Link : https://www.aljazeera.net/news/lifestyle/2022/2/9/رحلة-صعود-سياسية-ودينية-كوكاكولا
For more than 136 years, Coke has transformed from just a soft drink into a culture and identity packed inside a bottle, promoted in American movies and series and on cutting clothes and furniture, as it was not for any other company.
But recently, the faithful American consumer of the Coca-Cola drink began to "open" an alternative version of his favorite gaseous drink, that alternative being "Mexican Coca-Cola." So what's the tale of Mexican Coke And is it better than American And how did it turn into a drink used in churches and religious events in Mexico
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In soft drink corridors in most U.S. grocery stores, along with traditional plastic packaging and bottles of Coca-Cola drink, there is a selection of long-necked bottles of Mexican Coca-Cola. These bottles have been imported from Mexican Coca-Cola bottling plants, whose po[CENSORED]rity in the United States has increased since 2005, although their price is higher than their traditional counterpart.The history of Coca-Cola began at the hands of a pharmacist named John Pemberton, who invented the composition of Coca-Cola, and it was supposed to be a nerve-stimulating drug because of its composition that contains the African kola nut and coca leaf, in addition to carbonated water. John sold his first cup of Coca-Cola at Jacobs Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886, for 5 cents a cup, and the drink was very po[CENSORED]r, according to the Medium website.
In 1889, American businessman Asa Candler purchased the Coca-Cola formula and brand from John's heirs. Within 3 years, Candler founded the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, and distribution had expanded to cover all US states by 1895.
After that, Coca-Cola decided to expand beyond the borders of the United States, and spread more than expected, and its spread was more pronounced in Mexico, which first appeared in 1897, and it overtook the United States in obtaining the title of the country with the highest consumption rate of Coca-Cola per capita, as Mexicans drink more of 700 cups of it annually, nearly twice as much as an American drinks, according to Business Insider.