Spanish Claim on Coca Cola

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Credit for Coke’s secret recipe goes to an American pharmacist named John Pemberton. But if you ask around a certain tiny village in southeast Spain, people tell a different story. They say they invented Coke first. The World’s Gerry Hadden went to Ayelo to learn more. Download MP3

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Why foreigners like Fanta so much

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When the weather gets hot and humid in America, many people will ask for a Coke or a Pepsi, please. A Fanta? Not so much – but Fanta is right up there with the big boys in Europe, Latin America, and Africa. Brian Palmer wrote about the foreign Fanta phenom in “Slate.” Katy Clark talks with him. Download MP3

• Slate article

US Coca-Cola and Mexican Coca-Cola

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We’re not going to take sides in the eternal competition between Coke and Pepsi. Nor are we about to re-ignite the bottle-versus-the-can debate or revisit the New Coke versus Coke Classic controversy. But we ARE going to venture into a story every bit as volatile. This one pits Coke that’s made and bottled in Mexico against Coke from the USA. Rob Walker, who writes the “Consumed” column for The New York Times, came down on the side of Mexican coke this week. Marco Werman (pictured holding Mexican coke (left) and US coke (right) discusses the differences today. Download MP3

• New York Times article
• Facebook: Mexican Coke fan page