inca cola

Inca Kola (also known as Inca Cola or "the Golden Kola") is a Peruvian soft drink with a sweet fruity flavor sometimes compared to bubblegum. The maker is 60% owned by The Coca-Cola Company. Inca Kola is exported to parts of South America, and while it has not enjoyed major success elsewhere, it can be found in Latin American specialty shops worldwide.

In 1910, in Rímac, one of Lima\'s oldest and most traditional neighborhoods, an immigrant English family began a small bottling company under their family name, Lindley. In 1928, the company was formally chartered in Peru, whereupon José R. Lindley became its first General Manager.

From local beverage makers, Lindley learned of an ancestral concoction based on Lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla), Hierba Luisa in Spanish. He experimented with various mixtures, other ingredients and levels of carbonation until finally, in 1935, the company launched "Inca Kola" under the slogan "There is only one Inca Kola and it\'s like no other" (Inca Kola sólo hay una y no se parece a ninguna).

By the mid 1940s, Inca Kola was a market leader in Lima. Bottling volume expanded greatly, growing steadily and positioning it as a traditional Peruvian drink, using national and indigenous iconography and images.

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