cottee headquarters melbourne victoria australia parent schweppes australia website www.cottees.com.au cottee s is an australian brand of cordial drinks owned by schweppes australia . contents 1 history 2 products 3 notes and references 4 external links history edit the company originated in the early 1900s by spencer milton cottee ca. 1864 8 june 1944 who started processing passionfruit in lismore into the passiona soft drink brand in 1925 7 . a factory was opened in leichhardt in the 1930s . cottee was a champion of the dairy industry and advocated efficient use of milk by products such as casein . 1 passiona was also bottled in south australia by geo . hall and sons . apart from passiona the most popular cottee s carbonated soft drinks were tango orange and coola lime with other flavours including lemon cola and lemonade . the brand s popularity reached its zenith in the 1960s . cottee s coola flavour is the most popular cordial in australia coola australia s flavourite cordial . 2 in 1965 the company was acquired by the american company general foods and in 1984 by cadbury schweppes . 3 schweppes australia was acquired by asahi breweries in 2009 . products edit cottees make a variety of products including cordial spreads toppings jellies and puddings . notes and references edit mr. s. m. cottee dies . the sydney morning herald . national library of australia . 10 june 1944 . p. 5 . retrieved 11 december 2012 . cottee s history . cottee s website . retrieved 3 january 2009 . cottee s history . cottee s website . retrieved 3 january 2009 . this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . january 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit official website this soft drink related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this brand name food or drink product related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cottee % 27s & oldid 739213065 categories australian brandsice cream brandsdrink companies of australia1927 establishments in australiacompanies established in 1927soft drink stubsbrand name food products stubshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parametersarticles lacking reliable references from january 2007all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 12 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view