Pee Cola, perhaps the worst name for a soda company
Called itself "the mark of happiness", the bravest tried to stop this bubble steamroller since it was created, in 1885, in a laboratory by the pharmacist John Pemberton . He tried to kick his addiction to morphine by inventing his own soda inspired by Marnini wine from fellow pharmacist Angelo Marnini. The formula, one of humanity's best kept secrets , was found, supposedly, a few years ago.
Faced with the empire of the Coca-Cola Company, in the most radical countries it has come to ban the sale of the soft drink, like in Cuba or North Korea . Of course, all over the world there have been attempts to create more or less successful cola drinks, the curious local cousins of Coca-Cola.
THE "SOMETHING"-TAILS
**Euro Cola (Spain) **
In an attempt to appeal to 'Europe's Living a Celebration', the Pascual group took courage and dared to try to overshadow the giant. There was also the Catalan version, alter cola, and the Basque Ehka Cola , and even the Crystal Tail (aimed at an Ecuadorian audience living on the peninsula) .
**Future Cola (China)**
With a light touch of strawberry, Chinese Coca-Cola is here to stay . They call themselves "the future" of this soft drink. They focus on rural areas and lower the price of the classic can that looks the same as Coca-Cola. In New York and Los Angeles it is called chinese tail but it can also be found in France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Spain, Taiwan and Thailand.
**Coca Colla (Bolivian) **
In parallel to the use of the coca leaf that Coca-Cola has traditionally made (and that it continues to use but with inactive alkaloids), this Bolivian drink yes it's like a mate de coca with gas . Born in 2010, it is made from coca leaf extract with carbonated water and caffeine. Today it continues to be successfully marketed, with the support of Evo Morales, in several cities in Bolivia, in half-liter plastic containers. His second name refers to the Collasuyo , the Andean region with an indigenous majority to give it another sizzling anti-imperial point.
**Cuba Cola (Sweden) **
Since 1953, the Swedes have wanted to pay tribute to the Cuban resistance with this refreshing cola whose colors also refer to the Cuban flag.
Sweden's vindictive drink
**The Ché-Cola (France) **
From Marseille, France, where the mixture is a fact, this cola drink was born that took the name of the iconic revolutionary and that donates 50% of its funds to NGOs.
**Fentimans Curiosity Cola (UK) **
This aphrodisiac Victorian drink, which was in the top 1 cola drink sales according to the New York Times (we don't know when) uses guarana and catuaba extract and catuabine alkaloids. The format is larger and is found in some wine stores.
**Fuji Cola (Peru) **
For the sole purpose of "quench the thirst of discontent in Peru" , Alberto Fujimori created his own cola brand and threatened to extend it to juices and other products in which his face would be an absolute attraction.
**Virgin Cola (UK) **
"My biggest failure was wanting to beat Coca-Cola with Virgin Cola," said Richard Branson, the owner of this line after receiving a great lesson from the soft drink giant. Despite being hugely successful for a year and filling their planes with cans of virgin cola that he bought on sale in England, they did not get nor tickle the empire . Why? “Because if you are going to go against the big companies – which we do quite a lot – we have to be better and between two cans of soda there can never be a huge difference.”
**Vita Cola (GDR Germany) **
Today it has remained as one of those symbols that remind us of the old East Germany and that continues to be taken throughout Germany since he was born in 1954 . He maintained secrecy regarding his formula as 'the imperialist' always did and when the wall fell he was about to die.
**ZamZam Cola (Iran) **
It is the quintessential cola drink in the Arab world, originally created in Iran in 1954, but which circulates like a charm throughout Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Indonesia. Its name honors the sacred well of Mecca, where all the Muslims who embark on this religious journey drink. The format of the bottle is very similar, just a little smaller.
**Kola Roman (Colombia) **
Reddish in color, this cola drink produced in Cartagena de Indias He also had his moment of glory.
**Mecca Cola (France) **
A French-Tunisian, Taefik Mathlouthi, He gave the first shoe on European soil (it was in 2002) very angry at the Coca-Cola empire and even more so at the refusal he received to market ZamZam in the old continent. So he came up with his own cola to boycott American products because of his Middle East policy. His name obviously honors Mecca, but also a disappeared American Indian ethnic group. His motto is clear: “Don't drink silly, drink with commitment”. 20% of its profits are dedicated to humanitarian causes (10% Palestinian causes).
Queue up in Mecca
**Open Cola (Canada) **
The fun thing about this Canadian version is that it comes with instructions to make it at home. Since you make the formula and change it yourself as many times as you want, the Toronto-based product it has turned the patenters and other elements of the market upside down who do not know how to handle this version that increasingly has more and more followers. With this philosophy, it kicks Coca Cola in the shins, which has boasted so much about keeping its formula like gold on cloth.
**Pole Cola (Poland) **
Based on a popular Slovenian drink, the cockta, this drink was reformulated, which is would be a competitor of Coca Cola in the former Yugoslavia . Its phosphor green color attracts all eyes.
**Premium Cola (Germany) **
Pure anarchy to deal with the pyramid issue of the Coca-Cola group. Hence, the original structure, without bosses, of this German cola has so much symbology. It was born in Hamburg from the hands of a group of fans of the already well-known at that time Afri Cola, also German.
**Qibla Cola (UK) **
Also from the effervescence of the Muslim world this firm was born in 2003. This time in England, from the hands of a fashion designer, Zahida Parveen . her slogan, “free to your liking”, is accompanied by a fun logo in which hands open the bars of a barcode to free the world . Today it exports to other countries, including Canada, and also reinvests 10% of its profits in humanitarian causes around the world.
Inca Kola, the guru drink of Peru
MORE TAILS THAN BUBBLES
afri-cola (Germany) , Amrat Cola (Pakistan) , Potekarnes Cola (Sweden) , Auvergnat Cola (France) , Baikal (USSR) , Sweep Tail (United Kingdom) , beed cola (Peru) , Big 8 Tail (Canada) , Breizh Tail (France) , bubba cola (USES) , Cola Camp (India) , Cassinelli (Peru) , they dig tail (Ireland) , Evoke Tail (United Kingdom) , Classic Tail (United Kingdom) , cola club (East Germany), Cockta (Slovenia) , turkish tail (Turkey) , Cole Cold (Trinidad and Tobago) , Corsica Tail (France) , Count Tail (Australia) , cricket queue (Maryland, USA), double tail (Tennessee, USA), Est Queue (Thailand) , Export Queue (Australia) , Fada Tail (France) , faygo tail (Michigan, USA), Frescolite (Venezuela) , Fruit Kola (Peru) , guaranito (Brazil) , inca kola (Peru) , isaac cola (Peru) , jolly cola (Denmark) , Jolt Cola (USES) , kitty tail (Sweden) , kofola (Czech Republic) , Royal Kola (Peru) , L.A. Ice Cola (Australia) , Like Cola (USES) , forgot cola (Finland) , Pakola (Pakistan) , Parsi Tail (Iran) , pee tail (Ghana) , Pran Cola (Bangladesh) , Royal Crown Cola (Georgia, USA) , save tail (The Savior) , Sam's Choice (USES) , Schweppes Tail (Australia) , Sinalco Cola (Germany) , thumbs-up (India) , Topsy Tail (Iran) , triple tail (Peru) , tuKola (Cuba) , Ubuntu Queue (United Kingdom) , Zelal Cola (Germany) .