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Posted: 10/15/2019 7:41:47 AM EST
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Bill Cosby liked new coke if I recall. Must have mixed well with, relaxants.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 7:45:27 AM EST
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New Coke was bad. I switched to Mt. Dew.
Classic is better than new but not as good as the original in GLASS BOTTLES. Coke from Mexico in the bottles is darn good, but too expensive. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 7:45:54 AM EST
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New Coke was released April 23, 1985. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fa/New_Coke_can.jpg People starting hoarding the old coke, prompting the re-release of the old recipe as "Classic Coke." IMO, New Coke was horrible. 
You? 
I believe it was an elaborate con to conceal the flavor difference between sugar and corn syrup. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 7:47:19 AM EST
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That was back in the day when the babies were popping out and we were broke as hell. Kool Aid was our go-to drink back then. We tried new coke once and really didn't like it. Today we can afford what ever we want to drink, and still use a house brand Crystal Light. On occasion we will buy a Coke Zero at an Ice House (that would be a confidence store to some of you folks who are less fortunate to live outside of Texas). |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 7:57:18 AM EST
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I remember New Coke, it sucked. But in my house we didn't drink Coca Cola or Pepsi regularly. We drank the Three Amigos.
Still do to this day. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:05:31 AM EST
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I was 2. No I don't remember New Coke.
Coke today tastes different than I remember back in the 90's though. I guess it is the HFCS stuff. Also, I try not to drink any of it anymore if I can help it. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:08:05 AM EST
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Vaguely recall taste as much sweeter like a weird pepsi Quote HistoryQuoted:
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New Coke was fucking terrible |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:09:41 AM EST
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I doubt anyone could tell HFCS from sugar, alone in liquid form. Your body doesn't care, your liver sees it the same. Corn syrup is cheaper so they use it. Suger water in general is nearly free in the quantity it's produced but people still pay for it.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:09:43 AM EST
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My favorite conspiracy theory is that New Coke was a way to switch to hfcs without the public knowing it. The idea was to switch away from cane sugar but they knew the public would know because of the taste. So they introduce new Coke which tastes like Pepsi, then a year or so later reintroduce Coke classic with hfcs. It is the only thing that makes sense. Otherwise why go to the awful tasting New Coke. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:10:12 AM EST
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What the fuck is a "Confidence Store"? |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:10:24 AM EST
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New Coke. Coke blinked first in the Cola War. Should have gone back to the original sugar based formula.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:15:43 AM EST
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Boomer thread?  |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:16:50 AM EST
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My favorite conspiracy theory is that New Coke was a way to switch to hfcs without the public knowing it. The idea was to switch away from cane sugar but they knew the public would know because of the taste. So they introduce new Coke which tastes like Pepsi, then a year or so later reintroduce Coke classic with hfcs. It is the only thing that makes sense. Otherwise why go to the awful tasting New Coke. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:21:41 AM EST
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I liked New Coke. Love is too strong of a word IMHO. Poll fail.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:22:33 AM EST
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I remember new coke but dont remember what it tasted like. The only ones I drink now are the real sugar cokes in glass bottles. ETA: theres a lot of real sugar retro sodas available now; dr pepper, pepsi, mt dew, squirt.... I wont drink that corn syrup crap anymore. 
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:23:03 AM EST
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Dr Pepper master race.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:24:43 AM EST
[#17]
Yes. Sort of a cross between Pepsi and RC, IIRC. Didn't like it at all.
I read somewhere that they just added HFCS to Diet Coke flavoring to standardize their syrup/flavoring formulation. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:28:10 AM EST
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I remember it, but really had no preference between Coca Cola and Pepsi, so you could hand me either one in a glass and it was all the same to me. I was more of a Mt. Dew fan and used to drink the hell out of the original flavor and then later, the Code Red Mt. Dew.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:31:56 AM EST
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The common accepted wisdom was Coke used this whole campaign to change from Sugar to High-Fructose Corn Syrup. 'New' Coke was a formulation with HFCS and when "reintroduced" the original formula was HFCS as well. Further Coke added more grams of sweetener (HFCS) to compete with tastes preferring the sweeter Pepsi which was eating more and more into market share.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:33:40 AM EST
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Coke has more bitterness than Pepsi. I tend to like cherry versions to I reach for Cherry Coke to offset some of the added sweetness of the cherry.
