Coca Cola - Bottles or cans?
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Dumb question, but I`m bored! Dont normally drink it,but why does coca cola taste different dependant on what you drink from? And why does neither taste like it did when I was a kid and drank it from a glass bottle through a straw while sitting outside a pub?
And whats with all this fancy new flavours crap?
And whats with all this fancy new flavours crap?
When i worked in the US, I went to a clients house and he offered me a Coke. He then got a glass bottle of coke from his original Coke fridge and placed it in the freezer for an exact amount of time, I think it was about 12 minutes.
So after 12 minutes of waiting for a drink, it arrived and he watched me with anticipation as i tasted it!
Me :"Thanks"
Him: "Isn't that a good coke?"
Me: "yes, its fine thanks"
Him: "You obviously do not appreciate that this is the only way that coke should be served...phillistine"
He showed me his garage, where he had an entire pallet load of coke all in the original twisty necked bottles...this guy liked his coke i guess!
Personally i could not really tell the difference.
added: But WHY can't they make a different lable for Vanilla coke? On a few occasions now i have arrived home to find i have purchased 2 litres of vanilla coke cos the labels are so similar to normal coke
>> Edited by hedders on Thursday 30th December 08:41
So after 12 minutes of waiting for a drink, it arrived and he watched me with anticipation as i tasted it!
Me :"Thanks"
Him: "Isn't that a good coke?"
Me: "yes, its fine thanks"
Him: "You obviously do not appreciate that this is the only way that coke should be served...phillistine"
He showed me his garage, where he had an entire pallet load of coke all in the original twisty necked bottles...this guy liked his coke i guess!
Personally i could not really tell the difference.
added: But WHY can't they make a different lable for Vanilla coke? On a few occasions now i have arrived home to find i have purchased 2 litres of vanilla coke cos the labels are so similar to normal coke
>> Edited by hedders on Thursday 30th December 08:41
Out of a can for me. I used to drink shedloads of the stuff, but have cut right down because it's not exactly healthy. Got to be very cold. Out of a plastic bottle and it goes flat too quickly. Glass bottles? Overpriced and a novelty unfortunately.
Not impressed with Coke Vanilla/Cherry/Lemon/Caffine-free/Added Crack etc.
Not impressed with Coke Vanilla/Cherry/Lemon/Caffine-free/Added Crack etc.
JonRB said:
Him: "You obviously do not appreciate that this is the only way that coke should be served...phillistine" 
Oh, our American cousins.
It's a soft drink, FFS!
I think he's quite right to be pedantic about it.
When I go out to my local for a pint of Masham's finest Black Sheep I always insist that the barmaid pulls the pint and then nestles it between her ample thighs for precisely 6 minutes to allow it to attain the requisite temperature.
unrepentant said:Ah well, that's different. You're talking about beer now, which is infinitely more important.
I think he's quite right to be pedantic about it.
When I go out to my local for a pint of Masham's finest Black Sheep I always insist that the barmaid pulls the pint and then nestles it between her ample thighs for precisely 6 minutes to allow it to attain the requisite temperature.
Off topic, but last month did a whisky tasting session at Jamesons distillery in Dublin, sampling eight different brands....
I have always thought whisky is whisky, but it is surprising the difference between Irish and Scotch whiskey (Irish spelling with an "E")
Scotch stuff has a definite "woody" aroma as it is distilled over wood..........
I have always thought whisky is whisky, but it is surprising the difference between Irish and Scotch whiskey (Irish spelling with an "E")
Scotch stuff has a definite "woody" aroma as it is distilled over wood..........
The "can vs bottled" taste differences are a bit of a myth IMHO - can technology has moved on loads in the past 30 years - dissolved O2 levels in drinks are now so low that flavours deteriorate much less with storage.
HOWEVER : What DOES affect the taste is the temperature its drunk at and whether or not you drink from a glass - especially for Beer - much of the flavour comes from the "nose" of the beer (or soft drink )- so you are missing out if drunk directly from a bottle or can. 
So the American tradition of drinking (particularly) nearly frozen from bottles is boll ox - no flavour and the agitation of the bottle means the beer goes flat quickly - but hey : Budweiser tastes of nothing anyway
Apologies for silghtly
response - but I used to work in brewing.
HOWEVER : What DOES affect the taste is the temperature its drunk at and whether or not you drink from a glass - especially for Beer
- much of the flavour comes from the "nose" of the beer (or soft drink )- so you are missing out if drunk directly from a bottle or can. So the American tradition of drinking (particularly
) nearly frozen from bottles is boll ox - no flavour and the agitation of the bottle means the beer goes flat quickly - but hey : Budweiser tastes of nothing anyway Apologies for silghtly
response - but I used to work in brewing. Lets not forget that coca colas roots lie in cocaine. Hence the name, coca-cola. A little 'coke' and some caffine, and you're nice and high
Kind of became illegal, as the last centuary moved on, but (for those of you that didnt know) there you have it.
More interesting though, is how much money the company makes. When you have a product which costs 1p to make and sells for a pound, you have to struggle to find new ways to spend the millions through advertising.
Kind of became illegal, as the last centuary moved on, but (for those of you that didnt know) there you have it.
More interesting though, is how much money the company makes. When you have a product which costs 1p to make and sells for a pound, you have to struggle to find new ways to spend the millions through advertising.
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