in 1886 a Georgia pharmacist called Dr John S pton came up with the idea for blending carbonated water and sweet syrup into a refreshing Fountain beverage a few minor things to note pton was a morphine addict due to an injury from the Civil War and Coke was not his first foray into beverages he’d begun with something called French wine Cola which claimed to be a wonderful invigorator of sexual organs wow can’t believe that one didn’t take off during a Statewide prohibition of alcohol pton created a non-alcoholic Temperance drink dubing it Coca-Cola pemberton’s secret ingredients were real coke the white powdered kind and caffeine they also knew how to Corner the market on a burgeoning Americana advertising in schools to get kids hooked from an early age and turning Santa Claus into a mascot seriously how do you compete with Santa Claus by the time World War II broke out Coca-Cola could be found in 44 countries
