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Why does fountain soda taste 10x better than bottles and cans?

>> No.5353781

Sugar.

>> No.5353782

The biggest factor is no it doesn't.

>> No.5353809

>>5353782
>>5353771
maybe not cans but it sure beat the bottled stuff.

I think it may be that the fountains mix the seltzer water and soda syrup as it dispenses. that might give it a fresher taste

>> No.5353821

>>5353771
It doesn't because the fountains mix more water than syrup.

>> No.5353824

Plastic is a disgusting material

>> No.5353823

It has less sugar. The syrup is mixed with carbonated water when you press it.

The concentration so syrup is slightly less than packaged.
So it tastes lighter.

You can try buy a bottled or canned one, add some ice water to it. They'll taste the same.

>> No.5353829

>>5353771

I agree, the carbonation feels better.

>> No.5353836

>>5353823
The syrup to carbonated water mixture is adjustable.
Every place will be a little different.

>> No.5353838

it tastes identical

>> No.5353840

>>5353823
>It has less sugar
I don't think thats true

>> No.5353852

>>5353838
no it doesn't

>> No.5353861

>>5353838
Not even close. They taste completely different. Someone said before, it tastes fresher.

>> No.5353864

Fountain > canned > plastic bottles

>> No.5353865
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Mixing flavours and juice was the single greatest discovery of my childhood.

>> No.5353879

>>5353852
fuck off tripfag, nobody likes you

>> No.5353880

>>5353861
Can>fountain>plastic bottle

>> No.5353884

>>5353879
eat shit

Glass>fountain>plastic>can

>> No.5353888

Here's a random idea, semen flavored soda. Why havent anyone make one yet??

>> No.5353896

>>5353880
You're forgetting glass bottle.

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>>5353888
Knock yourself out, Champ.

>> No.5353936

why is fountain sprite so much better than the canned and bottled variety? the only way i'll drink it. everything else tastes more or less the same

>> No.5353957

No one in this thread is able to comprehend what's really going on.
It's the ice that makes fountain soda so scrumpful.

>> No.5353972

>>5353771
Because the soda isn't mixed until the fountain serves it up. Pre-packaged soda (other than glass bottle) takes on flavors from the packaging, making it less delicious.

>> No.5353984

So much misinformation in one thread.
Everyone is wrong.

>> No.5354004

I don't know why but I can't stand bottled or canned coke. If I get it at a restaurant, its fine. But out of the bottle its got a strange taste, almost like it has too much caramel.

>> No.5354020

FIRST of all,

I fucking HATE fountain soda in NYC. It's always FLAT and tastes like sugar water. Even the seltzer water has a slightly sour taste to it (in McD's, anyway).

I never buy big liter bottles because that shit gets flat FAST. Small bottles are better, but my favorite are the cans. And I always prefer seltzer because even one can of sugared soda has enough sugar in it to last you the whole day. I drink Diet every once in a long while.

I guess fountain soda tastes better outside of New York? Because I've never encountered good fountain soda here, ever. I'd rather coffee or sweet tea.

>>5353913

I saw these at Best Buy today. How is it?

>> No.5354024

>>5354020

Would it be the water in the city? I don't know much about it, but.. I mean... eech. Is it better on Long Island, or up in the farmland areas?

>> No.5354030

>>5354024

No clue. 20+ years stuck in NYC, I'm afraid.

>> No.5354054

>>5354020
I thought the water was carbonated on the spot with fountain soda

maybe the merchant you are buying from is jewish and just had the co2 level turned down to make more soda

soda stream ends up costing just as much as regular coke if not more and you only get generic flavors to pic from

>> No.5354062

>>5354020
My buddy has a soda streamer and it is pretty nice. The soda it makes taste really good and you can carbonate it to your preference. Also you can adjust the syrup levels you put in

>> No.5354064

>>5354020
Back when I ate fast food, the sodas from Mcdonalds, didnt matter from what place, would give me awful stomach cramps. No other fountain sodas did that though, I wonder what it was

>> No.5354065

>>5354020
>I never buy big liter bottles because that shit gets flat FAST.

