Coca-cola was first made by John Pemberton, a pharmacist from the city of Atlanta, in his garden. It was first sold to people on May 8, 1886. At the beginning, Doctor Pemberton could sell not more than nine glasses of Coca-Cola each day and got only $50 for the first year, because the drink was very expensive. The funny thing eas that it was more cheap to make the drink than to sell it. In 1887 the Coca-Cola formula was bought from Pembertom by anither Atlanta pharmacist Asa Candler for for $2300.At that time it was known only in the USA and nowhere else. In ten ten years Coca-Cola became peoplar un other ciuntries. It's interesting that even today nobody knows Pemberton's formula if the drink, it has been the top secret of the Coca-Cola compaby for more than 100 years