The sender is from Atlanta and she mentions that Coca-Cola was invented here. Coke was invented her in 1886 by Confederate General John Pemberton. He was wounded in the American Civil War and became addicted to morphine. He also had a medical degree and tried to find a substitute for morphine.
Pemberton's first concoction was called Pemberton's French Wine Coca nerve tonic. It contained the African kola nut, which was the beverages source of caffeine. In 1886, Pemberton developed a non-alcoholic version of his tonic and renamed it Coca-Cola, with the tag line, "The Temperance Drink." The first sales for Coca-Cola were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta on 8 May 1886 and sold for five cents a glass. Drugstores had soda fountains because at the time it was believed that carbonated water was good for health. Coca-Cola was sold as a patent medicine and claimed it to be able to cure many diseases, including morphine addiction, indigestion, nerve disorders, headaches, and impotence.
Today, Coco-Cola is sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide. Consumers drink more that 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. It is the 94th company on the Fortun
e 500 list of largest United States corporations by revenue. Interbrand determined that Coca-Cola is the world's sixth most valuable brand.
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