COCA-COLA HISTORY / HISTORIA DE LA COCA COLA

Good morning everybody, surely you like it, you drink it, you know about it and you have seen it all around the world!  What is it? ...   COCA-COLA !!!

Buenos días a todo el mundo,¡ seguro que os gusta, la bebéis, la conocéis y la hábéis visto por todo el mundo! ¿Qué es?...  ¡¡¡LA COCA COLA!!!

We're going to know some curious things about this famous drink, its origins and much more.

Vamos a conocer cosas curiosas sobre esta famosa bebida, sus orígenes y mucho más.

DID YOU KNOW THAT?...
¿Sabíais que?...


THE ORIGINS

*Coca-Cola is the world's leading non-alcoholic drink.
*Coca-Cola was born in  the southern city of Atlanta, Georgia, USA  in 1886.
* The pharmacist John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola.  He created a non-alcoholic carbonated drink which contained coca leaf (hoja) and kola nuts (nuez de cola).   But this was a medicine that cured a lot of illnesses (enfermedades).  The recipe (receta) of Coca Cola was kept secretly.
*After Pemberton's death, another man, Asa Griggs Candler bought a share in the business and started an advertisement campaign to promote Coca-Cola as a drink not as a medicine and  transformed the drink into an American icon.

 *Coca-Cola soon began international distribution and by 1959 was sold in more than 53 countries.
*The perfect time for the company was when the 1996 Olympics were awarded (conceder) to Atlanta and so, they opened a Coca-Cola visitor centre.

*The famous Coca-Cola logo was created by John Pemberton's bookkeeper (contable) in 1885.
*The Coca-Cola bottle design is inspired by the shape of a cocoa pod (vaina de cacao) and it is  recognisable even in the dark.

CURIOSITIES
*In World War II, more than five billion bottles were consumed by military personnel alone!



*The first cans of Coca-Cola appeared in 1955.

*Diet Coke was introduced in 1982.

*In 1985, Coca-Cola became the first soft drink to be consumed in space when astronauts tasted the "Coca-Cola Space Can on board the Challenger Space Shuttle "(cápsula).

*THE INTERACTIVE NEW WORLD OF COCA-COLA is located at Pemberton Place, Atlanta, Georgia.  Adult admission costs $16. For more details: http://www.worldofcoca-cola.com/.
The museum includes more than 1,200 Coca-Cola artefacts and an operational bottling factory (fábrica embotelladora).
At the end of the museum tour you can sample (degustar) Coca-Cola at the Taste it counter!

*The Coca-Cola Company knows that its customers (clientes) are loyal (leales) not only to the brand (marca) but also to Coke's  old-age taste.  In 1985 the company attempted (intentó) to change the flavour (aroma) of Coca Cola with "New Coke" and customers rebelled, so the company returned to the original with "Coca-Cola Classic".

SECRETS
*Even today, the formula of Coca-Cola is unknown for  almost everybody. Only a few priviledged members of Coca-Cola Company know it and it is kept locked (cerrada con llave) in the safe (caja fuerte) of an Atlanta bank.


Surely that  you are liking  to drink at this very moment a brown, sweet and full of bubbles Coca-Cola!!!  So do it!!

HAVE A NICE DAY!!!