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What happened to Pepsi?
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HUELEN10
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No, but I remember C2; so much better than classic.
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Northeastmonk
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Burger King started carrying the 100+ different flavors. I did enjoy the Diet Vanilla Cherry Coke and Diet Berry Vanilla Coke. That's insane to me. I don't see a lot of Pepsi machines doing that. I'm more of Diet Pepsi person. I don't drink regular soda. I've been buying both when I want to drink a soda. I can do either or.
SocksAndShoes
Banned
Holy crap, no. I can tell pepsi from coke and diet coke/pepsi from their regular versions.
Yes, but it was one of those things where the adults were bitching, but I was still new enough to soda drinking that I hadn't identified a taste. I was just happy to have a soda all to myself.
Pankratous
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They 'own' Wetherspoons in the UK too - a massive pub chain in the UK (920 chains I believe). No Coke sold in those. And they are really fucking busy, all the time. Every single one of them.
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entremet
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You're talking about the Coke Freestyle machines? Those are godly!
It's the only place I can get Cherry Vanilla Coke Zero.
It wasn't horrible but it certainly wasn't coke classic....they even pulled this for a while.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Am I crazy or has the taste of Pepsi changed over the past year or two? I can barely stand it now.
Coke is the king of advertising. The goddamn king. Pepsi had a lot of edgy ploys in the 80s and 90s to get people to switch from drinking Coke, meanwhile Coke just continues on making sure they constantly have mindshare, that people are always aware of Coke in the back of their mind.
Sure, Pepsi was successful with a few of it's campaigns, but long term, Coke will always win because they play the long game in marketing, and don't go for the gimmicks.
Sure, Pepsi was successful with a few of it's campaigns, but long term, Coke will always win because they play the long game in marketing, and don't go for the gimmicks.
VitaminCaim
Neo Member
They stopped production of Pepsi throwbacks
NobleGundam
Banned
Edited for ya.
HUELEN10
Member
Nothing changed, there are just 3 main varieties of classic and you have to look at the can.
Blue can new logo: High Fructose Corn Syrup
Blue can new logo AND old logo text: beet sugar
Seasonal white throwback can: cane sugar
Beet sugar is my favorite.
Pepsi could never compete with the power of Coke's holidays are coming ad.
Every Christmas they got kicked to the curb as an irrelevance, eventually they just stayed down and knew their place.
Android18a
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In the UK at least, it's Pepsi at KFC. Always have Pepsi Max, aka The Best type of cola in general ever.
For UK flavour:
Pepsi Max > Diet Coke > Coke > Pepsi > Diet Pepsi > Coke Zero
For UK flavour:
Pepsi Max > Diet Coke > Coke > Pepsi > Diet Pepsi > Coke Zero
Omega Kirby
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He didn't say people can't tell the difference. He didn't say they tasted the same. He said the difference between the two isn't that big that one of them is "Revolting" and the other is "godly"
Zoe
Member
We also have to put up with Maine Root (way too sweet IMO) in some of the trendier places. Though surprisingly enough, a couple of restaurants actually have RC Cola. I always have to get it just for the novelty.
Don't think I've ever witnessed someone getting Diet Pepsi :lol
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Its easy to tell diet from regular because artificial sweetners and HFC/cane suger have different levels of sweetness.
I will admit that Mexican Coke (regular coke made with cane sugar) and regular Pepsi (HFC) taste different because HFC has a more sickly sweet taste than cane sugar.
But give me Pepsi and Coke both made with either cane sugar or HFC and they taste the same.
redmetal86
Member
What about bottles?
Zuhzuhzombie!!
Member
Pepsi > Coke .. sorry had to put it out there
My tastes are weird.
Bottle Diet Pepsi > Bottle Diet Coke
Bottle Diet Pepsi > Can Diet Coke
Can Diet Coke > Bottle Diet Coke
Regular Coke > Regular Pepsi
Death by Snu Snu > Coke Zero
Yeah, it came first.
Pepsi Max had a good run in the UK, but was also very tied to the 90's in how they marketed it. Coke Zero seems to have kneecapped it now.
They stopped production of Pepsi throwbacks
What are you talking about? You can get it in 12-packs and 2-liters here. They also have some variation of Cherry Pepsi that I want to say is throwback also.
HUELEN10
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Chezzymann
Member
Dr. Pepper >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Coke > Pepsi
ThreePiMatt
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Potbelly's carries Pepsi and Coke products, I always go for the Diet Coke.
link1201
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Not to me, they are different. I am a Pepsi drinker but don't hate Coke but the taste is distinctive. I also keep an eye on the "best by" indicator. Old soda is nasty, I have been burned by old garabage sodas in gas stations and the like too many times.
entremet
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It seems to be highly regional.
HUELEN10
Member
Are you sure you are not confusing seasonal throwback with beet sugar Pepsi? Cherry Throwback never happened.
SocksAndShoes
Banned
Yeah, they're all under the YUM! Foods label.
Yeah they are weird. Diet Coke is trash compared with Coke Zero. I rarely drink real Coke, it's always Coke Zero or Cherry Coke Zero.
VitaminCaim
Neo Member
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/981013
In my area it's this wannabe "Made with real sugar" trash that doesn't taste like throwback
entremet
Member
This may sound strange, but I love Dr. Pepper with Texas style BBQ only. Perfect compliments.
Other weird combinations
Chipotle + Coke Zero
Pizza + Diet Coke.
aka Nazi Coke
It wasn't horrible but it certainly wasn't coke classic....they even pulled this for a while.
When did they sell this?
RoadHazard
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Pepsi > Coke .. sorry had to put it out there
Yep. I always go with Pepsi if it's an option. Often it's not, unfortunately. :-(
Hm. We've got that as well as throwback. Maybe only certain markets still get it or something.
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