Name: 可口可樂的命名種子？竟是這個！feat. Shantel George (The seed that gave Coca-Cola its name - Shantel George)
Uploaded: 2025-11-29T13:36:48.000Z
Duration: 5 min 7 s

In 1910, the Antarctic Nimrod expedition was in trouble.

1910年，南極的尼姆羅德遠徵隊遇到了麻煩。

Led by Ernest Shackleton, the team had set the record for the southernmost point ever reached.

在歐內斯特·沙克爾頓的帶領下，隊伍創下了抵達最南端的紀錄。

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But after miscalculating how long it would take to return to the nearest supply depot, the crew had run out of food.

但在誤判了返回最近補給站所需的時間後，船員們的食物耗盡了。

Fatigued and desperate, they turned to their medical kit.

他們疲憊不堪、絕望之際，轉向了他們的醫藥箱。

It contained a drug called forced march tablets, which promised to mitigate hunger and prolong endurance thanks to the powerful combination of its two ingredients, cocaine and the extract of the African kola nut.

裡面有一種叫做 forced march tablets 的藥物，它承諾能緩解飢餓並延長耐力，這都要歸功於其兩種成分的強大組合：cocaine 和非洲可樂果的提取物。

After taking the pills, the team was able to push through and reach safety.

服用了藥丸後，隊伍得以堅持下來並抵達安全地帶。

So how did the kola nut, a sacred ingredient from West Africa, end up in Shackleton's emergency kit?

那麼，來自西非的聖潔食材可樂果，又是如何出現在沙克爾頓的緊急藥箱裡的呢？

And how did this same combination of kola nut and cocaine make its way into the original recipe of a drink that billions of people consume every day?

同樣的，可樂果和cocaine的組合又是如何進入了數十億人每天飲用的某種飲料的原始配方的呢？

The kola nut is the seed of the kola tree, a small evergreen native to the tropical forests of West Africa, where it's long been integral to the cultural fabric of many communities.

可樂果是可樂樹的種子，這種小型的常綠樹原產於西非的熱帶森林，在那裡，它長期以來一直是許多社區文化的重要組成部分。

Among the Igbo, the bitternut is known as the food of the gods.

在伊博人眼中，苦仁果被稱為眾神之食。

In Igbo homes, it's custom to greet and honor guests by breaking a seed and sharing the lobes.

在伊博人的家中，習慣上會掰開一顆可樂果並分享果瓣來迎接和款待客人。

Within Yoruba communities, kola plays a central role in many religious ceremonies, such as weddings, funerals and divination.

在約魯巴人的社群裡，可樂果在許多宗教儀式中扮演著核心角色，例如婚禮、喪禮和占卜。

Kola nuts can contain up to 2.5% caffeine, or about twice the concentration found in coffee beans, along with trace amounts of theobromine, a structurally similar compound.

可樂果的咖啡因含量可達2.5%，大約是咖啡豆的兩倍，同時還含有微量的可可鹼，這是一種結構相似的化合物。

Both molecules stimulate the central nervous system, causing effects like alertness and increased blood flow to the muscles and lungs.

這兩種分子都能刺激中樞神經系統，產生警覺性提高和流向肌肉與肺部的血液增加等效果。

And it's these properties that likely led to kola's long standing use in traditional West African medicine.

正是這些特性，讓可樂果長期以來被用於傳統的西非醫學。

But there's also a bitter side to the kola nut's history.

但可樂果的歷史也有其黑暗的一面。

As early as the 10th century, it was used by various groups in West Africa as currency to purchase captives across the Sahara.

早在10世紀，西非的各個族群就已將其用作貨幣，用來在撒哈拉沙漠購買被俘虜的人。

And in the 16th century, Portuguese and Afro Portuguese traders in the region similarly exchanged the seeds for people whom they then sold into transatlantic slavery.

到了16世紀，該地區的葡萄牙人和非洲裔葡萄牙人商人也同樣用這種種子交換人口，然後將他們賣入跨大西洋奴隸貿易。

By the 17th century, the kola nut had made its way to the Americas.

到了17世紀，可樂果已經傳到了美洲。

Brazilian oral narratives tell of enslaved peoples smuggling the seeds across the Atlantic in their clothing and hair.

巴西的口述歷史講述了被奴役的人們如何將種子藏在衣服和頭髮裡，偷渡過大西洋。

Enslavers who learned of the nut's energizing properties often weaponized it, supplying it to subjugated workers to induce more backbreaking labor.

奴隸販子們得知這種堅果的提神功效後，經常濫用它，供應給被奴役的工人，讓他們從事更繁重的勞動。

However, in places like Jamaica, Cuba and Brazil, many enslaved communities managed to cultivate cola on their own, allowing them to preserve and continue practicing their colonies cultural and religious traditions.

然而，在牙買加、古巴和巴西等地，許多被奴役的社群設法自己種植可樂，讓他們得以保存並延續他們的殖民文化和宗教傳統。

In the late 19th century, the kola nut gained the attention of pharmacists in Europe and North America.

到了19世紀末，可樂果引起了歐洲和北美藥劑師的注意。

Many claimed, without much evidence, that the nut contained countless medicinal and even mind altering properties.

許多人聲稱，雖然沒有太多證據，但這種堅果含有無數的藥用甚至改變心智的功效。

Soon, cola, containing tonics, chocolates and lozenges lined pharmacy shelves.

很快地，含有滋補品、巧克力和潤喉糖的可樂就擺滿了藥局的貨架。

It was combined with extracts from the coca leaf, the source of cocaine, to create Shackleton's Forced March tablets, which were also supplied to British soldiers during World War I.

它與古柯葉的萃取物結合，而古柯葉是cocaine的來源，製成了Shackleton's Forced March tablets，這也供應給第一次世界大戰期間的英國阿兵哥。

In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John Pemberton used this same potent combo to create the original recipe for Coca Cola, which he claimed could treat ailments like headaches, indigestion and impotence.

1886年，亞特蘭大藥劑師John Pemberton利用這種強效組合，創造了Coca Cola的原始配方，他聲稱可以治療頭痛、消化不良和陽痿等疾病。

By the 1920s, African export of the kola nuts slowed, thanks in part to the introduction of another energizing seed from the region, the cocoa bean.

到了1920年代，由於該地區另一種提神種子可可豆的出現，西非的可樂果出口量開始減少。

Around this time, the Coca Cola Company is also said to have significantly reduced the kola nut in its recipe, but

大約在這個時候，Coca Cola公司據說也大幅減少了其配方中的可樂果，但

The exact ingredients remain a closely guarded trade secret.

確切的成分至今仍是嚴守的商業機密。

However, we do know that the company removed all traces of cocaine by 1903.

不過，我們知道該公司在1903年就移除了所有古柯鹼的成分。

Today, the kola nut can still be found in various drinks and supplements like busy tea, a staple in many Jamaican homes.

時至今日，可樂果仍然可以在各種飲料和補充品中找到，例如牙買加許多家庭必備的busy tea。

Believed to have been first brought to the region on slave ships in the 17th century.

據信是在17世紀時，透過奴隸船首次被帶到該地區。

This tea is just one example of how the kola nut, despite its bitter past, continues to serve as a powerful symbol of cultural preservation and remembrance.

這款茶只是眾多例子之一，說明瞭可樂果儘管有著苦澀的過去，卻持續作為文化保存和紀唸的強大象徵。

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如果你喜歡學習歷史，請訂閱這個頻道，因為昨天的經驗能幫助我們面對今天的挑戰。

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