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As an adult, I'm not much of a soda fan, but sometimes an ice cold glass of Coca Cola Classic hits the spot.
As a kid in the 70's, I traveled to Japan and other asian countries alot, where restaurants commonly sold Coca Cola (before it had to be called "classic) in recycled Coca Cola glass bottles that had this slight green tint to them. I'm not sure if it was the (city's) chlorinated water or the carbonation process they used, but it was much better than the canned Coca Cola "Classic" we have today.
The limited edition small glass bottles they offer on occasion here comes close, but still not as good as that (fountain?) recycled bottle stuff.
It's been almost a month and a half since I last had a soda(partly because of new years res. partly to save cash), but when I do drink soda's I get Mountain Dew. Do they even sell any Mountain Dew clones in Hawaii. I know in the mainland they have Mello Yellow and Surge which are simular
It's been almost a month and a half since I last had a soda(partly because of new years res. partly to save cash), but when I do drink soda's I get Mountain Dew. Do they even sell any Mountain Dew clones in Hawaii. I know in the mainland they have Mello Yellow and Surge which are simular
Safeway sells something called "Mountain Breeze" that's sort of a clone (probably doesn't have the caffeine in it, though).
Miulang
"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
As an adult, I'm not much of a soda fan, but sometimes an ice cold glass of Coca Cola Classic hits the spot.
As a kid in the 70's, I traveled to Japan and other asian countries alot, where restaurants commonly sold Coca Cola (before it had to be called "classic) in recycled Coca Cola glass bottles that had this slight green tint to them. I'm not sure if it was the (city's) chlorinated water or the carbonation process they used, but it was much better than the canned Coca Cola "Classic" we have today.
The difference between Coke before and Coke now is that the old Coke formulation used CANE SUGAR in it for the sweetener; today's Coke uses high fructose corn syrup (because it's cheaper). I think most other countries outside the US still do use cane sugar; I know whenever I come across a bottle of the stuff that comes from Mexico, it's coveted for a long time because it really DOES taste better with sugar in it! If you ever to go LV and want something different to do besides gamble, go to the Coke Museum on the Strip and on the top floor, they have a tasting area where for $7 you get samples of about 15 different Coke products from all over the world. Some of them (especially the ones from Japan) taste really weird.
Miulang
Last edited by Miulang; January 31, 2007, 02:27 PM.
"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
either coke or pepsi (can't remember which one) sells a "kosher" version a few times a year for the Jewish holidays. It has a blue cap and is made with cane sugar. This is sold on the mainland, but have no idea if you'd find it here.
me I perfer coke over pepsi.... always have... I will drink pepsi on occasion... tho I do agree that the old style version is the best... they should revamp that an sell it... even tho it might cost a bit more I bet alot of the baby boomers would pay a little extra for a old style flavor... I would... an Im a gen-Xer....
Actually, there may be some good news in sight soon for fans of cane sugared Coke: if in fact the US starts producing ethanol in greater quanities, the corn needed to produce the ethanol would probably supercede the corn used for high fructose corn syrup, which means then that the price of cane/beet sugar might become as cheap or more cheap than using corn.
Tough choice: fuel for my car v. better tasting Coke? hmmm.
P.S. Apparently the reason why Coke decided to produce kosher Coke is because some high powered rabbi got on Coke's case because corn is not kosher. However, even the kosher Coke doesn't use cane sugar; apparently it uses sucralose, which is a cane sugar derivative but not cane sugar. Oooh...that brings up another interesting point: if corn isn't kosher and if ethanol is produced from corn, wouldn't conservative Jews be unable to buy hybrid cars?
Miulang
"Americans believe in three freedoms. Freedom of speech; freedom of religion; and the freedom to deny the other two to folks they don`t like.” --Mark Twain
hmmm...i remember when i was younger i used to like RC cola, cuz it's my initials. hehehe. but i am a true Coke Fan! Coca-cola rocks. Hey, remember when Pepsi came out with that crystal pepsi??? i thought that was pretty good. i wonder what happened.
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