BREAKING NEWS: Coca Cola Recipe 'Discovered'

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://nation.foxnews.com/coca-cola-recipe/2011/02/14/breaking-news-coca-cola-recipe-discovered


The ingredients of the drink, founded 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 Feb 8 1979 edition of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has a photo of someone holding open a book with a recipe claimed to be an exact replica of Pemberton's.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/sites/default/files/cola_recipe.jpg

[sparebulb]

Reminds me of the Futurama episode about the making of Slurm.

[Kludge]

From the image, I see I'll need Coffin Pears from the US Expo and some Dryer 69. I guess I'll just leave it to Coca Cola.

Oh, guess I read it wrong. Here we go:

Fluid extract of Coca 3 drams USP
Citric acid 3 oz
Caffeine 1oz
Sugar 30 (it is unclear from the markings what quantity is required)
Water 2.5 gal
Lime juice 2 pints 1 qrt
Vanilla 1oz
Caramel 1.5oz or more to colour
7X flavour (use 2oz of flavour to 5 gals syrup):
Alcohol 8oz
Orange oil 20 drops
Lemon oil 30 drops
Nutmeg oil 10 drops
Coriander 5 drops
Neroli 10 drops
Cinnamon 10 drops

[PreDeadMan]

Is this the "original recipe"? you know.. with COCAINE in it :)?

[Anti Federalist]

This recipe is attributed to a diary owned by Coca-Cola inventor, John S. Pemberton, just before his death in 1888. (U.S. measures).[11]

Ingredients:
1 oz (28 g) caffeine citrate
3 oz (85 g) citric acid
1 US fl oz (30 ml; 1 imp fl oz) vanilla extract
1 US qt (946 ml; 33 imp fl oz) lime juice
2.5 oz (71 g) "flavoring," i.e., "Merchandise 7X"
30 lb (14 kg) sugar
4 US fl oz (118.3 ml; 4.2 imp fl oz) powder extract of cocaine (decocainized flavor essence of the coca leaf)
2.5 US gal (9.5 l; 2.1 imp gal) water
caramel sufficient
"Mix caffeine acid and lime juice in 1 quart boiling water add vanilla and flavoring when cool."
Flavoring (Merchandise 7X):
80 oil orange
40 oil cinnamon
120 oil lemon
20 oil coriander
40 oil nutmeg
40 oil neroli
1 US qt (946 ml; 33 imp fl oz) alcohol
"Let stand 24 hours."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula

[Humanae Libertas]

You forgot to add Pepsi.

[libertybrewcity]

oh i could have told you the recipe! chemicals, chemicals, chemicals, chemicals, high fructose corn syrup (excuse me, corn sugar), more chemicals, water, dark color.

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

This is about as much breaking news as Britney Spears shaving her head.