What Is Kola Nut?
Kola Nut 101 Guide

To this day, fresh kola nuts are an important fixture of culture, religion, and spiritual practice in West African countries and have even been used as a form of currency.
As the name might suggest, the kola nut is one of the reasons our favorite sugary, caffeine-packed carbonated beverages exist. In the 1880s, a pharmacist named John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in part by extracting the flavor and caffeine from bitter kola nuts.
As the name might suggest, the kola nut is one of the reasons our favorite sugary, caffeine-packed carbonated beverages exist. In the 1880s, a pharmacist named John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in part by extracting the flavor and caffeine from bitter kola nuts. Mainstream sodas no longer include African kola nut, opting instead for artificial sources, but kola nut extract is still used as a source of flavoring in some natural sodas and herbal drinks. It can also be used in powder form after being ground up. Due to their high caffeine content, kola nuts and kola nut extract can boost energy levels, improve metabolism, increase circulation, and aid in digestion.*
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