The Kola Román is a Colombia

Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...

n soft drink

Soft drink

A soft drink is a non-alcoholic beverage that typically contains water , a sweetener, and a flavoring agent...

 that was invented in the city of Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena, Colombia

Cartagena de Indias , is a large Caribbean beach resort city on the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Coast Region and capital of Bolívar Department...

 in 1865 by Don Carlos Román. At the beginning it was similar to a champagne soda but then in the early 1900s it was reinvented by Don Henrique Pio Román.

Kola Román is bottled and manufactured by Panamco

Panamco

Main article: Coca-Cola FEMSAPanamerican Beverage Panamco merged with Coca-Cola FEMSA effective May 6, 2003.Prior to the merger, Panamco was 25% owned by The Coca-Cola Company.Main article: Criticism of Coca-Cola#Colombia...

FEMSA Colombia although it is owned by the family who created it.

Kola Román is historically preferred in the Colombia's Caribbean region.