guarded trade secret today historyofyesterday.com/thβ¦
Vin Mariani was a coca wine created in the 1860s by Angelo Mariani, a French chemist from Corsica. The ethanol in the wine acted as a solvent and extracted the cocaine from coca leaves. U. S. Grant and Popes Leo XIII and Pius X were Vin Mariani drinkers; Pope Leo gave Mariani a Vatican Gold Medal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinβ¦
PHOTOS: New Coca-Cola Sign Added to Pemberton Barbecue Pit at American Adventure Pavilion wdwnt.com/2021/10/photos-β¦
TIL a Confederate soldier named John Stith Pemberton got stabbed in the chest in battle, and afterwards became hooked on morphine. He was working on a cure for his painkiller addiction when he accidentally mixed it with carbonated water and invented Coca-Cola. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johβ¦
This Day in Victorian History John Pemberton, American pharmacist (inventor of Coca-Cola), dies of stomach cancer at 55 (1888) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johβ¦
Check out one of my favorite Pre-COVID finds. This French drink menu that covers all the basics any self-respecting French Restaurant would have in stock from limonade to contreau, vin (wine), bier, and even Coca Cola!
John Stith Pemberton, the inventor of Coca-Cola, in 1886 the moment he realized he wanted the world's most ubiquitous drink aside from water to be the color of hangover shit.
TIL that John Pemberton created Coca-Cola as a way to wean himself off of morphine, which he became addicted to after taking a saber to the chest during the Battle of Columbus. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johβ¦
This Day in Victorian History American chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise Coca-Cola (1886) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johβ¦
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On this day in 1866, John Pemberton sold his first bottle of nerve tonic. And Coca Cola was born. reddit.com/gallery/n7w8oh
John Pemberton accidentally creates Coca-Cola, 1885
March 29 1886: John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
Coca-cola used to have cocaine. Many wines did the same
TIL of a drink called Kalimotxo or Calimocho which consists of equal parts red wine and cola. The drink dates back to the 1920s, originating in Spain. However, the drink didn't become popular until around 1953 when Coca-Cola became readily available in Spain. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalβ¦
TIL that the inventor of Coca-Cola, John Stith Pemberton was a Civil War veteran who became addicted to morphine due to pain from a saber wound to the chest. Seeking alternatives to his morphine use, he developed the original formula for Coca-Cola with use of the coca plant for pain relief. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johβ¦
TDIH: January 15, 1889, The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is incorporated in Atlanta. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theβ¦
John Stith Pemberton perfects his recipe for Coca Cola (1886)
TIL In 1863 a French chemist started marketing a wine called Vin Mariani which was made from Bordeaux wine and coca leaves. The ethanol in the wine acted as a solvent and extracted the cocaine from the coca leaves, altering the drinkβs effect. Pope Leo XIII also appeared on a poster endorsing it en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinβ¦
Polar Bear smuggles forbidden knowledge to John Pemberton, 1886. Pemberton would later use this knowledge to start the Coca Cola company and sell the secrets back to the bears, one bottle at a time.
TIL Coca-Cola was originally made when itβs creator, Civil War Colonel John Pemberton, was wounded and became addicted to morphine. Coca-Cola was the result of his search for a substitute. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocβ¦
TIL John Pemberton died a pennyless morphine addict after selling the rights to his alcohol-free morphine alternative, 'Coca-Cola', a formula he said "some day will be a national drink". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johβ¦
