KEEP YOUR KITCHEN RUNNING SMOOTHLY
POPULAR COFFEE BRAND BREWED UP DRUG MYSTERY
REPORTED BY: LADY LATTE WRITTEN BY: ELENI FINKELSTEIN
B ack during its origin in Atlanta, Georgia in 1886, Coca-cola was said to contain a very small amount of cocaine. The popular drink was created by doctor and pharmacist Dr. John S. Pemberton and first hit the shelves in Jacob’s Pharmacy for $0.05 a pop. That
On May 6, 2022, workers at the Nespresso factory in Romont, Switzerland were shocked to find 100 lbs of cocaine in one of their bean shipments, an amount estimated to cost more than $50 million USD. Staff members alerted authorities immediately upon the discovery, who then confirmed the packaging was 80% pure cocaine and was easily one of the largest shipments of the drug in Swiss history. The delivery was said to come from Brazil and arrived to the factory by train, assumingly to enter the European drug market. The Nespresso company, which has been around and owned by Nestle since 1986, released a statement advising that the substance
would be about $1.55 today! It turns out, the drug used in Coca-cola back in the day was not cocaine, but ecgonine, a precurser of cocaine that was derived from the same plant, the coca. While the Coca-cola company denies the presence of cocaine in its history of the cold drink, hot drink company Nespresso has recently come under fire for the residence of Cocaine in one of its Swiss factories.
did not come into contact with any coffee equipment or ingredients, and
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