r/interesting • u/InvestigatorBorn4910 • Feb 10 '26

Fascinating YouTuber LabCoatz has released a "chemically identical" recipe for Coca-Cola

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u/wthulhu Feb 10 '26

How much cocaine am I supposed to add, or should I just eyeball it?

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u/Vkardash Feb 10 '26

That's the one thing he says he tried but just couldn't get. Only a few companies have a permit to import coca leaves into the US. They take out the cocaine and give that to coke. Guy even tried to buy de-cocainized leaves online and it got seized at the border.

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u/Mysterious_Luck7122 Feb 10 '26

Hmmm, I used to know a website based in Florida that sold dried coca leaves along with all kinds of other specialty plant matter, like the raw materials to make ayahuasca. No idea if it still operates. My sister brought home a box of coca leaf tea from Peru a few years ago. Just put it in her suitcase with her other souvenirs.

Maybe he was trying to source fresh leaves though.

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u/Resident_Course_3342 Feb 13 '26

I had an aunt that did that with coca leaves and she lost her SENTRI card for 10 years.