WAS COCA COLA INVENTED IN VALENCIA, SPAIN ?

[SODAPOPBOB]

epackage and cc6pack ~

Thanks to both of you for the help. Plus, those other ads would be great, 6pack! But no hurry.

If anyone else wishes to jump on the wagon here and do some reaserch ... I think finding a reference to whether or not Coca Cola actually bought that patent from the family in Valencia, Spain would be the most helpful of all. For me that would nail the lid shut on this thing. But patent searches aren't always the easiest thing to do. Maybe one of you experts, which I'm not, has more talent is this area than I do.

Thanks.

SPBOB

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Here is a copy/pasted quote from one of the websites I posted a link to. It's currently the main focus of my research ...

Delegates of the American company had no choice but to come up and buy Malferit Aielo of the patent. In a few years "the spark of life" flooded the entire peninsula.

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This was no doubt written by someone in Spain, as there is an obvious translation problem with it. But I think the message is clear, in that it implies someone from the Coca Cola Company went to Spain in 1953 to clear up the matter regarding a patent/copyright for the original formula. Or is this just some unfounded claim made by some family member who wanted/wants a bigger piece of the Coca Cola pie? Danged if I know! But I'm a lookin'

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

Just for the record, here is a map of Spain showing Valencia on the east coast where the red arrow is pointing.

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

In case you thought Valencia, Spain was a small, cobblestone village on the coast, think again! Plus, here's a Wikipedia link for more ...

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valencia,_Spain

[ Valencia, Spain - Population 750,000 ]

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

The plot thickens ...

Somewhere along the line someone either messed up or else I just missed it, but it turns out that the location in Spain was not in Valencia city itself, but rather in a small town southwest of Valencia called "Aielo" which is sometimes spelled "Ayelo." Aielo is actually in Valencia province (county) and located about forty miles south and twenty miles inland from Valencia. And yes, it is a small town with a population of about 4,500. (See picture below).

Sorry bout that! But this is a learning experience for me, too. At least we know now the actual location of the birthplace of Coca Cola ... yeah, right! This ain't over with just yet. Now I have to track down the Aielo Kola-Coca museum I saw a reference about. That should be interesting! I will get back to ya on that one as soon as I find it myself.

In the meantime, here is a link to the town of Aielo's official website ... the only bummer is, it's entirely in Spanish! Dang!

Link: http://www.aielodemalferit.com/Index1.htm

I'll be back.

SPBOB

Here's another one of those quotes I keep running across. Is this guy just drunk on Spanish wine, or what?

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Town of Ayelo resident Juan Jo Mica, fourth-generation operator of the Fabrica de Liquores, or the Liquor Factory, says that his family's invention, Cola-Coca, is the "real thing."

"My great-great uncle took his cola coca syrup to America that same year, 1884, and won a prize at a fair in Philadelphia," he said. "Supposedly, the Americans tried it, liked it and two years later their soft drink, Coca-Cola, was born."


[ Aielo, Spain - Population 4,500 - Birthplace of Coca Cola ? ]

 

[cc6pack]

few more pics

 

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drugist meeting

 

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last one

 

[SODAPOPBOB]

cc6pack ~

Fantastic! Thanks. How'z about a quick list dating them?

Here's me in my Jeep looking for that dang Kola-Coca museum that's supposed to be in or near the town of Aielo.

"Help! I'm lost!" []

 

[cc6pack]

Bob

You can see the date on Pemberton ,Iverson, and Denison August 1883

The drugist meeting is May 1886

The drug store is November 1886