Is this the original CocaCola recipe?

This American Life, from WBEZ had a radio program last weekend exploring if this alleged recipe was really the original CocaCola recipe, and if it was, what did people think about its taste. And so they made it and hit the road for a taste test. 

The formula for Coca-Cola is one of the most jealously guarded trade secrets in the world. It's rumored that only two people know it, and they never travel on the same airplane. So we were surprised to come across a 1979 newspaper article containing what was supposedly the original recipe for Coke. We were even more surprised when we found reasons to believe the recipe is real. (25 minutes)

Want to try and make the "original recipe" yourself?

If you do try it, let us know how it turned out and what you thought:

	Everett Beal's Recipe Book In Feb 28, 1979 Article Atlanta Journal and Constitution Newspaper	Pemberton's Notebook Published in the 1992 History: For God, Country & Coca-Cola
FE Coca (Fluid Extract of Coca)	3 drams USP	4 oz FE Coco
Citric Acid	3 oz	3 oz
Caffeine	1 oz	1oz Citrate Caffein
Sugar	30 #	30 #
Water	2.5 gal	2.5 gal
Lime Juice	2 pints (1 qrt)	1 qrt
Vanilla	1 oz	1 oz
Caramel	1.5 oz or more to color	Color sufficient
	Use 2 oz flavor (below) to 5 gals syrup	2.5 oz flavor
7X Flavor
Alcohol	8 oz	1 qrt
Orange Oil	20 drops	80
Lemon Oil	30	120
Nutmeg Oil	10	40
Corriander Oil	5	20
Neroli Oil	10	40
Cinnamon Oil	10	40

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