Secrets Of Coca-Cola: The Billion Dollar Beverage - 2019 - 6/10

History of the obscure beginnings of the snake oil tonic to global dominance.
No, there wasn’t cocaine in the early product, it was coca, from the leaves.
Kept for a long time, eventually removed. Formula remains a guarded secret.
Upstart Pepsi mentioned, but the 90’s taste-test challenge, not the earlier Pepsi Generation.
Best for cola junkies, who I suspect are legion. +
English subs = https://sub-scene.com/subtitle/3353312

My own father was the latter. He had a standing order with the local bottler to deliver 15 cases monthly.
That’s the 16 oz bottles, 24 per case. Yes, he drank two six-packs a day.
Also smoked a steady stream of cigars. Health conscious souls, he lived to be 86.