Which is the Better Cola Soda: Coca-Cola Classic Versus Pepsi

In this review, I am comparing two different brands of cola soda, Coca-Cola Classic and Pepsi. I know, it is the age-old test that has been done by most everyone. This is my attempt to compare these two giants.

Coca-Cola Classic

Coca-Cola is the famous carbonated cola soft drink sold everywhere across the world. Who does not recognize Coca-Cola's red cans with its distinctive twirly logo, its friendly jingle, and its beautiful artwork of Santa during the Christmas holiday?

Coca-Cola has a long complicated history, some of which I write about below.

History & Origins

Coca-Cola was invented in 1885 in Covington, Georgia, by John Pemberton. It was originally sold as a cocawine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca and may have been inspired by the success of the European cocawine, Vin Mariani.

Also in 1985, parts of the U.S. began passing Prohibition laws. So Pemberton created Coca-Cola, a carbonated, non-alcoholic version of French Wine Cola. It was so-named because it originally contained coca leaves and flavored with kola nuts that acted like caffeine. In 1886, each serving cost a nickel.

Pemberton initially marketed Coca-Cola as a medicine and claimed that it cured several ailments including morphine addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, and impotence.

In 1888, there were three versions of Coca-Cola because Pemberton, who suffered from a morphine addiction, sold it to three separate businesses. Asa Candler became a partner and incorporated it as the Coca Cola Company in 1888. The rights were also sold to a group of four businessmen. Finally, he also allowed his son, Charley Pemberton to sell his own version. This caused much confusion, so Pemberton ultimately declared that the name Coca-Cola belonged to his son, but the other two companies could continue producing the soda.

Later, Candler purchased exclusive rights to the formula from John Pemberton, Margaret Dozier and Woolfolk Walker, but it was later proven that Dozier and Pemberton's signatures were forgeries.