Coca+Cola

Matthew and Ashley

//**Inventer:**// __**John Pemberton**__ Died: 1888 //**Facts**:1.// In the first year of Coca-Cola John Pemberton sold an average of just nine glasses a day. The company now sells 1.4 billion beverage servings every day.([|www.telegraph.com]) 2. Coca-Cola made its debut at the Jacobs' Pharmacy soda fountain in Atlanta, where it sold for only 5 cents a glass in 1886. 4. Asa Griggs Candler, an Atlanta businessman, bought up the rights to the business between 1888 and 1891 for a total of $2,300. By 1895, the drink was in demand nationwide and Candler had built syrup plants in Chicago, Dallas and Los Angeles. 5. The men who served Coca-Cola at soda fountains were called Soda Jerks because of the jerking motion they made preparing a glass of the beveragenhg. They traditionally wore a white hat and a white coat or apron. //__**Questions:**__// Matt: Hi, my name Billy. Your the guy who invented Coca-Cola,right? Ashley: Yes, that's right I'm John Pemberton. Matt: So, exactly what year did you invent Coca-Cola? Ashley: Coca-Cola history began in 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John S. Pemberton, led him to create a distinctive tasting soft drink that could be sold at soda fountains. Matt: How was Coca-Cola
 * __Born:__** in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886.
 * 3.** John Pemberton died in 1888 without realising the success of the beverage he had created.

Matt: What was the formula to Coca-Cola? Ashley : The formula is a 3 legged brass kettle in my backyard on May 8, 1886 by mixing, cinnamon, coca leaves, and the seeds of a Brazilian shrub. Matt: What was Coca-Cola originally used for? Ashley : It was used as a nerve and brain tonic and medical elixir. Matt: How was it used as a nerve and brain tonic and medical elixar. Ashley: The entrance of the Coca-Cola Bottling Company building, circa 1950 Coca-Cola Bottling Co.. Photographer. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 4 Jan 2012. [] Glass Bottle Of Coca Cola. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica Image Quest. Web. 4 Jan 2012. []