Coke's secret formula revealed ?!

[Behshad]

Fluid extract of Coca: 3 drams USP
Citric acid: 3 oz
Caffeine: 1 oz
Sugar: 30 (unclear quantity)
Water: 2.5 gal
Lime juice: 2 pints, 1 quart
Vanilla: 1 oz
Caramel: 1.5 oz or more for color
The secret 7X flavor (use 2 oz of flavor to 5 gals syrup):
Alcohol: 8 oz
Orange oil: 20 drops
Lemon oil: 30 drops
Nutmeg oil: 10 drops
Coriander: 5 drops
Neroli: 10 drops
Cinnamon: 10 drops

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookou ... et-formula

[artist4perry]

You planning on making some home brew?

[Michigan Girl]

I would try it, but it'll be hard without knowing the exact sugar measurement ...
can aspartame can be used instead?!?! At what point does it turn powdery?!?

[Clasicrockldy]

They forgot to list how much cocaine went into the secret formula!

[Rip Rokken]

I'm sure the "Classic" flavor ingredients have changed over time, but this is interesting.

Pemberton had reportedly hit upon the formula for Coke in an attempt to overcome the addiction to morphine he contracted after the Civil War, so it's perhaps not surprising that, in addition to alcohol, the drink originally contained Coca leaves laced with cocaine. After Atlanta passed a local prohibition ordinance in the 1890s, the company took the booze out of the formula, and the company has used cocaine-free coca leaves since 1904.

When the beverage debuted in Atlanta-area pharmacies owned by friends of Pemberton, marketers pronounced it "a shot in the arm"-- while Pemberton himself hailed it as a cure for... impotence.

So now we know where both the "Coke" and the "Smile" in their trademark phrase come from!