Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site hcrvx1.UUCP Path: utzoo!hcrvax!hcrvx1!hugh From: hugh@hcrvx1.UUCP (Hugh Redelmeier) Newsgroups: net.rumor Subject: Re: cocaine in (very) old coke Message-ID: <1199@hcrvx1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 14:17:09 EDT Article-I.D.: hcrvx1.1199 Posted: Mon Jul 15 14:17:09 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Jul-85 07:45:40 EDT References: <8765@microsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: hugh@hcrvx1.UUCP (Hugh Redelmeier) Organization: Human Computing Resources, Toronto Lines: 11 Summary: In article <8765@microsoft.UUCP> root@microsoft.UUCP (gordon letwin) writes: >The cocaine had the same role in the formula >that cola leaves do now - it was there for the sake of listing it on >the ingredients. (Cola leaves don't taste like "cola"... cola is a >totally artificial flavor. Cola leaves taste very bad, which is why >so few are put in Coke, so you can't taste them. Other colas don't bother >with any cola leaves...) Cola leaves are uninteresting. Cocaine comes from coca leaves. Cola nuts (not the people, the things that grow on cola bushes or trees or whatever) are used in cola drinks (sometimes?).