House of Coca-Cola, the world's first such venue, opened on December 11 in Polanco, Mexico City. The site lets visitors experience the 1886-style drink preparation and savor exclusive, historical flavors. The menu features on-the-spot sodas, mocktails, and coffee options, priced from 25 to 200 pesos.
House of Coca-Cola is located at Alejandro Dumas Street 122, local 3, in Polanco, Miguel Hidalgo borough, Mexico City. This innovative concept, which debuted on December 11, invites the public on a journey through the soda's history, highlighting the recreation of the 1886 original formula. In this experience, a secret syrup is served in a glass with ice, carbonated water is added, and it's mixed with a stirrer, recalling how it was offered in pharmacies as a tonic.
The venue provides can personalization with names and seasonal drinks unavailable in regular stores. It is open to the general public, though beverages for those under 13 require an accompanying adult. The menu revives the soda fountain format with a modern twist: sodas in 400 ml glasses for 50 pesos, with syrup extras at 20 pesos in flavors like vanilla or hibiscus. Options include Coca-Cola, Sprite, and Fanta, plus presentations in glass, can, or bottle for 25 pesos each.
Highlights include alcohol-free mocktails, such as Lavender Lemonade for 120 pesos, and floats with ice cream for 100 pesos. The 'World Flavors' section offers a sampler of six international drinks for 200 pesos. There are also monthly specials, like Santa Fizz for 140 pesos, and the iconic '1886-Style Serve' for 60 pesos.
Regarding history, Coca-Cola was created in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Atlanta as a syrup mixed with carbonated water. It initially contained coca leaves and kola nuts but was adjusted to remove cocaine. It arrived in Mexico in 1926 in Monterrey and Tampico, and in 1929 in the capital through Arturo Mundet, quickly integrating into local consumption alongside other carbonated beverages.
