Wine That Took Europe By Storm
Coca leaf wine making – Vin Mariani goes a long way back, it’s a century old recipe. Popes, queens and many famous writers and other prominent personalities have enjoyed coca wine in the past. Ulysses S. Grant, Jules Verne, Thomas Edison, Queen Victoria, Henrik Ibsen and Pope Leo XIII all enjoyed Vin Mariani. Pope Leo XIII actually starred in an advertisement for Vin Mariani, the coca leaf French wine which was highly popular in the 19th century. Pope Leo famously kept a flask of coca wine with him whenever he ventured out. He loved coca wine so much that he awarded its creator, Angelo Mariani, with a medal of appreciation for all his efforts. Coca wine was like liquid gold.
Researching Coca Tonic
Back in my early days when I was educating myself about coca tea and it’s effects. And after discovering that natural coca tea powder does not have the same side effects and dangers as pure cocaine, I bought myself some coca tea powder on the Internet. During my wait for the coca tea parcel delivery, I researched some more about cocaine and it’s pharmacology. The information which I found stated that when cocaine is combined with alcohol, it forms a more potent and longer-lasting byproduct called cocaethylene.
Cocaethylene as mentioned before, lasts longer and produces a more pronounced mental focus, energy and buzz. After doing some calculations, I worked out that 2 grams of coca leaf powder per ounce of wine would make about 8 milligrams of natural cocaine alkaloids per ounce of coca tea wine. I don’t touch cocaine and do not recommend anyone else to try it. It’s dangerous and should not be used. However, for scientific research, it is interesting to note that regular street cocaine is often very impure. While 250 to 300 milligrams is not a lot, it is equal to 1 gram of common street cocaine.
Angelo Mariani
Paolo Mantegazza, an Italian doctor published a scientific paper on the benefits of the coca plant, Erythroxylum coca, in 1859. After discovering Mantegazza’s coca research papers, a French chemist by the name of Angelo Mariani created an invigorating and energy boosting tonic. Mariani took some French wine and infused it with 6 mg of coca leaf per ounce. Angelo Mariani advertised coca wine for many medicinal uses. As a digestive aid, aperitif, natural energy booster, and an all round stimulating tonic that was also safe for children.
Coca leaf wine Vin Mariani became very popular in France, eventually spreading to the rest of Europe and to the United States of America. Clever marketing and advertising played a big role in this wide spread of coca leaf wine. The wine marketing campaign relied on many famous artists and celebrities to appear in the ads. As mentioned before, even the Roman pope declared his affection for coca leaf wine claiming that he carried a flask of Vin Mariani when he was out and about. Many doctors and physicians praised the health promoting effects of coca tea wine.
Today, coca leaf-infused wine and coca beer can still be found in Peru and Bolivia. There, locals enjoy it with vibrant health and none of the side effects that come with cocaine consumption.
There are many recipes for coca leaf wine which can be found on the Internet, some sources claiming that 100 grams of coca tea powder mixed with one bottle of red wine is all you need.
To your health and success,
Alex