Coke taste issue
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Is it consistent, or could you have just gotten an "old" can or bottle? I'm a Dr. Pepper fan and it happens on occassion. Nothing worse than looking forward to a cold soda, only to have it ruined by a bottle that wasn't sealed! In any case, you could fire off an e-mail to CC. I've done this several times in the past and they do respond.
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I had a REALLY bad can of Dr. Pepper once, it was from a vending machine but had expired by about 3 months. I called the coca-cola company about it with the product code. They really took that seriously. There must be some agreement that stock is rotated frequently and old product is not supposedly available.
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Coke tasted better in Toronto than here
IIRC, Coke slightly varies their formula (primarily the sugar content) to suit the taste of the country where it's sold. I found Coke and Pepsi tasted much sweeter in India than in the US. I stopped drinking the stuff about 10 years ago when I learned it was really good at getting rid of oil stains from garage floors. :) /ravi
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I have not had oil stains on one of my stools in years either, for that matter, now that you mention it :|
Any sufficiently gross incompetence is nearly indistinguishable from malice.
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I had a REALLY bad can of Dr. Pepper once, it was from a vending machine but had expired by about 3 months. I called the coca-cola company about it with the product code. They really took that seriously. There must be some agreement that stock is rotated frequently and old product is not supposedly available.
Any sufficiently gross incompetence is nearly indistinguishable from malice.
Blake Miller wrote:
I called the coca-cola company about it with the product code. They really took that seriously.
I'm constantly getting coupons this way. I bought a bag of donuts once that said 6 servings of 4, or 24 donuts. A few days later when I tallied up how many I ate, it was only 19. I wrote them about it and received two coupons in the mail for free products. A few months later I did the same exact thing (two more coupons), only the number in the bag increased to 19. Their QA was definitely improving!
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Coke tasted better in Toronto than here
IIRC, Coke slightly varies their formula (primarily the sugar content) to suit the taste of the country where it's sold. I found Coke and Pepsi tasted much sweeter in India than in the US. I stopped drinking the stuff about 10 years ago when I learned it was really good at getting rid of oil stains from garage floors. :) /ravi
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I stopped drinking the stuff about 10 years ago when I learned it was really good at getting rid of oil stains from garage floors.
Are you refering to the carbonic or phosphoric acid? :rolleyes:
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"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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This happens with me an Mtn Dew sometimes...although if I really just need the caffeine I will drink gatorade and a Vivarin (200mg pure caffeine!). Works like you wouldn't believe, although once I drank a Mtn Dew with a Vivarin...had shaky hands for 2hrs or so. Otherwise they work good and I think you can take them every 4 hrs, since I only sleep 3hrs a night because of my second job they come in handy ;)
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An Apple can also be handy for energy, they are chock full of natural sugar. One morning I was a little groggy and didn't really believe it but I tried it... and to be safe had some Mountain Dew... Talk about getting the shakes
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Ravi Bhavnani wrote:
I stopped drinking the stuff about 10 years ago when I learned it was really good at getting rid of oil stains from garage floors.
Are you refering to the carbonic or phosphoric acid? :rolleyes:
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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The concentration of phosphoric acid in Coke's syrup is far too small to be that effective. Carbonic acid, which is moderately useful for tasks such as removing stains and dissolving rust deposits (although plain soda water is much better for some of these purposes than Coca-Cola or other soft drinks), it is relatively weak. The gastric acid in your stomach is much stronger than any of the acids in Coca-Cola.
"Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed" - 2 Timothy 2:15
"Judge not by the eye but by the heart." - Native American Proverb
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It's really odd, but Coke tasted better in Toronto than here (even though Atlanta is the home of Coca cola). Maybe the water used, and the sugar types mixed in makes a difference. As a compulsive Coke drinker, this has been worrying me these last few days. I just hope that my body's taste appreciative mechanisms will bio-adjust to the new Coke flavor - if not I am wondering if I should order Canadian Coke in mass every month.
Regards, Nish
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Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)Coke varies their formula for different markets, including sugar content and fizziness. If you're in the Atlanta area, you can (or at least could a few years ago) taste the Coke sold in various other parts of the world at the World of Coke museum.
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Coke varies their formula for different markets, including sugar content and fizziness. If you're in the Atlanta area, you can (or at least could a few years ago) taste the Coke sold in various other parts of the world at the World of Coke museum.
Russell Morris wrote:
If you're in the Atlanta area, you can (or at least could a few years ago) taste the Coke sold in various other parts of the world at the World of Coke museum.
So I heard - planning to check that out soon!
Regards, Nish
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Nishant Sivakumar wrote:
Coke tasted better in Toronto than here
IIRC, Coke slightly varies their formula (primarily the sugar content) to suit the taste of the country where it's sold. I found Coke and Pepsi tasted much sweeter in India than in the US. I stopped drinking the stuff about 10 years ago when I learned it was really good at getting rid of oil stains from garage floors. :) /ravi
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It's really odd, but Coke tasted better in Toronto than here (even though Atlanta is the home of Coca cola). Maybe the water used, and the sugar types mixed in makes a difference. As a compulsive Coke drinker, this has been worrying me these last few days. I just hope that my body's taste appreciative mechanisms will bio-adjust to the new Coke flavor - if not I am wondering if I should order Canadian Coke in mass every month.
Regards, Nish
Nish’s thoughts on MFC, C++/CLI and .NET (my blog)
Currently working on C++/CLI in Action for Manning Publications. (*Sample chapter available online*)I think the Coke in Frankfurt, Germany tastes better than ANY Coke I've ever had in the US. My wife thinks I'm crazy. I'm glad to hear that there's someone else who's noticed a difference between regions of the world.
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Did you try Coke Zero? It's like Diet Coke without the soap.
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Little known secret: Coke Zero == Tab
-Sean ---- Shag a Lizard
What's Tab? (I resist to believe it's made of used keyboards.. :))
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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What's Tab? (I resist to believe it's made of used keyboards.. :))
We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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