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New Colombian soda made with coca leavesPosted Dec 22nd 2005 11:01AM by Nick VagnoniFiled under: South America, Newspapers, New ProductsA small company in southern Colombia has recently started
manufacturing a carbonated soda made with the extract of coca, the stimulating shrub from which cocaine is made. The
company, Empresa Colombiana de la Coca, is owned and operated by a group of Nasa Indians, an indigenous people that
have used coca leaves for centuries. The soda, called Coca-Sek, has apparently won the approval of local tasters and
the "tea-like" flavor is supposedly somewhere between 7-Up and ginger ale, according to a recent AP story. The name is
Nasa for "coca of the sun."The soda's release is also a political statement, as area stores have
refused to sell Coca-Cola in protest of the company's treatment of local union
leaders. While the soda is legal to distribute in some areas in South America, its producers are doubtful that it will
reach the U.S. anytime soon. They currently have a limited distribution outfit and are in the process of acquiring a
truck of their own.
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