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How is Pepsi a beverage that exists?
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Dr. Pepper, for when all you want is a nice cold carbonated cough syrup.
Orange soda > everything
For me it goes
Coke > Dr. Pepper > Store Brand Cola > Pepsi > Diet Coke > Diet Pepsi
I drank some diet Pepsi once and thought i was literally going to die it was so bad
MultiJhonny
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I really miss the old version of Coke tho.. like around 1903 when they banned good ol' cocaine from the carbonated goodness of Coca-Cola
Armoured Priest
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screw you guys
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edit: beaten
TimeEffect
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I was a Coke kid. I dont drink pop anymore, but feel like I'm more Team Pepsi now.
Though they all suck compared to the sweeter version you find in Asia
Though they all suck compared to the sweeter version you find in Asia
GoldenEye 007
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Oh and when a place serves Pepsi products but has Dr. Pepper as an option, I always opt for Dr. Pepper.
vatstep
This poster pulses with an appeal so broad the typical restraints of our societies fall by the wayside.
Even when I drank a lot of soda, I never had a preference between Coke or Pepsi. They were both fine. I seem to be in the minority on that, though – a lot of people seem to be pretty passionate about this.
Awesome.
Superb marketing.
Alabamaman
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Must be the sucralose, they used to put that into coke light here and it was the most vile shit ever. Aspartame is the best sweetener.
Because Pepsi makes more than Pepsi and Taco Bell has a partnership with Frito Lay.
Blind taste tests afaik have actually shown that most people prefer Pepsi flavor. But Coca-Cola has very strong marketing.
Gonna be honest with you all.
They're the fucking same.
Pepsi, coke.
I mean, they taste slightly different, but not in a "one tastes better than the other" way.
Seriously, the difference is so insignificant i can't even begin to comprehend how people choose sides on this.
As to answer OP.
I dunno about where you live, but where i live, Pepsi is substanceally cheaper in price than coke, with barely any difference in taste, i can see how people buy it.
They're the fucking same.
Pepsi, coke.
I mean, they taste slightly different, but not in a "one tastes better than the other" way.
Seriously, the difference is so insignificant i can't even begin to comprehend how people choose sides on this.
As to answer OP.
I dunno about where you live, but where i live, Pepsi is substanceally cheaper in price than coke, with barely any difference in taste, i can see how people buy it.
What are you on about, OP? I drink Pepsi night and day (Diet Pepsi and the w/ Cherry version), and it never goes flat on me that fast. Maybe SLIGHTLY faster than Coke but not much.
Pepsi is superior. I like both, but Pepsi is superior, especially Diet Pepsi with Cherry compared to Diet Coke/Coke Zero with Cherry. Hell, I'm gonna go get one right now.
Pepsi is superior. I like both, but Pepsi is superior, especially Diet Pepsi with Cherry compared to Diet Coke/Coke Zero with Cherry. Hell, I'm gonna go get one right now.
Pepsi Max Cherry > Coke Zero Cherry
Options are nice and Coke products tend to come overly carbonated, which I am not as big a fan of.
Options are nice and Coke products tend to come overly carbonated, which I am not as big a fan of.
Pepsi is gross. I went to Taco Bell last week and the only drink they had on tap was Pepsi for whatever reason, and it was so disgustingly sweet and flat.
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But I love pepsi.
Soda sales are drastically dropping for each company and one of Pepsi's most popular products is Mountain Dew.
I prefer Pepsi, but I'll take whichever one is available. Couldn't care less about getting up in arms about it, either. Diet anything is terrible, though.
Maybe the diet version of Pepsi is better, but you can literally leave an open coke in the fridge for 3 days and only lose like 50% of the carbonation. Pepsi lasts like 3 minutes before it starts going flat.
Poodlestrike
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All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Alright, I have a question:
What is this? I've asked this before, here on GAF, to people I know in real life, other places on the internet, and never have I gotten an answer. What's the difference when it's flat? Effervescence isn't really that pleasant a feeling, we drink plenty of other things flat, so it's not the physical sensation people want. I've seen vague implications that carbonation affects taste, but have no such experience. Why don't people want soda (or beer) to go flat? What's the deal?
What is this? I've asked this before, here on GAF, to people I know in real life, other places on the internet, and never have I gotten an answer. What's the difference when it's flat? Effervescence isn't really that pleasant a feeling, we drink plenty of other things flat, so it's not the physical sensation people want. I've seen vague implications that carbonation affects taste, but have no such experience. Why don't people want soda (or beer) to go flat? What's the deal?
Regginator
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Congratulations for falling into marketing. You may or may not taste a slight difference, but calling Pepsi disgusting and Coca Cola the nectar of all that is holy? Nah bro.
Because flat Soda and Beer taste terrible, the carbonation makes them incredible.
Same reason you don't eat melted Ice Cream.
I used to like Pepsi waaaay more than Coke when I was growing up. Then I went to a college which only had Pepsi in the dining commons, and after ~2 years of that I just got so sick of the extra sugary-ness of it and actually pretty much stopped drinking soda for a month or 2 because I couldn't handle the sugar. Then i started drinking Coke and haven't looked back.
privitsan02
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Because Coke sucks?
Simple. It tastes like shit when it's flat.
Pagusas
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Because some people (like me) find it taste better. The market is huge and can support multiple players that cater to different taste.
The world would be boring is we lived by one corporations designed sodas. Hell if that were the case we'd probably be stuck with New Coke as there would have been no alternatives for people to flee to.
I also recall Pepsi winning a lot of blind taste test vs coke.
The world would be boring is we lived by one corporations designed sodas. Hell if that were the case we'd probably be stuck with New Coke as there would have been no alternatives for people to flee to.
I also recall Pepsi winning a lot of blind taste test vs coke.
MidnightCowboy
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I wanted a Dr. Coke today, but had to settle for a Dr. Pepsi. Wasn't as good.
I didn't say it was disgusting, I said it was tolerable. Diet Pepsi is disgusting though, like all diet sodas.
GoldenEye 007
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Nah, Pepsi is basically like if someone left a bottle of Coke opened to lose like half the fizz then dumped some extra sugar into it.
WAR recon zero
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Here we have places that only sell Pepsi products, no coke.
Imagine a movie theater without coca cola
Insane.
Imagine a movie theater without coca cola
Insane.
I'm questioning why it exists in its current form. If I were PepsiCo, I'd figure out how to at least match Coca-Cola in terms of flavor. It seems like they're trying with Real Sugar Pepsi (tastes almost exactly like Coke) but they still have the issue of it going flat almost immediately
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