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5199040 No.5199040 [Reply] [Original]

>drink coke
>like the taste
>but it makes me thirsty and feels like my teeth are melting

is there a soda that tastes like coke without the drawbacks i mentioned above?

>> No.5199045

>>5199040
no

>> No.5199043

coke zero

but it gives you a headache instead

>> No.5199053

>>5199040
>drinking soda
Grow up and drink a beer shitlord.

>> No.5199050

>>5199043
>coke zero
aka diet coke.
tastes like shit

>> No.5199058

>>5199050
Coke Zero is closer to Coca-Cola than Diet Coke though

>> No.5199062

>>5199043
>>5199058
Whats the difference between diet coke and coke zero?

Coke zero doesnt melt my teeth, but it does taste substantially different from coke (and not in a good way).

What i dont get is why they cant make a coke that tastes exactly like coke but healthier...

>> No.5199064

>>5199053
beers dont taste like coke.

>> No.5199065

>>5199058
no, it's not. it has the exact same ingredients as diet coke

>> No.5199068
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5199068

The only cola worth a damn.

>> No.5199075

>>5199068
>this sugar water is the best because of the packaging

lol

>> No.5199077

>>5199065
then why did they call it coke zero?

>> No.5199078

>>5199065
depends on where you are in the world

>> No.5199084

>>5199062
Diet coke was introduced at the time of New Coke as a diet alternative. Thus it has kept the same logo and can design. It actually is the closest in flavor to New Coke you will ever find.
Coke Zero is a calorie free version of Coca Cola Classic

tl;dr
Coke zero = Coca cola classic
Diet Coke = New Coke

>> No.5199101
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5199101

>>5199068
>that shit
>not vita cola

>> No.5199115

>>5199084
Why did people dislike new coke anyway?

>> No.5199133

>>5199064
Exactly. They actually taste good.

>> No.5199135

>>5199075
Try some

>> No.5199137

>>5199077
Basically, to appeal to manly men who couldn't handle the thought of their friends tesing them about being on a diet.

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>> No.5199156

>>5199077
to market it to men

>> No.5199190

get some alternative colas, like the cane sugar colas (can't recall brand names, though i just googled for the ones i bought at a classic candy store last year). they're not too expensive and taste much more complex, punchy, and usually come in a bottle.

>> No.5199191
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5199191

I would say Zevia, but their coke flavor just vaguely tastes like coke.

I only tried their grape flavor and the coke flavor but I liked the grape best. Would like to try more flavors but it's kind of out of my way to drive to a place that sells them.

>> No.5199211

>>5199115
not so sure they disliked it as much as they felt a lot of anxiety and unease about not being able to have coca cola classic still

>> No.5199210

>>5199115
It was different and people wanted their favorite old soda back.

It would be like replacing regular mountain dew with distortion and calling it New Dew.

>> No.5199231

>>5199062
Coke Zero tastes like, 95% like normal Coke when it's ice cold to me.

>> No.5199234

>>5199115
Tasted too sweet, apparently. It tasted closer to Pepsi than Coke from what I hear.

>> No.5199255

>>5199231
you have shit taste buds.
>completely different sweetener
>no subtle cinnamon and lime flavor

>> No.5199265

>cinnamon and lime flavor
What kind of coke have you been drinking?

>> No.5199268

>>5199255
i meant lemon

>> No.5199269

>>5199265
Japanese Coke?

>> No.5199274

>>5199269
>>5199265
mexican, i guess. but i also drink it from a can every once in a while

>> No.5199277

>>5199269
The 11's really do get some cool food/drinks.

>> No.5199279
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5199279

>>5199255
>being a coke connossieur

what year and bottling yielded the best coca-cola?

>> No.5199294

>>5199279
1956, glass bottles, tin bottle caps. They can be pretty hard to find these days.

>> No.5199332

my mom always told me not to drink soda when I was thirsty because it would just make me more thirsty


she lied

>> No.5199348

>>5199133
>beers
>taste good
top lel

>> No.5199361

ok, coke conns
going out with some friends tonight, want to know what kind of coke to get. I want something that says "retro", but not so much that makes me look like a faggy hipster.
Year? Brand? Special Editions? I'd rather not go to a professional Jerk, you know how they can be.

