I live in Atlanta, Georgia, the home of the Coca Cola company, maker of Coca-Cola!!
Awesome, I have been to the Coke museum and also Six Flags over Georgia. It's a great city!
Originally invented by John Pemberton in the late 1800's Coca Cola used Cocaine as an ingredient in the early years, and due to the marketing tactics of Asa Candler, has dominated the soft drink market for the 20th century.
That's a crazy story. I know cocaine was used by a lot of people for pain back then. It wasn't made illegal until later.
The name Coca Cola comes from Coca or Cocaine, and Kola, the name of the nut that the caffeine is derived from.
Yeah, it is an appropriate name. Many people call it Coke today.
The original formula is a secret, for obvious reasons, but you can find a pretty good recreation of the recipe online.
The value of that formula is priceless. Do you remember New Coke? It made people appreciate Classic even more!
Oh, yes, i remember "The new taste of Coca Cola".  They eventually just started calling it Coke 2.  Even the formula they use now is not like the original.  Originally it had so much phosphoric acid in it , it would burn your throat on the way down.
Well I'm glad they changed it then. It is a nice smooth formula now.