Coca-Cola (in the history)

The soft drink was first sold to the public at the soda fountain in Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta on May 8, 1886.

About nine servings of the soft drink were sold each day. Sales for that first year added up to a total of about $50. The funny thing was that it cost John Pemberton over $70 in expanses, so the first year of sales were a loss.

Until 1905, the soft drink, marketed as a tonic, contained extracts of cocaine as well as the caffeine-rich kola nut.

When launched Coca-Cola's two key ingredients were cocaine (benzoylmethyl ecgonine) and caffeine. The cocaine was derived from the coca leaf and the caffeine from kola nut, leading to the name Coca-Cola (the "K" in Kola was replaced with a "C" for marketing purposes).^[28][29]


Reference (s):
www.TheGoodDrugsGuide.com
http://www.pponline.co.uk/encyc/0204.htm
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/coca_cola.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#Coca_.E2.80.94_cocaine


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