Soda War

[LE4dGOLEM]

(It's not computery, so it doesn't go in Religious Wars)
Coke out of a glass coke bottle triumphs over all.

[Pirate.Bondage]

Pepsi here. Coke makes me sick. I would probably die without Pepsi in my life.

[Azrael]

Coke, for it's crispness. Pepsi tastes too syrupy sweet for me.

Since it will invariably come up: Yes, your local beverage purveyor's fountain does a terrible job mixing. Only comparisons between plant-bottled products are valid.

[Nath]

Coke in the US has a funny aftertaste, so I prefer Pepsi. Coke Zero lacks the funny aftertaste and isn't as absurdly sweet, so that's probably better than either.

[JayDee]

Coca-Cola. Drink it. Love it. Always.

[espire]

I love Coke Zero. Doesn't asplode my taste buds, keeps fizz longer, tastes better than Coke or Pepsi overall.

[hyperion]

Coke. Pepsi is way too sweet for me, always leaves my teeth feeling like crap.

[MotorToad]

"Other." That being coffee, water, whiskey, and beer. I don't care at all for sugarwater.

[Silas]

I said Coke, but it's really "Coke products." Coke rocks Pepsi's socks, but more importantly, Fresca is the shit. And Coca-Cola's root beer (Barq's) is a thousand times better than Pepsi's (Mug)- among national brands, only A&W can compete. The only thing PepsiCo has going for it is they haven't renamed Dr. Pepper (Pibb Xtra? what is that?).

[hyperion]

"Other." That being coffee, water, whiskey, and beer. I don't care at all for sugarwater.

Then why vote at all? The thread is titled "Soda War", not "Drink War".

[pollywog]

Lemon and Paeroa. Owned by the Coca-cola company, but it just tastes better.

[Toeofdoom]

I used to prefer pepsi because it was usually cheaper.

But then I realised coca cola is significantly better. Pepsi loses hard.

[hermaj]

Coke, for definite. And it is beautiful out of a glass bottle. I'm not as big a fan of it in cans because I find sometimes it tastes a bit funny.

[Zohar]

I drink Diet Coke (no zero here, wondering how that will taste). Anyway, I think they change the formula slightly for the Israeli audience, so it doesn't taste the same. At least, that's what they say.

[hermaj]

Only comparisons between plant-bottled products are valid.

[mod hat]

It is not up to you to decide which opinions are or are not valid. This is a thread in the food forum, that you did not even start. People are entitled to say anything they like on this topic.

[/mod hat]

[inkabink]

Taste-wise, I don't care, I will drink both.

As a company, I prefer Pepsi. In my experience they have better customer service for their vendors--at my work we used to serve Pepsi, and now we serve Coke. I like Pepsi products more too--when we had Pepsi, we could get Sobe and Starbucks frappuccinos.

However, Coke just bought Glaceau. I love Vitamin Water!

[Mr. Mack]

Coke's my favorite cola flavored soda, but what I usually drink is Vault Zero.
That said, Jone's Soda in Green Apple is proof of the existence of god. (I sure hope this doesn't turn into a religious debate)

[__Kit]

I was just thinking, wherever i go I always have Diet Coke, I just realised I was addicted to it, its all my parents buy.

[Adalwolf]

Regular Coke is better than Regular Pepsi. I do, however, like pepsi products, like mountain dew and dr. pepper more than coke products.

Diet pop, yes pop-not soda, sucks. I can taste the fake sugar crap they put in it. All diet pop is disgusting. If you are going to drink a pop, go for something good (ie non diet). Life is too short to drink bad tasting crap like diet pop.

[Robin S]

Coke has tasted noticeably different in almost every country I've been to. I rarely have Pepsi, so I really can't compare. I voted for the "other" option, as there are a number of fizzy drinks I prefer to coke (Irn Bru, ginger beer and plain old cream soda being the main ones, though anything with passionfruit is guaranteed a place among my favourites).

[hermaj]

Hehehe, Irn Bru! That stuff is crazy tasting, but strangely compelling.

[PatrickRsGhost]

Living in the state where Coca-Cola was born, I have to say Coke. I've tried Pepsi. It's OK, and I'll drink it if it's the only thing available. I do prefer Mountain Dew (Pepsi) over Mello Yello (Coke).

Diet Coke, the last time I had it, was fine for a diet soda. Diet Pepsi, OTOH, tasted like shit.

Caffeine-free sodas? WTF?

Caffeine-free diet sodas? Double WTF?

Oh, and Coke in glass bottles FTW. The only place you can really get them (that I've seen) is in the store section of Cracker Barrel. If, however, you want an authentic Coca-Cola, almost like how it was originally produced, go to any small Mexican restaurant. The kind that looks like a hole-in-the-wall. I once got a Coke there that was bottled in Mexico. Had a white rim of powder on the bottom on the outside of the bottle. Cocaine, perhaps? It was the old bluish-green glass that Coke used to come in. The ones at Cracker Barrel come in a clearer glass. Anyways, it was the best Coke I'd ever had.

[Shabooty]

I'm a coke fan. Though it does taste weird sometimes.

Also, RIP Surge. Though vault tastes similar.

[PatrickRsGhost]

I'm a coke fan. Though it does taste weird sometimes.

Also, RIP Surge. Though vault tastes similar.

I wasn't all that thrilled with Surge. It tasted like overly-sweetened Mountain Dew. I remember when it was first marketed, a couple of sales reps from Coca-Cola came to our school and handed out free Surge to every student during lunchtime. Not a lot of people liked it, and some even complained of headaches from the excessive boost of caffeine.

