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Re: Fwd: Re: candy in collections



Well, what I love is Coca Cola's reference to "original formula", which is
their current logo; so what is exactly in the original recipe?  I had the
chance to visit the Coca Cola Archives last week, and saw their ancient
collection of bottles, they also have several unopened bottles from pre-corn
syrup days, but I don't think they have anything from before 1903 when they
got rid of the cocaine.

Harrison Wick
Acquisitions Coordinator
Indiana University
Bloomington

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From: Eric v.d. Luft, Ph.D., M.L.S. [mailto:lufte@MAIL.UPSTATE.EDU]
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Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: candy in collections


Xiamen Lee wrote:

> As most of us know Coca-Cola used to be sweetened with
> real sugar, now they use corn syrup.  Certainly, this
> must have changed the taste some.

It certainly did!!! Not for the better IMHO. The texture got heavier and
thicker and the flavor was
no longer so clean and crisp. That happened around 1973, as I recall.
Coca-Cola was invented by an
Atlanta dentist to disguise the bitter taste of cocaine, which he used as an
anesthetic. I imagine
that the taste might have changed when they took the cocaine out too, but I
believe that was before
my time ...        ;->

Then, of course, there was the "New Coke" fiasco of the 1980s. What is
"Classic" Coke
anyway???!!!???    ;->

Cheers!

Eric

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