Cola to cola I lean towards Pepsi because it's less bitter. But I have no strong opinion either way. Do to corn allergy I need to avoid all corn syrup sweetened beverages. BTW Kroger sells Kroger branded "soft drinks" that are sweetened with real sugar instead of corn syrup. For those who may be interested. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:36:19 AM EST
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Born in 81, don't remember the Coke but do remember Crystal Clear Pepsi.
People went crazy for that shit. Kids had to have it to be cool. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:37:00 AM EST
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The common accepted wisdom was Coke used this whole campaign to change from Sugar to High-Fructose Corn Syrup. 'New' Coke was a formulation with HFCS and when "reintroduced" the original formula was HFCS as well. Further Coke added more grams of sweetener (HFCS) to compete with tastes preferring the sweeter Pepsi which was eating more and more into market share. Coke was loosing market share prior to New Coke. After the hoopla and reintroduction the same old product, Coke started gaining market share again. Some claim it was a brilliant plan. Nope it was a blunder that happened to work out in the end. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:38:35 AM EST
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Believe it or don't, but Coca Cola determined from blind taste tests that people really didn't like Coke and by a significant margin, preferred Pepsi to Coke...so they changed the formula (sweetened it up a bit) to be more like Pepsi.
Then the outrage started. So they retested and found out (again) that by a significant margin, people preferred Pepsi and New Coke to the original Coke. But the outrage continued and since people wanted to buy it, like it or not, they reintroduced the old formula. In this case, the marketing dept. got it wrong: like many other products, the consumer is swayed as much if not more by the image and/or, in ARFOM parlance the "feelz" of a product rather than the actual use, taste, etc. of the product. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:41:22 AM EST
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New Coke sucked. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:45:07 AM EST
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Had to be a marketing ploy. We all thought the same back then also. Who in their right minds at Coke actually thought New Coke was going to sell tasting like that.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:48:21 AM EST
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Coke fell for Pepsi's marketing. They made their drink taste like Pepsi.
Coke originally made with cocaine Coke was used by woman to terminate early pregnancies Coke was loved by the Nazi party and was extremely successful pre & post WW2 I drink water |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:52:39 AM EST
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I don't have a recollection other than it was a total failure. When did coca-cola switch to high fructose corn syrup? I hardly ever drink soda https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/403845/Have_a_Coke_and_a_Smile_1_jpg-1124655.JPG |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:53:04 AM EST
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New Coke tasted like a car radiator smells.
It was bad. As uncle Ezery Engelman used to say, " You'll kiss a dogs ass to get the bad taste outta your mouth. " |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:57:22 AM EST
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Believe it or don't, but Coca Cola determined from blind taste tests that people really didn't like Coke and by a significant margin, preferred Pepsi to Coke...so they changed the formula (sweetened it up a bit) to be more like Pepsi. Then the outrage started. So they retested and found out (again) that by a significant margin, people prefer Pepsi to (original/Classic) Coke. But, since people wanted to buy it, like it or not, they reintroduced the old formula. In this case, the marketing dept. got it wrong: like many other products, the consumer is swayed as much if not more by the image and/or, in ARFOM parlance the "feelz" of a product rather than the actual use, taste, etc. of the product. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:58:31 AM EST
[#30]
It was terrible. Matter of fact, when Classic came out, it seemed like it wasn’t as good as it was originally.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 8:58:57 AM EST
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Coke fell for Pepsi's marketing. They made their drink taste like Pepsi. Coke originally made with cocaine Coke was used by woman to terminate early pregnancies Coke was loved by the Nazi party and was extremely successful pre & post WW2 I drink water |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:03:10 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Pretty sure that's just a tin foil theory. New Coke was just a plain and simple marketing blunder. That happened to work out for them. Coke was loosing market share prior to New Coke. After the hoopla and reintroduction the same old product, Coke started gaining market share again. Some claim it was a brilliant plan. Nope it was a blunder that happened to work out in the end. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:04:06 AM EST