[Endless Mike]

Pepsi if I'm just drinking cola, but Coke is fine. Coke if there's alcohol going into it, though.

[Azrael]

Only comparisons between plant-bottled products are valid.

[mod hat]

It is not up to you to decide which opinions are or are not valid.

[/mod hat]

Eh, I meant scientifically ... er, well logically ...valid. In the comparison of like terms kind of way. Not in the get off the grass kind of way. Sorry.

[gmalivuk]

Coke, though that could be because I got somewhat addicted to it in Mexico, where it vastly outnumbers Pepsi pretty much everywhere. (Mexicans drink more Coke per capita than people in any other country on Earth.)

[Mikagon]

"Other" as in Diet 7up. Coke and Pepsi make my mouth feel way too funny and it kind of disturbs me that they can remove battery acid.

[hermaj]

Only comparisons between plant-bottled products are valid.

[mod hat]

It is not up to you to decide which opinions are or are not valid.

[/mod hat]

Eh, I meant scientifically ... er, well logically ...valid. In the comparison of like terms kind of way. Not in the get off the grass kind of way. Sorry.

That's okay. Just word it a little better next time, hey.

[JayDee]

Hehehe, Irn Bru! That stuff is crazy tasting, but strangely compelling.

Before they started bottling Irn Bru in Australia I used to get it imported (Well, buy in bulk from an importer at any rate). And I convinced my Dad to sell it at his cafe. Now I can buy it at the supermarket.

[Azrael]

That's okay. Just word it a little better next time, hey.

Was this post originally made by Hammer? Or am I imagining things?

I must be.

[22/7]

Dr. Pepper! And really only that because I'm not much for colas in general and DP doesn't really taste like other colas to me. I much prefer, well, beer, if I'm drinking something carbonated and juice if I'm drinking something sugary.

[SecondTalon]

After having a healthy Coke addiction, I literally woke up one day unable to stomach it, or any other cola. That has since calmed down to where I'll drink it.. if there's no water.

And.. I didn't used to like Dr. Pepper/Mr Pibb or any of the other variants. I've since grown to love them. Go figure.

[Kabann]

Gotta have the Coke. Even though it's not as good as it used to be (except in the glass bottles, especially the ones we've got here that are brought in from Mexico) now that the almighty Sugar has been dethroned by shit-tons of corn syrup. I'm pretty sure that's what's hurting Coke now.

Still better than Pepsi. I miss O.K. soda.

[rrwoods]

Between Coke and Pepsi, definitely Coke.

But Jones motherfuckin' Cream Soda is where it's at. This is the best Cream Soda you've ever tasted. It's heaven right there in a can/bottle.

[22/7]

Gotta agree that Jones is where it's at.

[PatrickRsGhost]

A laboratory my mom used to work for had a Coke dispenser that worked old-school: You put your money in the machine, chose which flavor or brand you wanted, and placed a cup underneath the dispener's nozzle. It would squirt first the carbonated water into the cup, then the syrup, then a bit more water, then a bit more syrup. I had to go to work with her one time because we were driving down to Florida to visit some family for a few days during the Christmas holiday, and I had one, and yea, it was good.

[rrwoods]

A laboratory my mom used to work for had a Coke dispenser that worked old-school: You put your money in the machine, chose which flavor or brand you wanted, and placed a cup underneath the dispener's nozzle. It would squirt first the carbonated water into the cup, then the syrup, then a bit more water, then a bit more syrup. I had to go to work with her one time because we were driving down to Florida to visit some family for a few days during the Christmas holiday, and I had one, and yea, it was good.

Oooh fountain coke from a vending machine... I've only ever seen coffee machines like that nowadays, and even those are rare.

[PatrickRsGhost]

A laboratory my mom used to work for had a Coke dispenser that worked old-school: You put your money in the machine, chose which flavor or brand you wanted, and placed a cup underneath the dispener's nozzle. It would squirt first the carbonated water into the cup, then the syrup, then a bit more water, then a bit more syrup. I had to go to work with her one time because we were driving down to Florida to visit some family for a few days during the Christmas holiday, and I had one, and yea, it was good.

Oooh fountain coke from a vending machine... I've only ever seen coffee machines like that nowadays, and even those are rare.

I've seen two or three of the coffee dispensing machines. They're usually built in right next to the vending machine with the sandwiches and other refrigerated products. There were two places I worked at that had them.

The Coke dispensing machine looked sort of like the ones you see in most fast-food restaurants or anywhere else that sells Coke or Pepsi products, whether behind the counter (employee gets it for you) or at the self-service area (you get it yourself). IIRC, you put your money in the slot, placed a cup under the nozzle, chose the brand/flavor, and it did the rest. There was only one nozzle.

[mosc]

I generally don't drink straight sugared cola any more but when I did, I preferred Pepsi but as far as total products bought from one line or the other, I'm about even.

I like diet vanilla coke a ton but they don't make it anymore. I like pepsi Jazz strawberries and cream but I think they're phasing that out. I like diet coke better than diet pepsi. I like mug better than barqs but rarely drink either because they both taste like crap if they're diet and sugared sodas are horrible for you.

I like sierra mist (and the old 7up) better than sprite (both diet forms and regular). I really liked that pepsi one with splenda they made for like a week before pulling it.

So, I voted pepsi but you'll find coke products in my house quite frequently and if I'm given the following four choices:

Coke
Diet Coke
Pepsi
Diet Pepsi

I'd take diet Coke or regular Pepsi (but I don't drink sugared anymore).