Dr. John Stith Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, combined coca leaves and kola nuts to make a syrup, which was mixed with carbonated water to what is now America’s favorite cola, Coca-Cola.

In 1893, Caleb prepared the concoction by mixing sugar, caramel, nutmeg, lemon and cola nuts in water and started selling it at his drugstore under the name ‘Brad’s Drink’. The pharmacist ...