Comments on: Coke’s Secret Recipe Published in the AJC in 1979?

By: lumpintheroad

lumpintheroad — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:15:11 +0000

Listened to that episode of This American Life on the way home last night (in podcast form). Great stuff (as if this is somehow unusual for TAL)! Listen to the whole thing. You’ll be glad you did.

And if you enjoy that, our fair state had an entire episode to devoted to it last summer. You can find Episode 413, “Georgia Rambler”, here: http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/413/georgia-rambler

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 02:08:10 +0000

The “This American Life” episode said they just bought it online.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:42:08 +0000

I want to know where Jones Soda and Sovereign Flavors got the Coca to try to duplicate it.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 01:29:05 +0000

The recipe:

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

By: taxus

taxus — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:29:40 +0000

Mr DM

The link does not work. Coca cola has probably hacked in and severed the link. Thank your lucky stars because as Colonel Bat Guano said in “Dr Strangelove”, “You’ll have to answer to the Coca Cola company for that.”

By: Dana Blankenhorn

Dana Blankenhorn — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:58:05 +0000

It’s vanilla. I get it. We have known this since New Coke, when vanilla futures plummeted on the announcement and rose after Classic Coke. You can make artificial vanilla out of petroleum products. Where is the news here?