My two favorite sodas

submitted a month ago by Jeena

My two favorite sodas

Those have been my two favorite sodas for decades. Coca-Cola cherry and Dr Pepper. Both I think I had the first time at the end of the 90's when I went back to Poland on vacation to visit relatives. Now there are also those zero sugar variants.

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bionicjoey a month ago

Cherry Coke, particularly in a glass bottle with the Mexican cane sugar recipe (not HFCS), is the GOAT soda IMO

refalo a month ago

always drank diet/zero sugar for decades. then one day I stopped being able to. any time I drink it now I get massive headaches.

Aquila a month ago

That happens whenever I drink some zero sugar pops. Mainly with the mt dew varieties. But coke and Dr Pepper are my go-tos too

SilentObserver a month ago

I don't notice much of a difference between the sugar and zero sugar variants of Coke and Dr Pepper. But zero sugar dew tastes funny to me.

Album a month ago

This post is so random but I also love Cherry coke Zero

h_ramus a month ago

Nothing beats a glass of water. Plus, coke has a history of business, environmental and humane malpractices.

Aquila a month ago

But it’s happiness in a can

I really liked the orange coke when they had that a few years ago. Don't usually drink coke, I prefer Dr. Pepper, but damn was that orange one good. Like a orange Julius mixed with coke. 🤤

Varyk a month ago

I don't think I've tried Zs Dr. Pepper, I'ma keep an eye out for it.

morphballganon a month ago

I prefer Vanilla Coke zs and Sprite zs personally.

Marthirial a month ago

Here in Texas, that's a pantry staple...

Cloudless ☼ a month ago

I want to try the ice pops.

telllos a month ago

My favourite pop in korea was a tomat popcicle called tomatoma, and I think they don't make them anymore.

But they have great matcha ice cream like magnums.

Justas🇱🇹 a month ago

My favourite, Club Mate is hard to get where I live now, so I have to get it mailed from a supplier in boxes. Should last me about a couple months.

Jeena [OP] a month ago

Oh yeah club soda is amazing too. But same here, can't get is so I buy it every time I'm in Germany.

dmention7 a month ago

I feel like an old man yelling at the clouds whenever I bring this up, but I'm still salty about the switch from "Coke Zero" to "Coke Zero Sugar".

The OG Coke Zero was noticeably less sweet and had a bit more of an acid/carbonation bite that seemed to hit the exact right buttons for me--pretty much the epitome of what an ice cold cola should taste like. Coke Zero Sugar replaced it in I think '17 or '18 (in the US at least), and while it does taste more like full sugar Coke, it's *too* sweet. It's not as bad as Diet Coke, but it's not-good enough that I rarely buy it anymore. (Probably ultimately for the better)

Anyone else, or am I just one of those weirdos who would have actually preferred New Coke back in the day?

Resol van Lemmy a month ago

I was in Agadir a few days ago. And yes, I did see two cans of Cherry Coke. And one of Vanilla Coke right next to it. Hell, they even sell Prime here (yes, the KSI × Logan Paul drink), I thought it was not available outside the US and UK. Hmm... must be imports.

And no, I haven't tried any of those drinks. I was busy trying out bubble tea.

linuxgator a month ago

Though nearly impossible to find anymore, Mello Yello Zero is the best in my opinion.

thrawn a month ago

I have done memories of black cherry vanilla coke zero from years back, best soda ever.

SilentObserver a month ago

I'm not a fan of cherry anything. But that Dr. Pepper, I could drink that all day. So tasty.

Ludrol a month ago

Kofola is my favourite, Kvass is second best.

braindefragger a month ago, edited a month ago

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Album a month ago

It's true which is why the "zero" sugar stuff is becoming popular because really the "sugar" was the syrup base.

I moved to diet/zero soda a decade ago and now drinking a regular pop tastes like liquid pixie sticks.

braindefragger a month ago, edited a month ago

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10_0 a month ago

The picture shows the "zero" version of the drinks, the zero version uses sweeteners instead of syrup.

braindefragger a month ago, edited a month ago

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10_0 a month ago

Yee old edit the comment

10_0 a month ago, edited a month ago
  1. observe the fountain
  2. if you observe the name of a well-known brand and it says "zero" somewhere around the name.
  3. put cup under and hold down button
  4. let go of button -
  5. go to your search engine of choice
  6. type or tap in "how diet soda is made"
  7. clkick or tap the "Wikipedia" link
  8. scroll down to the "sweeteners" section
  9. read section and surrounding sections - Needless to say they have a processes similar to the regular drink when being made in the factory, and have the exact same transportation chain to get to a restaurant. You can also buy powdered sweeteners from the shop and add it to a carbonated drink, but mainly as a caster sugar alt.