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Thanks to a couple of women, Kate Rich and Kayle Brandon, you can make your own version of Coca-Cola at home.
The women, who are bar managers at the Cube Multiplex in Bristol, were opposed to the business and environmental practices of the Coca-Cola corporation. Because of this, the women never served Coke in the bar. However, there was still a demand for the soda. Pepsi and other cola alternatives were not acceptable, so they decided to make some themselves that tasted just like it, or better.
The official recipe for Coke is "Merchandise 7X" and has been kept a secret ever since chemist called John Pemberton first wrote it in 1886. Supposedly the recipe is kept under careful watch in a vault in Atlanta, Georgia.
No worries, because apparently, Kate and Kayle have cracked the code. It may not have the familiar red and white branding, but it tastes the same.
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7-28-2006 @4:12PM RWD fan said... I suppose they also got the recipe for Mrs. Field's chocolate chip cookies on a receipt from Neiman Marcus.
If they had a problem with the business practices of Coca Cola, they should look into the business practices of not only the manufacturers of the products they used to make knock-off soda, but the devices they used to blend and bottle/can the stuff in/with. 10:1 says they have Chinese or Indian made stainless bowls and mixers made by children getting next to nothing to work in horrible conditions, or there's some other 3rd world worker producing the oils they got from some endangered rain forest.
Get off your high horse ladies, if you want to make a buck by selling your soda good for you, but don't make some BS story about Coca Cola being a big evil company while you're the kind-hearted company with a conscience. It's hypocritical, unless you can prove you're not making any money, getting anyone fat, or feeding the needy with the proceeds.
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4-03-2011 @1:21PM John Standridge said... Ha! You're pathetic. It's just after 4:00 pm when you put this down, on a Friday! That early on a weekday, most people are at work, but not you! Today was your day to get liquored up and whine about people being hipocrites on your brand new Japanese computer produced for pennies on the dollar. Boo hoo. I guess I'm a hipocrite too, because when I read your petty comments directed at someone who happens to be better at something than a buffoon like you, I laughed so hard at your mental handicap. Have a nice day, and come on over for some homemade sodas one day you happen to be in Georgia. It's quite good.
7-28-2006 @9:47PM Tammy said... I don't think taking a stand has to be all or nothing. I think a person can be adamant about recycling, for example, but still buy chicken in disposable packaging without being a hypocrit. Sometimes we just have to pick our battles.
Regarding the fake Coca-Cola, I wonder if this is the first time someone has successfully (or so it seems, anyway) duplicated the recipe. I also wonder how close the recipe is to real Coca-Cola, because the Coca-Cola corporation certainly doesn't seem to feel threatened at all.
Of course, that could be because very few people would take the time to make it from scratch when cans of the finished product aren't that expensive.
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