/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.4494934]

Is coke from glass bottles really better, or is it some sort of placebo effect?

I can't help but buy it in glass and people look at me funny when I say it tastes better.

[Anonymous No.4494946]

it does taste slightly different.

in my area there's a huge difference because the only glass-bottled coke we get is from mexico and actually has real sugar in it and not high fructose corn syrup.

even amongst coke of the same formula there will be slight differences in taste between can/plastic/glass, just because of the material and slight differences in the shape of the aperture

[Anonymous No.4494945]

In the US at least, glass bottled coke usually means its coke that's imported from Mexico. Unlike the rest of the world, the US just loves to use high fructose corn syrup but this Mexican coke uses real cane sugar. Although some people can't really tell the difference, I believe I can as it tastes...less artificial. Idk, I have tried and compared other soft drinks that use corn syrup or sugar and I can clearly taste the difference in those.

[Anonymous No.4494961]

Plastic is partially porous, so the soda in plastic is overcarbonated to compensate. The plastic does affect the taste slightly. Soda tastes better in glass bottles, which are sealed much tighter and are chemically neutral

[Anonymous No.4494981]

>>4494945
>the US just loves to use high fructose corn syrup
correction
the US government forces people to use HFCS through corn subsidies and imposing tariffs on sugar that doubles the price and makes it extremely impractical for large scale production

thanks obama

[Anonymous No.4494996]

Ok, so I've been boycotting sugar for a month or 2 now, and had my first coke in a long time today, never realised till now how shit it actually is, it's fucking carbonated sugar water and it sucks.

[Anonymous No.4495005]

>>4494981
>thanks obama
Yeah, corn subsidies didn't exist until Obama. This is why all the midwest votes Democrat now.

[Anonymous No.4495003]

I've had the little coke glass bottles with HFCS and they taste better than plastic too

[Anonymous No.4495025]

>>4495005

You think he was being serious with that remark?

[Anonymous No.4495043]

>live in based New Zealand
>we still have real sugar in our coke
>no metal bottles though
>I literally import mexican coke just for both in the same place
>don't even like coke very much

[Anonymous No.4495054]

>>4495043
In the UK, we have glass bottles in supermarkets made with real cane sugar. All our sodas are sweetened with cane sugar.

I wonder if any countries sweeten their soda with anything different, like beet sugar etc...

[Anonymous No.4495060]

>>4494934
I stand by them. Between the glass bottle and the cain sugar of "mexican coke" it just has a different old school soda fountain type of taste. Glad to see that my Costco is actually carrying them in a fairly white bread area.

[Anonymous No.4495063]

It has a lot to do with the fact of how the drink hits your mouth and taste buds as opposed to other methods.

Which is why bottled beer is better than canned 90% of the time.

[Anonymous No.4495090]

>>4495054
Beet sugar is chemically identical to cane sugar. The beets are just a different way to grow them in different climates.
However, High Fructose Corn Syrup(which is NOT a sugar, no matter how much the corn growers try to say it is) is not.

[Anonymous No.4495091]

>>4495063
The other ten being for when you just want to get drunk off natty ice

[Anonymous No.4495102]

I'm just gonna be flat out honest corn is shit and the worst crop to be grown, fuck this shit and fuck my country for thinking it's a good idea to over produce it.

[Anonymous No.4495105]

[Anonymous No.4495117]

>>4495105

[Anonymous No.4495121]

>>4494934
>is it some sort of placebo effect?

yes.

[Anonymous No.4495124]

>>4495090
> Implying any industrially produced chemical is 100% pure

Yeah the sucrose is identical but there's different contaminates

[Anonymous No.4495251]

>>4495105
>>4495117
W-what about corn by itself?

[Anonymous No.4495254]

>>4495251
we really can't digest corn it pretty much just goes through our body. It's actually the reason live stock have so many problems because they weren't meant to eat corn.

[Anonymous No.4495257]

>>4495124
My thoughts too.

[Anonymous No.4495258]

>>4494934
You don't like the taste of BPA I guess.

[Anonymous No.4495279]

Not all glass-bottled Coke is the sugar type. Sometimes the regular corn kind is sold in glass.

I get the most psychological satisfaction from cans. Cans feel colder, and they've got that wonderful pull-tab. I like listening to a soda can open.

[Anonymous No.4495351]

Mexico has a different- and honestly much better-recipe for Coke. Yes, the sugar makes a difference in texture, but the recipe overall has more bite to it.

The more you know.

[Anonymous No.4495364]

>>4495090
>High Fructose Corn Syrup(which is NOT a sugar
Fructose and glucose aren't sugars? You'd better inform all those scientist that have it all wrong. And while you're at it, fix the wikipedia articles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fructose
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose

>>4495279
>Not all glass-bottled Coke is the sugar type.
THIS
I've even seen imported mexican coke with HFCS in it.

[Anonymous No.4495369]

>>4495351
>implying anyone gives a shit about Mexico

You can buy Coca Cola with sugar anywhere. I don't buy it though because I was raised by people with common sense and I know that that garbage is terrible for me.

Keep reinforcing those American stereotypes, you worthless piece of garbage.

[Anonymous No.4495376]

>>4495369
I think your anus is torn up a little bit.

[Anonymous No.4495401]

What kind of plebian would drink coke?

[Anonymous No.4495406]

In addition to the cane sugar, the citric acid in cans also leeches into the metal, and imparts a tinny taste to the drink. Glass avoids this problem.

[Sceak !!LciZj2frsW6 No.4495420]

>>4494934

It does taste better.

I'm not sure why.

[Anonymous No.4495421]

Actually, glass bottles do often preserve the taste of coke better than plastic.

When you open a bottle of coke, you also let out the pressure. The carbonic acid, which makes the coke taste good, will then start to seep out. The difference lies in how fast it will seep out. A plastic surface is often not as smooth as glass, and will contain many pockets in the surface. These pockets allow the carbonic acid to gather up in bigger bubbles. These bigger bubbles are able to reach the surface and escape the coke, while smaller bubbles will implode again. Therefore, if you have more pockets in your surface (such as in a plastic bottle), the carbonic acid will escape more quickly.

That is why coke in a glass bottle tastes better.

[Anonymous No.4495423]

>>4495005
lel

[Anonymous No.4495428]

>>4495376
You typed this while pouring candy water into your fat head. Pretend I gave a shit if it helps you sleep tonight.

Trash.

[Anonymous No.4495429]

>>4495254
But maaaan...corn on the cob, fresh off the grill, lightly seasoned and buttered...It's like concentrated summer in your mouth.

[Anonymous No.4495431]

>>4495406
>the citric acid
coke doesn't contain citric acid

quit trying to sound smart when you clearly aren't

[DJK No.4495437]

>>4495431
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula

Wrong. Shut your mouth.

[Anonymous No.4495446]

>coke tasting better out of glass bottles is a placebo
my entire life is a lie

[Anonymous No.4495469]

>>4495437
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola_formula
>Purported secret recipes
LEL, I'll keep my mouth open to catch your delicious tears.

[Anonymous No.4495523]

>>4495469
>implying citric acid isn't a natural flavour

[Anonymous No.4495529]

>>4495523
It isn't.

[Anonymous No.4495534]

1. Glass Bottle

POWER GAP

2. Dispensed Coke from a pub jet with ice and lemon

POWER GAP

3. Big 1.5 litre plastic bottle or over
4. Can

POWER GAP

901. Tiny Can
9001. Small Bottle

[Anonymous No.4495541]

Basically, fuck corn.