If you don't refrigerate it, it will generally last longer. If you want it cold, just add ice after pouring into a glass.

>> No.5354069

Glass bottle coke free from hfcs reigns supreme IMO

Also, some places skimp on the syrup. I've also heard of technicians adjusting the machines to put out too much syrup so that they sell more syrup. And some companies will adjust the machines to put out less syrup.

>> No.5354072

>>5354065
you also need to get it cold before opening

I'm not sure about other places but coke bottles their soda cold because it holds more carbonation or something like that

>> No.5355127

Glass>Can>Bottle>Fountain

>> No.5355132

Depends on the soda, I prefer doctor pepper from plastic bottles more than i do from fountain of can, and Mexican glass bottle fanta and sprite blow the other variants out of the water, but for general run of the mill coke, pepsi, their cherry versions, and most rootbeers i prefer the fountain

None of my preferences count when it comes to campus drink fountains since they all suck

>> No.5355137

It tastes more like plastic you mean
You put a plain cup of water in and you taste it. nasty

>> No.5355140

I worked at a restaurant where the bar had one of those soda dispenser gun things. You could half press the coke button to get almost pure syrup, so everyone drank extra strength coke.

I obviously have diabetes now, but boy was it delicious

>> No.5356482

You ever unscrewed those nozzles?
Dammmm they can get dirrr-TAY :-/

>> No.5356526

>>5356482
This is something everyone should consider, because those things get nasty very quick, and are almost never cleaned.

Obviously some restaurants are better about it than others, but almost every one I've worked at with a soda machine, it was always forgotten about when cleaning.

>> No.5356559

>>5356526
>tfw worked at a restaurant where it was cleaned every
>single
>day
Fuck that cleaning job was horrible

>> No.5356564

>>5353771
I like soda out of a can the most, it has a nice crisp taste from the metal.

>> No.5356568

>>5356559
But you were doing God's work, anon.

>> No.5356573

>>5355132
This. Why is bottled Dr. Pepper so much better than fountain?

Also campus fountain drinks suck because they're cheapasses who skimp on the syrup. Probably also they never clean the machines.

Mexican sodas are a treat. For a while I was drinking a lot of Jarritos tamarind but that stuff has even more sugar than a lot of the American sodas I drink. I'm addicted to tamarind flavor though. If they cut the sugar a bit and made the tamarind flavor a little stronger, it'd be perfect.

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>>5356564
>metal poisoning
>"nice crisp taste"
>Americans

>> No.5356580

>>5356575
better than drinking soda out of a man's anus like your average europoor

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>>5356575
>metal poisoning

>> No.5356616

definitely the fecal matter

>> No.5357270

Enjoy these fountain drink despensers because Coca Cola Freestyle is taking over and the soda in those machines taste like shit. I'm sure Pepsi Co. is going to come up with their own stupid machine and alter flavoring in soda despensers soon.

>> No.5357319

I don't know about regular soda but fountain diet soda tastes like literal shit because of saccharine.

>> No.5357556

>>5357270
That stuff tastes watered down like fuck

>> No.5357558

>>5357556
and it's big, ugly and clanky. Like 12 feet tall, where there used to be a small little box

>> No.5357726

they taste like shit, not carbonated enough

>> No.5357728
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>>5356580
>american insults

stay classy

>> No.5357760

it tastes different because its mixed from syrup by bored teenagers and they all add different amounts

>> No.5358119

>>5357728
>class
>posting on 4chan
pick only 1

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>>5353913
>>5354020
>>5354062
>2014
>using the Soda Scammer

Why?
Just get a Fizz Giz for $40. Uses off-the-shelf 16g CO2 chargers and works with any non-coke brand bottle that the lids fit on. (coke lids are different).

