Talk:Cola

message: :If you found recipes for Pepsi and Coke, they are almost certainly wrong. The recipe for Coke is one of the most closely guarded secrets in the world. At best what you found is "what we think is in Coke", or more likely "how to make a Coke-like drink". I would certainly not trust them to tell me what is/is not in commercial Coke. The same arguments can likely be made for other major soft drinks. -- 22:54, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 1 

message: Where are all the Brits claiming that they invented cola?  Take a look at the Wikipedia page for nearly every quinisentially American food and there are the Brits claiming they invented it.  Sorry, but it's become a bit of a hobby of mine to poke around the discussion pages to see these asinine claims!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.143.138.133 (talk) 16:57, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Something is missing from this discussion! 

message: There is a short paragraph on the page stating that it is possible that Coca-Cola 'invented' the name 'Cola' because of the Coca-Cola-like drinks around, and they wanted 'Coke' to be unique. This sounds untrustworthy, it sounds like coca-cola invented the cola drink, is that right? I was always under the impression that it's just a... folk recipe from the dawn of time or something
((please sign your pots))
As far as I know, cola was made for curing soldiers bad stomachs (thats why it is good to drink cola when you are sick). The only thing The Coca-Cola Company invented was adding cocaine to their cola.
--CableCat 22:56, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: is that right?

message: googling for star cola I found something from Myanmar and the United Arab Emirates. Here it says Palestine.? Get-back-world-respect 00:56, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Star cola

message: I don't like the statement about sweeteners. While corn syrup may be common in the US, in other places it is hardly used at all.  I'm just going to make a minor change to this because I can't think of a nice way to word it, but I think that this would be good info to have in an article. --Apyule 14:38, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sweeteners 

message: The section on reactivity needs to be changed.  While indeed the baking powder reaction is due to the acidity of the cola, Mentos fizzing is caused by the numerous micronucleation points available on the surface of the candy, and the dry ice just helps drive the  carbon dioxide ut of solution.
:And another reason that the drinks are acidic is because many colas contain phosphoric acid.  I will fix the other errors; you are right. Also, I remember reading that the menthol in mentos is a surfactant and this forces more carbon dioxide out. Can anyone confirm this?  --71.227.190.111 04:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Factual errors on reactivity 

message: I may be wrong, but isn't phosphoric acid the critical component that separates a cola from other soft drinks?
What is 'mentos' that may react with cola drinks? --Brideshead 10:38, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is a cola? 

message: Hey everybody, my roomates and I are having a ridiculous argument about pointless stuff once again. Is "cola" a flavor of a soft drink? Help us out!
< http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Cola&diff=67793550&oldid=65327282 >.
Please do sign.
We do need a cocaine cola beverage {cocaine cola beverage} article.
Thank You.
hopiakuta 17:54, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See kola nut. ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 00:02, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is cola a flavor? 

message: Under the Brands heading, the article states that "Dr. Pepper is not a Cola as it contains prune juice[...]". The Dr. Pepper article says "There is a long-lived urban legend that Dr Pepper contains prune juice. However, according to the manufacturer, prune juice is not and never has been an ingredient of the drink."
Even if Dr. Pepper where to contain prune juice, I fail to see why a cola could not contain that substance.
--67.180.160.219 04:30, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Cola, in the most specific sense, is a soda with the flavor of the kola nut. Most modern sodas achieve the flavor from other sources due to the cost of the kola nut, but it's the reason why Dr. Pepper wouldn't be considered a cola.  Then again, thats just my understanding and I have no sources.  ---J.S  (T/C/WRE) 00:01, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: IMHO, Dr. Pepper is not a cola because it tastes completely unlike a cola.  The fact that it's dark brown and fizzy is the only overlap with colas.  Someone who thinks Dr. Pepper is a cola hasn't tasted it. - Denimadept (talk) 22:23, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Dr Pepper" comment 

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message: When I was a kid in Nigeria, I remember tasting a few more colas not listed here: Sena? Cola, Schweppes Cola, Tab Cola, Free? Cola, Mission Cola, Vip Cola, among a few others. For a while, I had a list of all the colas that I've tasted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 155.178.4.10 (talk) 17:42, 21 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing Colas 

message: I'm not very familiar with the editing process so i don't know how to do this myself. in the introduction, after it says "Coca-cola is a major international brand. it usually contains..." the "it" is, in my opinion, an extremely ambiguous preposition. i think "cola usually contains" would be more clear to show that these list of ingredients apply to all cola, not just coca-cola136.167.196.95 (talk) 09:46, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  minor edit suggestion 

message: I find it a little dubious that the choice of picture has fallen on a blatantly branded variant of the soft drink. It is not Wikipedia's task to assist Coca Cola in it's public relations by implying Coca Cola is the "original" brand of cola.
I vow for a picture of a non-branded glass of cola.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.64.106.232 (talk) 01:26, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: AIUI, Pemberton is the "original" brand of Cola and Coca-Cola is Pemberton's invention. So there's no reason to start assuming PR efforts by Coca-Cola are the reason why there's a branded product in the masthead image. If you prefer the anonymous glass image, then just change it. Andy Dingley (talk) 02:56, 11 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coca Cola picture 

message: As of December, 2012, the Pepsi bottler in Pennsauken, New Jersey, is no longer making Pepsi Throwback. I'm in their distribution area, and was told they discontinued... "because it is too expensive to make", whatever sense that makes since they are still making Sierra Mist, also with sugar. Their distribution is a large portion of southern NJ. PepsiCo allows its bottlers to make decisions on which products they bottle (told to me by them), effectively eliminating hearing any complaints. - Laura Cotter (talk, contribs) 12:46, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pepsi Throwback 

message: Quote, from the article:
: Most colas now use other flavoring (and caffeinating) ingredients with a similar taste and no longer contain cocaine.
If '[m]ost colas [...] no longer contain cocaine', which do? --Svippong 09:17, 2 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Though five years old (to the day, by coincidence), this does warrant a response, as Coca-Cola was the only cola ever contain cocaine at all, and that's something it hasn't done in 115 years. Until I rewrite it today, the lead of the article claimed that coca leaf extract is a necessary part of the cola category, and that's plain incorrect. Simply put, it was an incorrect generalization, and needed to be removed completely. So I did. oknazevad (talk) 23:24, 2 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Which cola still uses cocaine? 

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