Soda War

[Midnight]

coke is tangier. pepsi is a bit too.. i dunno if too sweet is right, but it's a lot less crisp. More muddy, i guess, with an odd aftertaste.

i can't stand diet anything. Aspartame tastes HORRIBLE, and its' worse for you than sugar (brain lesions, i've heard, from a semi-unreliable source. From a very reliable source i've leanred that splenda is a sucrose molecule that adds some chlorine, and i'm hesitant to mess with things that are poisoned so you won't digest it, and it seems like aspartame is silmiliar to splenda)

[mandalynn]

I strongly prefer Pepsi products to Coke products. I also really love Jones Cream Soda...mmm, cream soda.

Also, I believe someone mentioned something about Dr. Pepper being a Pepsi product. It is actually part of Dr. Pepper/7Up, which to my knowledge is an entirely separate company. http://www.drpepper.com/

[22/7]

Now that I live in Dallas (which is, apparently, pretty close to the Holy Land as far as DP fans are concerned) it has been made very clear to me that you are indeed correct, DP is its own brand.

[Thixotropic]

Pepsi is just a flatter version of Coke.

LE4dGOLEM put it best:

Coke out of a glass coke bottle triumphs over all.

[Amnesiasoft]

COKE AND PEPSI ARE THE SAME THING.

Sorry, someone had to say it. But really, I don't notice a difference between coke, pepsi, or diet coke/pepsi. But maybe that Greens to Go sample I tried killed off all my tastebuds.

[Angelene]

i can't stand diet anything. Aspartame tastes HORRIBLE, and its' worse for you than sugar (brain lesions, i've heard, from a semi-unreliable source. From a very reliable source i've leanred that splenda is a sucrose molecule that adds some chlorine, and i'm hesitant to mess with things that are poisoned so you won't digest it, and it seems like aspartame is silmiliar to splenda)

I read once upon a time about a sweetener called stevia that the FDA restricted (allegedly) because of industry pressure from the producers of the big selling artificial sweeteners, because unlike aspartame and others of its ilk, stevia is a naturally occurring product (being a plant extract) and doesn't require patenting. I just thought it interesting that something with no apparent side effects that has been used successfully and healthily in the east for decades is being controlled by government bodies in the west, apparently out of fear of its effect on the competition.

Anyway, I only drink diet, when I drink at all, because if I'm going to blow 250cals on rubbish I'm going to make sure that it's chocolate...I prefer the taste of diet pepsi, but it's not widely available here, instead pepsi max seems to be what stocks the shelves, and that stuff is just horrendous. It seems the difference between the two lies in the addition of acesulfame potassium to the aspartame in Pepsi Max, whereas Diet Pepsi just has aspartame. Seems the Canadian version of Diet Pepsi also contains acesulfame potassium so I assume Pepsi Max doesn't exist in Canada? It seems to be a similar scenario with Diet Coke and Coke Zero, Zero containing the additional acesulfame potassium, but I really can't tell the difference between the two Coca Cola's like I can with the Pepsi's.

I have far, FAR too much time on my hands tonight.

[Adalwolf]

COKE AND PEPSI ARE THE SAME THING.

Sorry, someone had to say it. But really, I don't notice a difference between coke, pepsi, or diet coke/pepsi. But maybe that Greens to Go sample I tried killed off all my tastebuds.

Umm, not at all. You are completely wrong. There is a huge difference. Just because you can't taste the difference doesn't mean other people can't.

Coke has more of a bite, and Pepsi is much sweeter.

Coke can also help an upset stomach, if you sip it for a while.

[hermaj]

I think they taste a quite a bit different. Coke is more mellow and has some notes of caramel in it, I find. I haven't had Pepsi in a while but I find it's sweeter and more... I don't know, flat comes to mind for some reason. Coke has a mellow, well-rounded flavour and Pepsi isn't as well-rounded, I guess.