>> No.5199384

Try Pepsi, it's more carbonated, but it tastes pretty much the same

>> No.5199396

>>5199361
Millennial coke. It's just old enough to get that "old coke" feel, but not so old that you're going to be spending an arm and a leg while also looking like hipster trash.

>> No.5199416

>>5199396
noted

>> No.5199421

Just stoppong by to dissapoint everyone, even the zero sugar cokes will melt your teeth.

The acidity alone demineralizes the outer layer of your teeth, meaning you cause irreversible damage.

>> No.5199428

>>5199421
Thanks dentist anon!

>> No.5199463

>>5199421
>irreversible damage
What.

>> No.5199493

>>5199463
You cannot grow more enamel for your teeth, anon.

>> No.5199496

>>5199493
hasnt sceince figured out how to reproduce enamel yet?

And is there any soda that doesnt melt the enamel?

>> No.5199500

>>5199493

This. Sodas contain phosphoric acid (read the ingredients list). Phosphoric acid dissolves enamel. It's actually used for this specific purpose in the dentist's office to "etch" a tooth prior to bonding on a cap or braces.

>> No.5199506

>>5199500
Yeah but it's not in such high concentrations that it will cause damage if you have a soda from time to time.

If you're drinking that shit all day every day, then yeah, your teeth are going to rot out of your face, but a soda from time to time isn't going to ruin you.

>> No.5199661

>>5199506

>> No.5199964

There are plenty of colas out there. Pic is Mecca cola marketed at Muslims. There is a Brittany cola too, a ubuntu cola if you are into free software.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCola_%28drink%29
Flavoring formula

The flavoring formula for OpenCola is:[2][3]

10.0 g food-grade gum arabic
3.50 mL orange oil
3.00 mL water
2.75 mL lime oil
1.25 mL cassia oil
1.00 mL lemon oil
1.00 mL nutmeg oil
0.25 mL coriander oil
0.25 mL neroli oil
0.25 mL lavender oil

Concentrate formula
Ingredients of OpenCola

2.36 kg plain granulated white table sugar
2.28 L water
30.0 mL caramel color
17.5 mL (3.50 tsp.) 75% phosphoric acid or citric acid
10.0 mL (2.00 tsp.) flavoring formula
2.50 mL (0.50 tsp.) caffeine (optional)[2][3]
Dilution

After mixing up the concentrate to the prescribed recipe (including all recommended safety precautions – see links), the syrup is diluted 5:1 with ("preferably sodium-free") soda water to make the finished drink; at this dilution, the above combination of ingredients will yield approximately 24 litres of OpenCola.

The full recipe also includes instructions for home-made soda water produced from basic ingredients such as yeast and sugar in order to make the entire process open source, otherwise there would be a need to use commercially-produced bottled or canned soda, or consumer carbonation machines (such as Soda Stream) with commercially manufactured carbon dioxide canisters.[2][3]

>> No.5199967

>>5199077
lol all the idiots totally missed that it is called Coke Zero for "Zero Calories", the "manly" marketing was for Dr. Pepper 10.

>> No.5199973

>>5199967
guess how many calories diet coke has?

>> No.5200058

>>5199506
this. I buy two 2 liter bottles of coke 0 maybe every 10 days. not here to debate diet vs hfcs cane sugar. Nor obesity,diabetes, free will,what ever. Not even coke vs pepsi.Phosphoric acid is the ingredient that for me "sets your teeth on edge". and it does etch enamel. just like vinegar will dissolve egg shells or using mild muratic acid to clean mortar off fresh masonry. No need for anyone to get their panties in a wad. just rinse your mouth with water and brush your teeth.once in a while they are correct about some things. unlike some bones, tooth enamel(like brain cells) do/does not regenerate.

>> No.5200085
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5200085

>>5199040

Grapos Cola?

>> No.5200091

>>5199062
Because the taste comes from the sugar. If you come up with a way to make it taste exactly the same they will give you approximately all of the money. They have had top men on this for half a century. Tab was their best effort in the 60s, Diet Coke was their best effort in the 80s, and Coke Zero is their best effort today.

>> No.5200093

>>5199234
It's the same reason that Pepsi always wins the [single sip] Pepsi Challenge, but people still end up buying more coke. Extra sweet is good for the first sip, but shit for the whole drink.

>> No.5200103

>>5199973
Diet coke was called as such because it followed the trend back when it came out of "Diet" sodas. Coke Zero, with a different recipe and different sugars wouldn't be adopted as the new Diet and as such Coke Zero was born.

