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​Coca-Cola

In the Peach State, an Atlanta-based pharmacist named John Pemberton had developed his own coca wine in 1885, called Pemberton’s French Wine Coca containing a mix of wine, coca leaf, and kola nut.

However, when the 18th Amendment was passed, the era of Prohibition began, making sales and consumption of alcohol illegal in the States.

In light of these developments, Pemberton replaced the wine in his recipe with sugar syrup, dubbing his new concoction Coca-Cola (five ounces of coca leaf per gallon of syrup). But, cocaine was not the only stimulant in Coca-Cola. The popular drink actually contained two stimulants, cocaine and caffeine, and the sources from which these two drugs are extracted served as inspiration for its moniker.

​“Coca” is in reference to the coca plant.

The leaves of the plant are from what cocaine is derived.

“Cola” is derived from kola nut, one of the many well-known sources of caffeine.

What resulted with liquid empire worth billions today.