Since it’s birth at a soda fountain in downtown Atlanta, Georgia in 1886. Coca-Cola has been a catalyst for social interaction and inspired innovation. Dr. John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist, produced the syrup for Coca-Cola, and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs’ Pharmacy, where it was sampled, pronounced “excellent,” and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Carbonated water was teamed with the new syrup to produce a drink that was at once “Delicious and Refershing,” a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca-Cola is enjoyed.