>> No.5200115

>>5200103
honestly the taste the same to me

>> No.5200127

The only soda's I can tolerate are Regular Coke and Jones Cream Soda, and I rarely drink that shit. Everything else is disgusting and I don't know how or why people drink them.

>> No.5200135

>>5199040
coke is full of sodium, which is balanced in taste by sugar. Consuming sodium causes you to crave water to balance out the sodium levels in your blood. drink something that is sickly sweet and less balanced and learn to love your diabetes and poor dental health.

>> No.5200139

>>5199332
yeah, what the fuck was up with that? just a way of not getting babby diabetic me not to have diet coke?
pic relate is my favorite soda. Just came out of a 4 day stint in the ER and I've noticed medical places (hospitals, retirement homes) are the only places that stock it

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>>5200139
fuck

>> No.5200201
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>>5200103

Zero is the "cool" and "masculine" alternative to diet. Only chicks drank diet, but men started to care about weight but didn't want to drink out of the silver bottles, in fear of looking too feminine or seaming like they cared. So Zero was born, marketed 100% forward men, without being different from regular diet in any real way. Look at the marketing.

>> No.5200218

I dunno I think all sodas make me feel that way. I'm just used to it by now I suppose.

>> No.5200223

>>5199040

Dr. Pepper masterrace reporting in. Im about to buy one of them Dr Pepper shirts at JCPENNY to support the cause.

>> No.5200243

>>5200201

they should have just done the pocky thing and called it coke for men

>> No.5200244
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5200244

>>5200223
Those shirts only look good on women.

Wtf captcha....

>> No.5200250

>>5200223
doesnt dr pepper taste like pepper? doesnt sound like it would taste good.

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5200292

>>5199964
Oh, forgot pic.
Recipe has better layout on wikipedia. Actual Coca Cola recipe is public too, surprisingly, it's similar to open cola recipe.

>> No.5200300

Here is a simple recipie for a drink similar to coke

>take a liter of water
>add 2 Kilograms of sugar
>stir till dissolved
>add tonic water for fizz

>> No.5200299

>>5200250
The fuck is wrong with you?

>> No.5200305

>>5200300
and thus Crystal Pepsi was born

>> No.5200310

>>5200299
what?

when i hear "dr pepper" i think its some weird pepper flavour drink. its not my fault they named it like that.

>> No.5200319

>>5200310
The guy was a doctor, and his last name was Pepper. It was like THE first soda.

Read a book faggot.

>> No.5200328

>>5200310
Prune juice is actually one of the major contributing flavors in Dr. Pepper, along with cherry and other fruits.

>> No.5200382

>>5200319
yeah, at the time doctor's made soda didn't they? think i remember reading that somewhere

>> No.5200390

>>5200382
they also recommended the use of cocaine and heroin. oh to live in the late 19th century...

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5200406

>>5200382
>defending ignorance

Sodas were originally medicinal tonics.

>> No.5200409

>>5200319
The guy that made dr pepper was a pharmacist and named the soda after the dad who's daughter he was trying to bang.

Watch unwrapped faggot

>> No.5200465

>>5200409
>watching factory food with Mark Sommers

nah, watch modern marvels instead

>> No.5200498

>>5200465
>watching hour-long ads masquerading as documentary

nah, watch how it's made instead

>> No.5200500

>>5200382
oh, wait, i think it was pharmacists because they had those soft drink counters and whatnot

>> No.5200502

>>5200498
Dude wot?

How is engineering disasters, history of axes, or locking mechanisms an hour-long ad?

>> No.5200513

>>5200409
This is true.
What made it kinda sad was that old man Pepper went back on his deal after the labels were printed and only let the young pharmacist finger bang his daughter. And he stayed in the room the whole time.

>> No.5200515

>>5200390

and cigarettes were good for you

>> No.5200518

I think Jones Cola would be your best bet

>> No.5200538

>>5200513

I love how my mention of Dr.Pepper started a gang bang of fingerbanging commnts. chin chin. the next rounds on me boys.

>> No.5200968

>>5200243
That's what the ad campaign for Dr Pepper Ten did. It was very poorly received.

>> No.5201016

>>5200201
It has a different kind of artificial sweetener in it and tastes also different because of that.

>> No.5201123

Coke gives me crazy headaches but Sprite doesn't. Shame since I really like vanilla Coke.