Soda Stream is fucking TERRIBLE because you can't shake the bottle after injecting. You NEED to shake the container to get the CO2 to quickly diffuse into the water.

Oh, also, Soda Scammer's warranty is voided if you use it on anything but water.
Fizz Giz says "try anything, It'll be fun!"

>> No.5358147

>>5353771
Because you have bad taste, and you should feel bad.

Fountain soda pop is watered down shit.

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>>5357728

>> No.5358152

My choice usually varies as to what I prefer to drink along with my meal. If I had to pick a favorite one though I would go with a fountain drink with ice, but a can of coke straight from the fridge can really be great sometimes too.

>> No.5358257

>>5356575
there's a plastic liner along the insides of the cans to preserve flavor

so burn that shit off before you make a pipe out of the can :^)

>> No.5358304

>>5358137
Why the fuck does its website look like a transcription of those disgusting american tv adverts

>> No.5358312

>>5356568
>>5356559
>>5356526
>>5356482

Came in to say this, maybe what you're tasting is the disgusting mold that builds up in those nozzles.

Luckily the place I work cleans that shit every day. Just pop off the nozzles and soak them in sanitizer.

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>>5358152

>he drinks soda with meals and not as a treat or dessert!

>> No.5358329

>>5358314
Don't desserts typically come as part of a meal?
Oh i get it, you're trolling. Uhmm , good job? Yeah you sure showed them, those Americans lel amirite?

>> No.5358347

>>5358137
Or, you could get this, $14.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Hamilton-Beach-Fizzini-Hand-Held-Carbonated-Soda-Maker-Silver/28862194

>> No.5359284

>>5357556
>>5357558
Have you seen where the syrup comes from? They come from cartridges that slide into the bottom of each freestyle machine. Sorta like an old gaming console. These stupid machines are very high tech that even a customer can screw something up intentionally. I hope McD's never converts to these stupid machines.

>> No.5359316

Glass Bottle > Can poured over ice > Plastic Bottle > Movie Theater Fountain > Can > Fast Food Fountain > Slim/Mini style can

Coca-Cola and Pepsico branded soft drinks need to be watered down just slightly.

>> No.5359325

>>5353913
Too bad all the flavor concentrates taste like garbage.

>> No.5359342

>>5353957
I haven't drank a fountain drink with ice since I was 16 working at McDonalds and discovered a medium with no ice is the same as a large with ice. The drink comes out of the machine cold so ice serves no purpose except for the restaurant to make even more money off of their most marked up product on the menu

>> No.5359443

>>5358137
>>Uses off-the-shelf 16g CO2 chargers

Implying all co2 charges are food grade.

>> No.5359446

>>5358137
16g CO2 chargers are pretty pricey.

>> No.5359449

>>5359443
He didn't imply that at all.

>> No.5360287

>>5353836
This.

I worked at a restaurant in Chile and the owner was a cunt. He wanted to use as little syrup as possible, cinema fountain soda tasted better. I used to tell our customers, though, to request it with "more syrup" if they wished for a proper drink. You can regulate it from the valve just beneath the counter.

This is an incredible way to save money if you're running a food place, too. Think of how many more drinks you can sell for the same box of syrup. Fucking JEWS.

>> No.5360289

>>5359342
Some of us don't chug our sugar water as soon as we get it, cupcake.

>> No.5360292

>>5360289
So you like it watered down then?

>> No.5362199

It shouldn't taste better since it's watered down and restaurant workers are notoriously lax in cleaning the fountain heads.

>> No.5362325

>>5360287

>restaurant in Chile
>Fucking JEWS

your owner was a chilean jew?

>> No.5362337

>>5356526
>>5356559

they are cleaned every night at my workplace, takes like five minutes and it's not even disgusting

i clean the floor drains once per week and jesus christ THAT is horrible stuff

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>>5353771