Coca Cola was invented in France when in 1863,Angelo Mariani (which sounds Italian to me) created a new drink. He infused coca leaves in Bordeaux wine and called it "Vin Mariani. It was popular with the public and even such lofty figures as Queen Victoria and Pope Pius X, possibly because it contained 6mg cocaine per fluid ounce!
John Pemberton, an Atlanta, GA, pharmacist stole the idea and called his brew Pemberton's French Wine Coca, brewed from the coca leaf, kola nut (for caffeine) and damianaa (for flavor.) He was doing fine until 1885, when Atlanta enacted temperance laws. So Pemberton took alcohol out of the equation, kept the coca and added soda water.
That was the start...Vin Mariani, from France.
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