{"id":23468,"date":"2010-11-29T06:12:57","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T14:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/?p=23468"},"modified":"2011-12-01T16:19:56","modified_gmt":"2011-12-02T00:19:56","slug":"cokes-original-secret-formula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mehallo.com\/blog\/archives\/23468","title":{"rendered":"Coke’s (original) secret formula"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘found in an old formulary book that Coca-Cola<\/a> inventor, John S. Pemberton,<\/a> was using shortly before his death’<\/em><\/p>\n

Was bouncing around online and stumbled upon Coca-Cola’s Secret Formula. <\/p>\n

Well, Coke’s original<\/em> sugary, cocaine-based Secret Formula. <\/p>\n

Not quite ‘The Real Thing’ we have today . . . <\/p>\n


\nCoca-Cola ad, 1894<\/em><\/p>\n

original coca-cola syrup, alleged<\/em><\/p>\n

ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 oz. Citrate Caffein
\n1 oz. Ext. Vanilla
\n2 1\/2 oz. Flavoring
\n4 oz. F.E. Coco
\nCaramel sufficient
\n3 oz Citric Acid
\n1 Qt. Lime Juice
\n20 lbs. Sugar
\n2 1\/2 gal. Water<\/em><\/p>\n

flavoring<\/strong><\/p>\n

80 Oil Orange
\n120 Oil Lemon
\n40 Oil Nutmeg
\n1 Qt. Alcohol
\n40 Oil Cinnamon
\n20 Oil Coriander
\n40 Oil Neroli<\/em><\/p>\n

directions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mix Caffein Acid and Lime Juice 1 Qt. Boiling water add vanilla and flavoring when cool. Let stand for 24 hours.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In reality, The Coca-Cola Company only makes a syrup – which is sent out to bottlers who add the fizzy water. Originally, one could mix their own Coke at home, using yeast to get the bubbles to magically appear.<\/p>\n

I tried this once using a recipe out of a childrens book I got from the local library. Bottles kept exploding. Very dangerous.<\/p>\n

Details about the ingredients, Pemberton and his notebook can be found here.<\/a> Plus, here’s the Snopes take<\/a> on the Secret Formula.<\/p>\n

And more cola recipes here<\/a> and here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Formula found via Cover Secret;<\/a><\/em> Coca-Cola syrup jar photo found via The Rocketeer;<\/a> Making cola concentrate photo found via Cube-Cola;<\/a> Bottles photo found via Oddee<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\r\n\t

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