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~ FACT OR FICTION? ~
I recently stumbled onto some information which claims Coca Cola was actually invented in Valencia, Spain in 1884 - which would be two years prior to Joseph Pemberton's 1886 invention. I am still researching this and need some help to sort everything out. Following is what I have found so far ...
( But first I would like to acknowledge member Wheelah23 - It was because of his deco soda bottle thread that I happend upon this information in the first place. Here is a link to his thread if you wish to see how all of this developed).
Link: https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-432525/mpage-1/key-/tm.htm
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For starters it would be best for you to read up on this topic by accessing the following links and familarizing yourself with it, and then come back here and share your comments. As I mentioned above, I am going to need some help making sense of this. At present I am not sure if it is fact or fiction. Most of the actual claims are those of the family in Spain who were involved with this. And I'm not really sure what to make of it. My current research involves trying to find a bona fide response where the Coca Cola Company either supports or refutes the claim. Maybe you can find something where I have been unable to. Thanks.
Links:
1.
[/align]http://guides.wikinut.com/The-Secret-Origin-of-Coca-Cola,-in-a-Village-in-Spain/g4hs6h9f/[/align]
2.
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_30754.shtml[/align]
3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_cola[/align]
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If you read the last link and are familar with Pemberton's "French Wine Cola" then you may agree that this is as clue that can't be ignored. I ask myself; What was Pemberton up to and where and why did he first use the name "French Wine Coca?" Was it something he actually came up with on his own, or did he "borrow" it from somebody? And was that somebody from Valencia, Spain? Hmmm ... I wonder!
Please note that "Nuez de Kola-Coca" was/is basically a licor/liquor and not a soda pop beverage.
These next entries are various quotes from the websites links above ...
Local people in Aielo de Malferit in Valencia maintain that they invented the most popular drink on the planet. One of them, Juan Mica, claims that it was an uncle of his who invented the formula in 1884, and that he then sold the patent to the United States.[/align] [/align]One of the residents claims that his uncle invented the formula in 1884, and sold the patent to the United States.
[/align] [/align]The U.S. Coca Cola Company bought the patent from Valencia in 1953.[/align] [/align]The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at the Eagle Drug and Chemical Company, a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia by John Pemberton, originally as a coca wine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca.[3][4][5] He may have been inspired by the formidable success of Vin Mariani, a European coca wine.[/align]
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If you know of or find something of interest to add to this, please feel free to do so. It would be nice to know once and for all "If Coca Cola was invented in France or the United States?" Inquiring minds need to know!
Lastly ... on the following four or five pages are related picture.
Thanks in advance to all - I'll be back!
SODAPOPBOB
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I recently stumbled onto some information which claims Coca Cola was actually invented in Valencia, Spain in 1884 - which would be two years prior to Joseph Pemberton's 1886 invention. I am still researching this and need some help to sort everything out. Following is what I have found so far ...
( But first I would like to acknowledge member Wheelah23 - It was because of his deco soda bottle thread that I happend upon this information in the first place. Here is a link to his thread if you wish to see how all of this developed).
Link: https://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-432525/mpage-1/key-/tm.htm
~ * ~
For starters it would be best for you to read up on this topic by accessing the following links and familarizing yourself with it, and then come back here and share your comments. As I mentioned above, I am going to need some help making sense of this. At present I am not sure if it is fact or fiction. Most of the actual claims are those of the family in Spain who were involved with this. And I'm not really sure what to make of it. My current research involves trying to find a bona fide response where the Coca Cola Company either supports or refutes the claim. Maybe you can find something where I have been unable to. Thanks.
Links:
1.
[/align]http://guides.wikinut.com/The-Secret-Origin-of-Coca-Cola,-in-a-Village-in-Spain/g4hs6h9f/[/align]
2.
http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_30754.shtml[/align]
3.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca_cola[/align]
~ * ~
If you read the last link and are familar with Pemberton's "French Wine Cola" then you may agree that this is as clue that can't be ignored. I ask myself; What was Pemberton up to and where and why did he first use the name "French Wine Coca?" Was it something he actually came up with on his own, or did he "borrow" it from somebody? And was that somebody from Valencia, Spain? Hmmm ... I wonder!
Please note that "Nuez de Kola-Coca" was/is basically a licor/liquor and not a soda pop beverage.
These next entries are various quotes from the websites links above ...
Local people in Aielo de Malferit in Valencia maintain that they invented the most popular drink on the planet. One of them, Juan Mica, claims that it was an uncle of his who invented the formula in 1884, and that he then sold the patent to the United States.[/align] [/align]One of the residents claims that his uncle invented the formula in 1884, and sold the patent to the United States.
[/align] [/align]The U.S. Coca Cola Company bought the patent from Valencia in 1953.[/align] [/align]The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at the Eagle Drug and Chemical Company, a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia by John Pemberton, originally as a coca wine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca.[3][4][5] He may have been inspired by the formidable success of Vin Mariani, a European coca wine.[/align]
~ * ~
If you know of or find something of interest to add to this, please feel free to do so. It would be nice to know once and for all "If Coca Cola was invented in France or the United States?" Inquiring minds need to know!
Lastly ... on the following four or five pages are related picture.
Thanks in advance to all - I'll be back!
SODAPOPBOB
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