Viva la Cola! Even though Havana Cola proudly claims to be “the original Key Lime cola” right on the can, my co-worker Paul (host of World of Beverage -- where happiness comes in a bottle and refills are free.) claims that this tastes the most like Coke of any non-coke he’s tasted. More so even than Australian Coke. “In 1898, during the Spanish American war, Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders brought to Cuba the first bottled cola. To toast the liberation of Havana, cola and rum were combined with key lime juice for the first time. The result was the “Cuba Libre” (free Cuba). Today, Havana Cola® brings back the taste of key lime and cola to celebrate the spirit of the Rough Riders.”