2006-11-29 03:35:40 · 26 answers · asked by CLAIRE W 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Brown i guess
2006-11-29 03:36:25 · answer #1 · answered by missyani 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to snopes.com people sometimes think coke was green:
Claim: Coca-Cola was originally green.
Status: False.
Origins: Though this tidbit of knowledge has been widely distributed as part of an Internet "Did You Know?" list, at no time in Coca-Cola's history has that beverage been green. The original formula called for caramel to give Coca-Cola its rich brown color, and although the recipe has undergone some changes through the years, none of them affected the ultimate color of the product.
(Brown also hides impurities in any given batch, something the backroom chemist who invented Coca-Cola in 1886 kept well in mind as he proceeded with his formulation. These days syrup producers and bottlers have no impurities to hide, but back in the "three copper kettles in somebody's basement" days, covering up what might have inadvertently dropped into the mix was a concern, and brown hid indiscretions remarkably well.)
Coke has at times been bottled in green glass bottles, which perhaps explains the popularity of this particular rumor
Check out the link below for "Cokelore" (Urban Myths about Coca Cola)
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cokelore.asp
2006-11-29 03:44:06 · answer #2 · answered by Jellytot 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YES the first iteration of coca cola was dark green. and it did contain coca leaf extract. crazy huh? in the late 1920s they removed the coca extract and added caramel coloring and more carbonation. it hasn't really changed since, and it can still dissolve meat in a matter of days. keep that in mind next time you suck down a 2-liter bottle
2006-11-29 03:49:32 · answer #3 · answered by Super G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Green
2006-11-29 03:38:16 · answer #4 · answered by Chel1525 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Green
2006-11-29 03:57:13 · answer #5 · answered by Suzanna Racquel 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
As the biggest drinker of coca cola and I'm 200 years old, I can tell you it has always been that colour.
2006-11-29 03:39:57 · answer #6 · answered by chutney 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Originally called an Elixir or Brain tonic touted as a health drink with theraputic quantities of Cocaine, so rumour has it, a dark green in colour.
2006-11-29 03:41:05 · answer #7 · answered by Slackbladder 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's always been the same colour - they just took the cocaine out
2006-11-29 03:36:56 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
green it was called coca cola or coke cause it had cocaine in it
2006-11-29 03:37:46 · answer #9 · answered by Sexi B..i.t.c.h 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it was always red people are sayin it was green because santa used be green but he started doing coke adverts so they turned santa red but i never new it had cocain in it__xx__
2006-11-29 03:42:55 · answer #10 · answered by Bradiie Babes--Ox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wo
that dude called chuck has a long long answer
i would copy him and say green but i'm gonna have to say PINK
2006-12-01 05:38:17 · answer #11 · answered by Meckle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