Sodatheology - Part 7 : The Coca-Cola Recipe

Happy New Year 2006. With the new year, come new hopes and resolutions. For Coke collectors, 2005 was a year to remember. New year just past 5 days ago....how about our new year resolution ? Maybe I want get this Coca-Cola delivery van as part of my collection.

You drink it but do you know how to make Coca-Cola ?. The exact formula of Coca-Cola is famously a trade secret. The original copy of the formula is held in SunTrust Bank's main vault in Atlanta. Its predecessor, the Trust Company, was the underwriter for the Coca-Cola Company's initial public offering in 1919. A popular myth states that only two executives have access to the formula, with each executive having only half the formula. The truth is that while Coca-Cola does have a rule restricting access to only two executives, each knows the entire formula and others, in addition to the prescribed duo, have known the formulation process.

But the secret's out. Maybe you can try your own home made Coca-Cola. But, try this at your own risk.

Ingredients
1 oz. Citrate Caffein
3 oz. Citric Acid
1 oz. Ext. Vanilla
1 Qt. Lime Juice
2 1/2 oz. Flavoring
30 lbs. Sugar
4 oz. F.E. Coco
Caramel sufficient
2 1/2 gal. Water

Flavoring
80 Oil Orange
40 Oil Cinnamon
120 Oil Lemon
20 Oil Coriander
40 Oil Nutmeg
40 Oil Neroli
1 Qt. Alcohol (warning : For muslim don't ever use it. It is nonhalal)

Directions
Mix Caffeine Acid and Lime Juice
1 Qt. Boiling water add vanilla and flavoring when cool.
Let stand for 24 hours.

Some Notes on Preparing The Coca-Cola Formula
It takes 1 oz. of syrup mixed with carbonated water to make a 6.5 oz. serving of Coca-Cola. "F.E. Coco" means fluid extract of coca (the plant that produces cocaine heeee...make sure you get in legal way, if not maybe you can find any plants leaves that you like it), however the recipe does not go into details as to how this extract was prepared. Another ol Coca-Cola formula in the possession of Frank Robinson's great-grandson1, indicates that 10 pounds of coca leaf are required to flavor 36 gallons of syrup. It is also believed that the coca plant with lower cocaine levels was used to produce the extract. This is based on some of Pemberton's writings that indicate some coca plants were too bitter (that was because of cocaine).

The cola in Coca-Cola comes from the kola nut, yet kola nuts are not mentioned in the above Coca-Cola formula. This was because the reason for using kola nuts was for their caffeine content, and Pemberton almost positively bought his "Citrate Caffein" from a company that derived their caffeine from kola nuts. (Pemberton had previously praised the German firm Merck of producing a superior form of the stimulant from kola nuts).

Coca-Cola is a registered trademark of the Coca-Cola company. I am in no way affiliated with the Coca-Cola company.