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For soda drinkers only

Coke or Pepsi?

  • Coke

    Votes: 28 52.8%

  • Pepsi

    Votes: 11 20.8%

  • Other?

    Votes: 14 26.4%
  • Total voters
    53
nota bene said:
Ditto. And Coke really is the real thing. Remember those Coke vs the P-word smell tests back in the day? I participated, and yes indeedy and of course, a true Coke-aholic, which I am, can always tell. My grandparents let me have Coke when I was a toddler, and that's how it all began. In elementary school I'd sit in class fantasizing about how when I was a grownup, I was going to have a Coke fountain just like the water fountain out in the hall. :lol:

Best Coke ever: The fountain Coke at the downtown Atlanta Woolworth's back in the '90's. Burned all the way down. Wonderful!

Best diet sodas: 7-up cherry limeade (and DDP and Diet A&W are good too).

But I mainly drink unflavored/unsweetened sparkling water, sigh. All the burn, but none of the sugar.
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I don't have the water fountain dream, but I do have the dream of having a restaurant-style soda dispenser in my house.

Or a soda machine. :lol:
 
OldFatGuy said:
There's a control mechanism for the level of carbonization the user wants. Check the online manual for your model. Their syrups are ridiculously expensive. My grandfather owned a candy store with a soda ice cream fountain during the depression. He made his own syrups except for coke. Different places used different amounts of syrup when they served the finished product. His store was a front for the card game in the back, and the numbers betting at the counter. My mother had to work the fountain after school as a teenager, but hated it, especially the cold ice cream freezer, and dishing it out. But the heavy duty gamblers in the back room would tip her nicely on the way out, and of course make passes at her, knowing if they succeeded my grandfather's wrath would descend upon them. Worse, they'd have to deal with her male cousins. :) A very rowdy bunch, to say the least.

We also had seltzer delivered when I was a kid, and bottles of Hoffman soda with weird flavors like grapefruit, coconut, dark and pale ginger ale, sassafras, birch, and all the fruit and berry flavors. They both taught me to mix a tablespoon of jam or preserves in a glass of seltzer, which I still do. Doesn't have that clinging sugar aftertaste.

There's a whole bunch of boutique soda makers here, with their products in the Delis and the Bodegas. I particularly enjoy bottles of Manhattan decaf diet coffee sodas, which I now find in the local supermarkets when it isn't sold out. Also bottles of Jamaican brewed ginger ales, dark, thick, and sweet. Sold in 8 ounce bottles and very intensely ginger flavored. A rare indulgence for me because they raise my blood sugar levels. I can always taste the difference between sodas made with corn syrup as opposed to cane sugar, and only buy the cane sugar sodas for the kids in the family as a treat. Otherwise we serve them fruit punches and iced teas. The kids like black cherry beers as opposed to root beer. Can't imagine who taught them to call them beers. :)
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Hubs actually wanted the soda stream for flavored (or unflavored) carbonated water. He's a big fizzy water drinker.

When they first came out, I did a cost analysis of the cost of the soda stream, plus the carbonation refills, plus the syrup. Based on the output of a soda stream, it actually costs a little more to make, like say, 100 oz of soda from the soda stream as it does to purchase 100 oz of soda from the store.

So I'm not sure what the drive is behind wanting a soda stream unless you are one of these "save the planet from all these soda bottles" people, or maybe you just like really sweet, under-fizzy soda.
 
ataraxia said:
There is some evidence that our genetics determines some of how we taste or smell different things. For example, some people just can't smell or taste certain particular things at all. It has to do with the exact protein structure of the receptors on our taste buds or in our nose. Personally, I drink lots of both Coke and Pepsi, and have a tough time telling the difference. They're both great.
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I agree about the genetics thing - I mentioned cilantro early. Most people with cilantro? You either taste the real flavor of cilantro, or it tastes like soap. Rarely an in-between.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
I'll try looking for it at some of the other supers in the neighborhood.
It's okay if it's expensive...well, a LITTLE bit expensive.
If you knew what I spend on coffee beans, you'd think I was buying illicit street drugs.

But I don't drink alcoholic beverages, (Well, I make an exception maybe two or three times a year) I'm too much of a lightweight to be able to be a regular pot smoker and I've already given up tobacco and I stopped being a cocaine addict almost twenty-five years ago.

Coffee? From my cold dead hands, beeyotch. :lamo
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Well, it's not premium beans. I see you can buy it on amazon if all else fails.
 
SkyFox76 said:
Not a big soda drinker unless it's got a mixer, but generally I take Pepsi over Coke. But a nice cold root beer also hits the spot.
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Sometimes you just have to have a root beer. Especially if you toss in some ice cream.
 
TheGoverness said:
You don't know how disappointed I am when I get the "We have Pepsi" at restaurants. NoooooooooooooOOOOO!
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Exactly. Unless it is a little mom and pop place give us some choice. What is the problem with carrying the 2 most popular sodas. Most places charge $2 for a glass of soda. At that price we should at least get what we want. Even if you do limit the variety of fountain drinks they should have glasses and bottles of most popular sodas available.
 
