Kola Román

Colombian carbonated beverage
Kola Román
Typesoft drink
ManufacturerPanamco FEMSA Colombia
Country of origin Colombia
Introduced1865; 159 years ago (1865)

The Kola Román is a Colombian soft drink that was invented in the city of Cartagena, Colombia in 1865 by Don Carlos Román. At first it was similar to a champagne soda, but was reinvented in the early 1900s by Don Henrique Pio Román.

Kola Román is bottled and manufactured by Panamco FEMSA Colombia as related in its bottle. Kola Román is historically preferred in the Colombia's Caribbean region and it is one of the oldest sodas in the world.

Kola Román has sponsored several baseball team in the Colombian Professional Baseball League. The first Kola Román team, based in Cartagena, won a championship in the 1956–57 season. In the 1990s, Kola Román sponsored the original Vaqueros de Montería.[1]

References

  1. ^ "SANTA MARTA NO TENDRÁ BÉISBOL 95-96" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. Oct 30, 1995.
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