Coca-Cola's Birthday

A new anniversary for a legendary drink!

The Coca-Cola story began in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1886. John S. Pemberton invented a new drink. Two of the ingredients were the South American coca leaf and the African cola nut. Pemberton couldn’t think of a good name for the drink. Finally, Dr Pemberton’s partner Frank M. Robinson suggested the name of Coca-Cola and wrote the new name in a special way, and that became the famous trademark.

Thirty years later the famous Coca-Cola bottle design appeared first. The style of the bottle and the trademark are very important for the success of the drink. For many years, they made only Coca-Cola. They only introduced new drinks (Fanta, Sprite and TAB) in the 1960s and Diet Coke in 1982.

The recipe of Coca-Cola is a secret. In 1895 the company did something almost incredible. They changed the recipe! But the public was very unhappy. And, soon after, they brought back to the original recipe “Coca-Cola Classic”.

Today they sell Coca-Cola all over the world. Hundreds of millions of people, from Boston to Beijing, drink it every day. It has become the most famous trademark in the world.