Superfly said:
I don't have the water fountain dream, but I do have the dream of having a restaurant-style soda dispenser in my house.

Or a soda machine. :lol:
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Ice-cold Coke on tap....
 
TheGoverness said:
You don't know how disappointed I am when I get the "We have Pepsi" at restaurants. NoooooooooooooOOOOO!
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I always order water at restaurants. One reason is that I'm cheap and would rather spend that extra money on the tip. But the other is that I read somewhere many years ago that you aren't supposed to drink anything with a meal (because it interferes with digestion?), but if you just have to, drink water.
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
The Sodastream CO2 cartridges are proprietary and expensive as hell to refill.
You have to give it the right amount of spritz in order to get the right fizz ratio.

The truth is, anybody can manufacture their OWN equivalent just using a few fittings and a paintball CO2 canister.
It is not rocket science, you're just infusing gas into water under pressure.

I'm not really motivated, but if I was, I would just go buy or cannibalize the fittings from a restaurant fountain system and build my own rig and use a paintball canister to charge the water.
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I've been buying bottled and canned sparkling water for years. The large grocery chains have been on board for a long time and sell their own generic brand ($2.99), and this seems a lot easier than putting the bubbles into the beverage myself. If you're someone who buys the boxed flavor straws or whatever the little packets are called, you can make your own sparkling lemonade or Hawaiian Punch yourself in no time.
 
nota bene said:
Ice-cold Coke on tap....
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Man, yeah. Could you imagine? And have like 3 or 4 different kinds?

Coke, Sprite or Root Beer for dinner, dear?

Oh, I think I'll fancy a spot of ice cold Root Beer, thank you. *laughs*

*laughs back* Wonder how the poor people are living today?

*both laugh uproariously*
 
nota bene said:
I always order water at restaurants. One reason is that I'm cheap and would rather spend that extra money on the tip. But the other is that I read somewhere many years ago that you aren't supposed to drink anything with a meal (because it interferes with digestion?), but if you just have to, drink water.
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My mom also told me that you are never supposed to drink soda with a meal because the carbonation fills you up faster.
 
On the rare occasions I drank soda in my youth, I preferred Coke. The pinnacle being that restaurant fountain coke, with the crumbly crushed ice.

I do agree that some people intentionally choose one or the other to make a point. I have a friend who won't watch certain popular movies, just to be that guy. He also loves Pepsi, so he says. I do think you can get use to either and it becomes the "preferred", but I don't intend to test it.

Rexedgar said:
My mother told me that if you left a tooth in a class of Coke, it would dissolve by morning.
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My kindergarten teacher did this with a tooth in water and one in Coke. That really stuck with me.
 
Superfly said:
Sure, I guess.
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I'm saying you can get these at gas stations.

Remember Exxon's 'Put a tiger in your tank' ads? You know, the 93 octane supreme commercials.

Damn, I'm older than I realized. :mrgreen:
 
MovingPictures said:
I'm saying you can get these at gas stations.

Remember Exxon's 'Put a tiger in your tank' ads? You know, the 93 octane supreme commercials.

Damn, I'm older than I realized. :mrgreen:
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It must be a regional thing.

Never saw them in the Midwest.
 
Superfly said:
My mom also told me that you are never supposed to drink soda with a meal because the carbonation fills you up faster.
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I do that every single night and I'm a 160 pound "skinny bitch" according to my mom.
 
Threegoofs said:
It must be a regional thing.

Never saw them in the Midwest.
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I don't know what's sadder, the fact that somebody posted this on YT, or the fact that I went looking for it.

 
nota bene said:
I always order water at restaurants. One reason is that I'm cheap and would rather spend that extra money on the tip. But the other is that I read somewhere many years ago that you aren't supposed to drink anything with a meal (because it interferes with digestion?), but if you just have to, drink water.
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I tend to get water with a soda, if I do order one. Sometimes I have my water days. But if I am at a restaurant I have to have something to drink. It just feels weird to me if I don't; like something's missing.
 
Superfly said:
Mom could have a point then. Your mom sounds awesome, by the way. :lol:
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:roll:
Men should never be called "skinny bitches" nor should they be refereed to having "badonkadonk" in any circumstances.

Dat's nasty.
 
Superfly said:
My mom also told me that you are never supposed to drink soda with a meal because the carbonation fills you up faster.
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What a great reason to have a Coke!

I don't require a reason!
 
TheGoverness said:
I tend to get water with a soda, if I do order one. Sometimes I have my water days. But if I am at a restaurant I have to have something to drink. It just feels weird to me if I don't; like something's missing.
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I take it you aren't a fan of sweet tea? (I like mine unsweetened; my mother was from "up North.")
 
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