 X-NEWS: spcvxb alt.sex: 14898 I Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.0 13.10.90 VAX/VMS V5.4; site spcvxb.spc.edu Q Path: spcvxb.spc.edu!njin!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!eniac.seas.upenn.edu!mfontana  Newsgroups: rec.humor,alt.sex   Subject: Formula of Classic Coke% Message-ID: <37591@netnews.upenn.edu> 4 From: mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) Date: 15 Feb 91 00:00:12 GMT8 Reply-To: mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Mark A Fontana) Sender: news@netnews.upenn.edu( Organization: University of Pennsylvania	 Lines: 37 * Xref: spcvxb rec.humor:16123 alt.sex:14898    M An 84-year-old retired beverage distributor claimed recently that he has had  3 the original Coca-Cola formula for almost 40 years.   O Lee Williams wrote in to Dallas Morning News columnist Marylyn Schwartz, after  J she had written about the "new Coke" in her column.  Williams said he was G given the formula in 1948, when he had a sales route for the Dr. Pepper  Company.  M A pharmacist named John Reed told him that he used to make his own syrup for  J the cola because he had been given the original recipe.  Reed said he had I gotten the recipe from an ingredient salesman who wanted to sell him the  J ingredients for the syrup.  He then pulled the formula from a file marked * "1898" and let Williams make a copy of it.  J If it's true, then this is your big chance to make up a batch of "The Real$ Thing" yourself.  Here's the recipe:       30 pounds of sugar     2 gallons of water     2 pints of lime juice #     4 ounces of citrate of caffeine      2 ounces of citric acid !     1 ounce of extract of vanilla 0     6 drams (3/4 ounce) of fluid extract of cola$     6 drams of fluid extract of coca  H Don't forget to mix with carbonated water before you drink it, like any = fountain drink.  If you try it, let us know how it comes out.   I According to the Coca-Cola Company, the formula has never been given out. 6 But who knows?  This could be the biggest leak ever...  O .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. O | Mark A. Fontana (215)573-8410 | ACCOMPANYING, ANIMATION, PROGRAMMING, DALs  | O | mfontana@eniac.seas.upenn.edu |   ** PEACE ** PAIX ** MIR ** FRIEDEN **     | O `-----------------------------------------------------------------------------' 