[mandalynn]

Coke can also help an upset stomach, if you sip it for a while.

See, for me, Coke upsets my stomach. I think Coke is syrupy and thick-tasting. I don't know how something can taste thick, but to me, Coke does.

[Adalwolf]

Coke can also help an upset stomach, if you sip it for a while.

See, for me, Coke upsets my stomach. I think Coke is syrupy and thick-tasting. I don't know how something can taste thick, but to me, Coke does.

Strange! You must be an alien or something!

*searches mandalynn for signs of otherworldliness*

[JayDee]

COKE AND PEPSI ARE THE SAME THING.

Sorry, someone had to say it. But really, I don't notice a difference between coke, pepsi, or diet coke/pepsi. But maybe that Greens to Go sample I tried killed off all my tastebuds.

We did taste tests in high school science, once. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Some-Other-Cola, and Home-Brand Cola. I could pick them all. So could my sister. Oddly, we were the only ones in our respective classes to pick all four.

Random anecdote 2: I once drank pure Coca-Cola syrup when I didn't realise the post mix was broken. Sipped, more like. Licked, actually.

[hermaj]

Coke can also help an upset stomach, if you sip it for a while.

See, for me, Coke upsets my stomach. I think Coke is syrupy and thick-tasting. I don't know how something can taste thick, but to me, Coke does.

Wow, that's pretty interesting that it makes you ill. My friend's mum is an oncology nurse and where she works, they give the patients Coke after chemo to help settle the nausea.

[podbaydoor]

As a rule, I avoid all kinds of carbonated beverages. I don't like the 'snap' on my tongue or the acidic aftertaste.

But for the sake of posting on an internet forum, I choose Sprite. It is marginally more tolerable than the 'brown' colas.

[lazydilettante]

Do they still sell this? I remember drinking it when I was 7-8 and haven't seen it around since. I liked it. :C

...Apparently there's a diet version? Huh, never saw that anywhere.

[SPsnow02]

I loooooove Diest Pepsi

Normal Coke and Pepsi just taste funny too me :/

[Rodan]

Pepsi completely blows Coke out of the water.
Pepsi>Coke
7-up>sprite
Mr. Pibb>Dr. Pepper

And the diet versions just fail.

(although, IBC beats Pepsi.)

[22/7]

Mr. Pibb > Dr. Pepper... pffft, maybe in communist Russia. And not the good communist Russia, either, the bad communist Russia. You're right about IBC, though. That stuff's amazing. So is St. Arnold's Root Beer.

[Rodan]

Mr. Pibb > Dr. Pepper... pffft, maybe in communist Russia. And not the good communist Russia, either, the bad communist Russia.

Oh come on, Mr. Pibb destroys Dr. Pepper. I can't drink Dr. Pepper any more without being dismayed in its inferiority.
EDIT: I'd totally fix the period thing (even though it's stupid), but it seems an integral part of understanding the following posts. Damn.

[22/7]

Sure, if by "destroys" you mean, "gets its house broken into and has to watch its pets defiled by".

[Meowsma]

Oh come on, Mr. Pibb destroys Dr. Pepper. I can't drink Dr. Pepper any more without being dismayed in its inferiority.

I mean, I guess it's possible. I've never heard of this "Dr. Pepper" before, so somebody truly could just be defecating into a bottle and playing a cruel trick on you.

Dr Pepper, however, is the nectar of the gods and mocks cheap knockoff brands such as Mr. Pibb. Dude didn't even get his degree.

To the OP: Pepsi is a bastard yankee drink and shouldn't be consumed by anyone with an ounce of pride.

--Meowsma

[22/7]

Dammit! Dr(no period) Pepper! Agh! What is wrong with me?

[SecondTalon]

Oh come on, Mr. Pibb destroys Dr. Pepper. I can't drink Dr. Pepper any more without being dismayed in its inferiority.

