{"id":791,"date":"2017-05-05T15:06:50","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T13:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travelspotting.de\/?p=791"},"modified":"2019-06-02T17:16:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T15:16:06","slug":"atlanta-nur-coca-cola-oder-noch-mehr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelspotting.de\/en\/atlanta-just-coca-cola-or-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta \u2013 Just Coca Cola\u2019s City or More?"},"content":{"rendered":"Atlanta \u2013 the South\u2019s true capital, home of Martin Luther King and CNN, host of the Olympic Games 96 and most importantly the city where Coca Cola comes from. What makes this city, what can I see and why should I visit?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coca Cola Museum: World of Coca Cola Atlanta<\/h2>\n

The Coke Museum is in Atlanta\u2019s Downtown, close to the Olympic Park. It\u2019s not cheap, they charge 16 dollars. The square in front of the museum is called Pemberton Place, named after the inventor of Coca Cola. You enter in groups. In the first room, you have to wait a bit until the group is big enough. This room shows some Coca Cola decorations. A tour guides leads everyone to a second room full of kitsch and many Coca Cola Stories are told. Only after listening to this lecture, you get to move freely and independently in the museum.<\/p>\n

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A central room called \u201cthe lobby\u201d connects various other rooms. There are exhibits about how the soda was developed (Pharmacist John Pemberton invented it), a cinema with an endless stream of Coke ads, an exhibit that shows how bottles are filled and an extra room than only deals with the question what Coke\u2019s secret formula is (of course, not telling it). There is a Coca Cola Polar Bear in the lobby. That is where all children gather. Cheesy things about Coca Cola are everywhere, loads of old and new merchandise. So far, so good. Until this point, something you can do but don\u2019t really need to. To me, the Tasting Room made it. It\u2019s a room full of these typical Soda taping systems. You can try any soda worldwide, including sub-brands like Fanta, Sprite, etc. That is indeed something! You can drink as much as you want, the only limit is the amount of sweet sugary soda that you are able to process and digest.<\/p>\n

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These taping system are organized in groups of continents. All sodas from Africa were extremely sweet, too sweet for me. But quite interesting to try that. The German sodas were Mezzo-Mix (to non-German a mix of Coke and Fanta) and Bonaqua-Lemon. The Indian soda was Mazaa (a viscous Mango juice). Did you know that Mezzo-Mix is only available in Germany, made for the German market? I didn\u2019t. I liked the tasting, I wanted to try at least a sip of everything. But that did not work, in the end it was a bit too much. It was only then when I realized how different these Coca Cola products are in every country.<\/p>\n

At the exit you can take a sample glass bottle of Coke. You exit through a big gift shop with all kinds of Coca Cola stuff (clothes, key chains, statues, etc.). Nice to watch but a little expensive. None of us bought anything.<\/p>\n

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The Coca Cola Museum is good if you like these different sodas. Everything else is nice, of course done accurately and provides quite some information. But it can always be shortened to \u201cCoca Cola is great\u201d. After the third room, I was thinking: ok, I know it, Coke is great and has changed the world. On their website, Coke says you need 2 hours to do the museum. I think that is right, you don\u2019t need more time. I don\u2019t suggest not doing the museum but don\u2019t expect too much for your 16 dollars.<\/p>\n