Questão 31 - UDESC Inverno Manhã 2024/2

The Story of Coca-Cola

 

[1] Probably the best-known drink in the world.

What's the most recognizable object in the world? Could it be a football? Or a Big-Mac?

No, the answer is a Coca-Cola bottle. The famous Coca-Cola bottle is over 100 years old!

Footballs and big macs are certainly part of life for lots of people; but Coca-Cola is now a

[5] permanent part of world culture. People know and drink Coca-Cola all over the world. It

is said that the Coca-Cola bottle is the most recognized object in the world. Hundreds of

millions of people can recognize a coke bottle by its shape, even if they cannot see it! And

the famous Coca-Cola logo is the most famous logo in the world. Unlike any other famous

commercial logo, it has not changed in 100 years! But the story of Coca-Cola is even

[10] older than that. It was in 1886 that John Pemberton, a druggist in Atlanta, Georgia,

invented a new type of syrup using coca leaves, sugar and cola nuts, plus a few other

secret ingredients! Pemberton sold it as a medicine; and with its coca (the source of

cocaine), it must have made people feel good! Nevertheless, Pemberton's medicine was

not very successful, so he sold his secret formula to another druggist, Asa Candler.

[15]  Candler was interested, because he had another idea; he thought that Pemberton's

"medicine" would be much better if it was mixed with soda. Candler was thus the man

who really invented the drink Coca-Cola. At first he sold it in his drugstore; then he began

selling the syrup to other drugstores, which used it with their soda fountains. Candler also

advertised his new drink, and soon people were going to drugstores just to get a drink of

[20] Coca-Cola. Before long, other people became interested in the product, including a

couple of businessmen who wanted to sell it in bottles. Candler sold them a license to

bottle the drink, and very quickly the men became millionaires. The famous bottle, with its

very distinctive shape, was designed in 1916. During the First World War, American

soldiers in Europe began asking for Coca-Cola, so the Coca-Cola Company began

[25] exporting to Europe. It was so popular with soldiers, that they then had to start bottling

the drink in Europe. Today, Coca-Cola is made in countries all over the world, includin

Russia and China; it is the world's most popular drink. As for the famous formula, it is

probably the world's most valuable secret! The exact ingredients for making Coca-Cola

are only known to a handful of people. And as for the "coca" that was in the original drink,

[30] that was eliminated in 1903. It was a drug, and too dangerous. Today's Coca-Cola

contains caffeine, but not cocaine!

 

And PS Health warning! Like all sodas (fizzy drinks) normal Colas contain a lot of sugar.

"Far too much sugar" say many doctors.

Source: https://linguapress.com/intermediate/coca-cola-story.htm. Access in: 11 apr. 2024.

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