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What Is "Real Cola"?

What Is "Real Cola"?

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 16, 2011
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Technically speaking, as occasionally I am wont to do, a cola beverage is one that contains an extract of the nut of kola trees -- Cola nitida and Cola acuminata -- native to African rain forests. Kola nuts are popular in Central and West African countries, where they are chewed for their slightly narcotic effects -- the nuts have from 2 to 3.5 percent …

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