1.   By the time I started drinking Cokes, both bottled and fountain drinks, Coca-Cola had removed the cocaine from its still secret formula.

2.   Coke argues that because fountain drinks are so profitable, anything that boosts beverage sales helps both Coke and the restaurant.

3.   Company is exploring a whole range of new ideas to boost sales, including a milk-based product for kids and personalized packaging and fountain drinks.

4.   Fountain drinks appear to be on steroids.

5.   Saccharin is currently most often used in the U.S. in products such as chewing gum, table sweeteners and fountain drinks, which need its consistency for the syrup.

6.   With the bottle, we brought two vanilla cokes made the old-fashioned way at Real Pizza, a West Cambridge pizzeria that also serves made-to-order fountain drinks.