I mean, I guess it's possible. I've never heard of this "Dr. Pepper" before, so somebody truly could just be defecating into a bottle and playing a cruel trick on you.

Dr Pepper, however, is the nectar of the gods and mocks cheap knockoff brands such as Mr. Pibb. Dude didn't even get his degree.

To the OP: Pepsi is a bastard yankee drink and shouldn't be consumed by anyone with an ounce of pride.

--Meowsma

Coca Cola is also American in origin... or were you using the American version of Yankee?

I also agree with Rodan, to a certain extent.. there's a mutation of Mr. Pibb known as Pibb Xtra that destroys Dr Pepper. As for the original Mr. Pibb... I cannot recall if it is superior or not.

[22/7]

He's a Texan, so basically if you're not actually from Texas, and your great grand parents weren't from Texas, or if you're not from so deep in the South that you don't have running water and your front yard is littered with Crocodiles, you're a Yankee. If you're actually from New England, you're a damn Yankee.

Edited at the behest of rrwoods.

[rrwoods]

He's a Texan, so basically if you're not actually from Texas, and your great grand parents weren't from Texas, or if you're not from so deep in the South that you don't have running water and your front yard is littered with Crocodiles, you're a Yankee. If you're actually from New England, you're a damn Yankee.

I had to read that a few times before I caught your meaning. You should italicize "damn".

[Rodan]

I find this thread silly, as the winner of the war is so obviously Pepsi. (at least, in the taste category.)

[22/7]

He's a Texan, so basically if you're not actually from Texas, and your great grand parents weren't from Texas, or if you're not from so deep in the South that you don't have running water and your front yard is littered with Crocodiles, you're a Yankee. If you're actually from New England, you're a damn Yankee.

I had to read that a few times before I caught your meaning. You should italicize "damn".

Your wish is my command.


Now don't you wish you had wished for something better?

[Ninjew]

Gotta say, Cadbury Schweppes is a great soda company. Their drinks include: Dr. Pepper, Canada Dry, Schweppes, Hires, Stewart's, YooHoo, and even Vernor's.

THREE kinds of Ginger Ale. That is pretty awesome.

[Mister_Penguin]

Stupidly I voted Coke. Actually, I love Sprecher Puma Cola. It's like RC Cola, but with more awesome.

[rrwoods]

He's a Texan, so basically if you're not actually from Texas, and your great grand parents weren't from Texas, or if you're not from so deep in the South that you don't have running water and your front yard is littered with Crocodiles, you're a Yankee. If you're actually from New England, you're a damn Yankee.

I had to read that a few times before I caught your meaning. You should italicize "damn".

Your wish is my command.


Now don't you wish you had wished for something better?

Um... sudo bring me a 12-pack of Jones Cream Soda?

[LE4dGOLEM]

As for the original Mr. Pibb... I cannot recall if it is superior or not.

It is not.

[Toeofdoom]

I got 2 free cans of pepsi max today... there was a mental debate as to the best use for it. In the end, I gave one to a friend and drank one, but only because I was thirsty. Other possibilities included use as projectiles and use as punting practice (also projectile oriented).

tl;dr pepsi max sucks.

[socynicalsohip]

Coke in glass, poured over ice and a slice of lemon from a glass bottle any and everyday of the week... However almost as good alternatives are Virgin Cola and Marks & Spencer own brand Cola.

And pepsi, sorry just doesn't do it for me.... It's kind of like ordering a Sothern comfort and coke [or worse Pepsi].... Just wrong in my eyes.

[Kabann]

Hey hey hey, can't we all just get along? There's no need to argue the obvious superiority of Coca-Cola...

And yes, after over 30 years in Texas, I'm still a damn yankee (American version) but yikes, I've always thought pepsi was nasty.

For anyone who comes here to visit, be prepared: if you order a Coke, you may be asked "What kind?" They don't mean "Diet or Regular." Some folks here still call all sodas "Cokes."

