A History Of The World In Six Glasses Analysis

History has always been shown to us in an ordinary fashion. Wars, events, important people, etc. But what if it was told in a similar way as in the book A History of the World in Six Glasses? Tom Standage tells the story of the world, dividing the parts in different beverages. It is an unorthodox way to express his thoughts to the readers, but that doesn’t mean it is ineffective. The most modern beverage and chapter of the book, Coca-Cola, tells its story; its birth as sparkling water in Europe, its growth in America being used as medicine, and its final form being present in every aspect of economy in America and the world. Coca-Cola has been present since before America became one of the powerhouses economically and militarily. Its manufacture and exportation has reached every corner of the world

The company itself doesn’t tell the true story, and makes consumers think that Pemberton created Coca-Cola as an accident, when in fact it took yeas of experience and failure. A mixture of cocaine (extracted from coca leaves) and wine, Pemberton’s first mildly successful beverage was known as French Wine Coca. It was an imitation to a well known beverage “Vin Mariani”, which was also the combination of wine and coca leaves. French Wine Coca was becoming widely in demand, until Atlanta prohibited the sale of alcoholic drinks on July 1, 1886. Pemberton had been bankrupt a few years ago, and needed something quick to avoid being in ruins. He mixed the coca leaves with a new ingredient imported from Africa: kola nuts. Kola nuts had the same benefits as coca leaves, and were already being used by other pharmacists and apothecaries in creating medicine. Pemberton combined the mix of drugs with sparkling water which was highly consumed to create the first original Coca-Cola. That has now grown up to the point that it is referred to as many as the national drink of