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- Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine An Italian friar has unearthed a document from the pharmacy archives of an ancient convent in Florence describing a medicinal potion mad
- Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
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Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine An Italian friar has unearthed a document from the pharmacy archives of an ancient convent in Florence describing a medicinal potion made from Bolivian coca leaves and kola nuts, prompting suggestions it could have been a precursor to the famous US soft drink, Coca-Cola. Father Manuel Russo, rector of the San Marco
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Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine An Italian friar has unearthed a document from the pharmacy archives of an ancient convent in Florence describing a medicinal potion made from Bolivian coca
Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
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Was Florentine friars’ fatigue-fighting elixir a precursor to Coca-Cola?
Document believed to be from 19th century details recipe using Bolivian coca leaves, kola nuts and wine An Italian friar has unearthed a document from the pharmacy archives of an ancient convent in Florence describing a medicinal potion made from Bolivian coca leaves and kola nuts, prompting suggestions it could have been a precursor to t
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