Another Travel Photo Thursday 
Today I’d like to share some pictures I took on a walk through the Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta. Yes, visiting the museum is a bit like being in a huge Coke commercial – and you even have to pay for it. There are Coke print ads and Coke paraphernalia from all around the world. And there are even two actual commercials! But I enjoyed all of it. It was fun to see some of the older ads and it was really cool to see some of the old German ads in the museum. They even had something I remember being fairly big in Germany one summer: a collection of Coke cans with German soccer players on it. And a German Coke fridge! The little movies/commercials were really cute and I especially liked the “4D” one. I was super excited to get my picture taken with the polar bear! I even stood in line for that… but I mean, come on, it’s the Coke polar bear! Who wouldn’t love a picture with him? So cute! And of course, the highlight of the visit was the tasting room where you can try 6-7 of the Coke brands from each continent. My favorite? Mezzo Mix from Germany! It’s like Coke mixed with orange Fanta and it’s awesome. My least favorite? Hmmm, I really didn’t like any of the weird Asian flavors, but I absolutely hated a soda from Italy called Beverly. It was insanely bitter – and I like Bitter Lemon which is too bitter for some people! Later that day I asked Marco (who is after all from Italy) and he said he’d never even heard of Beverly. Maybe he’s been gone for too long OR nobody drinks it in Italy either… I wonder. A nice touch is that on the way out you get to grab a little Coke bottle that has just been bottled in the museum – that is, before you hit the huge gift store where you can buy anything Coke-related before actually leaving the building. Commercial? Yes! Fun? Totally! And it’s located close to quite a few other attractions, so you can easily combine a visit to the Coke museum with a visit to the Georgia Aquarium and CNN – all three are within walking distance of each other. I actually bought a pass that allowed me to see both the aquarium and the Coke museum and was able to save some money that way. There were other options that included CNN, but I didn’t have the time to go see it anyways, so I didn’t look at those options too closely.
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Who would have guessed there was a coke museum?? Interesting photo with the sports stars on the cans. Wonder why they don’t do that now.
The place looks very popular too.
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I know, right? But it’s really worth it with all the, I’d almost call them collectors items that are on display. I think they do sports starts on cans once in a while. Might be more difficult in the US where there’s not really one team that gets a lot of recognition nationwide. Yes, there’s a national soccer team, but it’s not nearly as popular as in other countries. Might make more sense with foorball teams, but those are so local…
I’m sure they didn’t have the Coke recipe on display, not even behind a canon-proof protection.
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Very true
That was about the only Coke-related thing they didn’t have! ….which by the way made me wonder how they got around that. Don’t all patents expire after a while?
Could you sample any of the original recipe- the one with real ‘coke’ in it?
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That would have been something!! But no, unfortunately not. They have about 6-7 Coke brands from each continent (like different Fantas, etc.) and then they have 2 super-new vending machines where you can get any kind of soda sold in the US by the Coke brand.
A Coca Cola museum? Wow!
When I think of Coke, I think back to an ad I used to see on a building here in Jamaica, Toma Coca Cola. Had no idea then about Coke — I was too young to drink it – but the phrase stuck. Years later, when i studied Spanish, I realized what it meant. Coke is branded into our consciousness.
You’re so right! No matter where you’re from (almost), you’re likely to know Coca-Cola and have a few memories related to ads or their drinks. It’s truly a global brand!
I have never visited this museum but it looks like a great place to spend a few hours. It would be like touring the Jelly Belly factory (which I’ve done!)
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Yes, you can totally spend a few hours there and not get hored. The Jelly Belly factory? What is that? My guess would be something with jelly beans maybe?
Very cool. Despite the fact that I’m long past Coca Cola being one of my biggest vices, I’m facinated by the history and the marketing savvy of the company. I’ve always enjoyed the mini Coke musuems in Vegas and at Epcot Center so hoepfully I’ll make it out there one day. Great pics!
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Thanks! Me too. In fact, I rarely drink sodas, but every now and then and nice Coke is just perfect. I agree on the marketing savy. They’ve really created an empire!
Very cool place
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Such an interesting museum and I was surprised to hear they had Coke ads from Germany. I don’t mind the Mexxo mix in Germany, but I’d rather make my own in North America. I think the Coke tastes the same, but the orange Fanta is stronger in North America. I can’t believe you have to pay though. It seems like they would be getting enough advertising from just having visitors.
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Yes, it was pretty cool! They had Coke ads from all over the world. Of course, most of my pictures are of the German ones since I could actually remember a lot of the campaigns. Ye,s the sodas do taste different in North America and Europe. Supposedly it’s because they use corn syrup in North America and sugar in Europe (like in Mexico). I was smiling when you said you preferred the North American Fanta
Of course I prefer the European one 
It tasted more like orange to me… almost as good as Orangina which is my favorite sparking orange soda.
A Coca-Cola museum! Can’t get much more American than that.
We like mixing coke and orange soda up here, too
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So right
It can get more Texan though…. did you know they even have a mueseum for Dr. Pepper? Never made it there though! Yeah for coke and orange soda!
I went to the World of Coca-cola in August and had a really fun time too! Wasn’t Beverly the most horrible drink ever!? LOL
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It totally was!
So gross! And I like bitter drinks… have you tried Bitter Lemon before? It’s a drink from Schweppes and kind of bitter, but delicious. Maybe that’s what Coke was aiming for and totally overdid it?!
Great shots! That would have been a fun day. The flavors here in Korea are really just your standard coke and coke zero. A few years ago it used to be almost exclusively lemon coke, but (thankfully)that is gone. I drink very little of the stuff these days, but there is no denying that coke had a huge influence on my generation.
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Lemon Coke? I read that they introduced a version like that along with MezzoMix in Germany, but people didn’t like it, so Coke discontinued it. For a while they had a Coke with a tiny bit of lemon here in the US and that was kind of good. I’m with you… don’t drink it very often, but once in a while I really enjoy it.
My favorite part of the Coca Cola museum are the fountains at the end that shoot out Coke. Very fun museum!
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Fountains that shoot out coke? Did I miss something? I don’t remember any fountains like that… Where are those hidden?
I remember being here in 2006 actually! It was great fun!
You went there too? I never knew