[Ninjew]

Man. I just had the opportunity to buy some Bundaberg Ginger Beer yesterday. It's basically like regular Ginger Ale, but with a stronger ginger taste, or something along those lines. Should I have bought it?

P.S. It's not alcoholic.

[JayDee]

This bundaberg ginger beer?

Spoiler:

If so, it is a very good ginger beer. Highly recommended.

[Azrael]

My life's most surreal moment occurred in a old fashioned roadside diner somewhere in the Carolinas. I didn't see it coming, not in the least, because I'd been on a family road trip for the longest 7 days of my 11 year long life. So there I was, blissfully thinking that nothing this cute, yet outdated, burger shack could throw my way would be stranger than my Mom switching tapes straight from Kenny Rodgers over to Manheim Steamroller while simultaneously asking why I always slept through road trips.

And then our doting grandmotherly waitress asked what I wanted to drink.

I said "Coke"

She replied "Diet, Regular, Orange, Sprite or Rootbeer hun?"

Try to image yourself at 11 years old, hot, sweaty, tired and becoming violently opposed to the very existence of station wagon backseats. The one thing that's keeping you sane is the knowledge that soon you'll be able to drown out your older brother's incessant prattling about locomotives we saw at a train yard two days ago out with a nice burger and some fucking coke. Ice cold, refereshing, coke-a-fucking-cola.

And you get asked if you want Orange Coke.

"There's no such thing as orange flavored coke!" you want to scream. But you don't. Instead you look up at the petitioner of this absurd question, trying to figure out if they've gone bat shit crazy or if, instead, you're the one gone off the deep end.

And she repeats the question. Slowly. Like she was talking to a Martian with molasses-clogged ear stalks.

So the panic sets in. You know the kind - when you're asked a simple question and your brain just freezes on you. "Do I want butter on my popcorn? Fuck! I just don't know!" (I'm pretty sure this situation is responsible for people dipping fries in mayonnaise, I might add.) Desperately, I latch on to the last words I hear - "ROOTBEER!" I exclaim.

And lunch continues, just the way it should. And the rest of the day's car ride passes, uneventfully - or at least not so eventfully that it penetrates your sanity-preserving slumber in that sticky vinyl rear bench seat.

Until late that night, when you awake from a nightmare and it dawns on you.

You ordered a coke. But ended up with a root beer. AND NO ONE THOUGHT THIS WAS ODD.

Holy fucking bizarro land, Batman.

[Ninjew]

Yes. That's the one. I saw that at the local World Market, and thought "Holy crap! I should buy this stuff!", but I didn't. I went for a variety of Dark Chocolates. I found that my limit for bitter ends at 85% Dark.

Edit: So I went back tonight after dinner, and sprung for some of it, as well as Jones Root Beer. You can see the ginger floating in the stuff. This is going to be one hell of an experience.

[Kabann]

Azrael's terrific story...

Yes, that's exactly the kind of horror I've experienced...

"I'll have a Coke."
"What kind?"
"Uh, what, um kinds do you have?"
"Regular, Diet, 7-up, or Dr Pepper."
"Regular, please."

-served a Pepsi-

"What the FUCK?"

[McCaber]

For standard sodas, Jones is full of win.

But the best fizzy drink in history is Sprecher root beer.

[PatrickRsGhost]

And you get asked if you want Orange Coke.

"There's no such thing as orange flavored coke!" you want to scream. But you don't. Instead you look up at the petitioner of this absurd question, trying to figure out if they've gone bat shit crazy or if, instead, you're the one gone off the deep end.

This is what we mean by "orange Coke":



The Varsity in Atlanta (and other locations as well around Georgia for that matter) has something called a "Frosted Orange", or as known by the locals, an "F.O." which consists of orange soda and vanilla ice cream, blended together. Order that with a couple of their chili dogs and you're in Heaven. Good-old-Southern-artery-cloggin-heart-attackin Heaven.