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I remember when New Coke came out and people were pissed. Kinda foggy but I seem to recall it didn't taste very good. According to Wiki Mexican Coke containing cane sugar is an export product. Many bottlers in Mexico use HFCS. Is there a difference in taste between the two? Yes, but I wouldn't be able to tell you exactly why. It just does...just like I prefer Coke to Pepsi. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:05:03 AM EST
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Yes I remember it well. And as everyone knows... it sucked
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:05:57 AM EST
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New Coke sucked so bad, I took the truck down and bought a pallet of real Coke. Then switched to RC Cola, till they brought back real Coke.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:06:35 AM EST
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I’ve quit drinking soda pop.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:07:42 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: True, but only in it's very early history. The cocaine was long gone by WWII. The leaves are legally imported by the Stepan Company. They process the leaves, take out the pharmacologically active ingredients (sell those to be further processed) and sell the remaining byproducts to Coca Cola to use as a flavoring agent in Coke. It's the source of the unique bitterness and flavor in Coke. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:09:15 AM EST
[#38]
It was too sweet and wasn't better than the at the time current top sweet soda, Pepsi.
I had a few, I would not drink it again if they re-released it. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:09:21 AM EST
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I wasn’t born yet.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:09:56 AM EST
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I remember New Coke, it sucked. But in my house we didn't drink Coca Cola or Pepsi regularly. We drank the Three Amigos. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ba/9c/50/ba9c503e6c4ac443a5079a49ed98b8c4.jpg Still do to this day. Plus, that's what you get for locking my thread  
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:12:17 AM EST
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New Coke sucked so bad, I took the truck down and bought a pallet of real Coke. Then switched to RC Cola, till they brought back real Coke. Shit was nasty and rumor was it was RC. For sure it was made by RC if not a different formula. IDK I've only had RC a hand full of times in my life.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:12:42 AM EST
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Not a conspiracy theory, I was working for Coke at the time and this is how they pulled it off. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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My favorite conspiracy theory is that New Coke was a way to switch to hfcs without the public knowing it. The idea was to switch away from cane sugar but they knew the public would know because of the taste. So they introduce new Coke which tastes like Pepsi, then a year or so later reintroduce Coke classic with hfcs. It is the only thing that makes sense. Otherwise why go to the awful tasting New Coke. Then, one day in Mexico, I ordered a Coke, in a bottle, and it took me back to the 'how I remembered it'. That is when I took notice of HFCS vs Cane Sugar. Of all the places to sell CS Coke, Home Depot often has it stacked in bottle cases near the registers |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:17:13 AM EST
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I didn't mind it, but I was a kid who would grab whatever pop was available.
Don't drink it regularly anymore, but I'll take a real sugar coke as a treat at times if the place has it. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:20:19 AM EST
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Dr Pepper master race. I know this because someone I was just there with is addicted to that shit and bitched about it the entire time. I'm glad I am not addicted to any single food item like that. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:20:24 AM EST
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New Coke sucked. I still have a bottle of it around here somewhere, maybe I should send it to the guy that eats those old rations!
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:23:12 AM EST
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They still use coca leaves in Coca Cola. The leaves are legally imported by the Stepan Company. They process the leaves, take out the pharmacologically active ingredients (sell those to be further processed) and sell the remaining byproducts to Coca Cola to use as a flavoring agent in Coke. It's the source of the unique bitterness and flavor in Coke. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted: True, but only in it's very early history. The cocaine was long gone by WWII. The leaves are legally imported by the Stepan Company. They process the leaves, take out the pharmacologically active ingredients (sell those to be further processed) and sell the remaining byproducts to Coca Cola to use as a flavoring agent in Coke. It's the source of the unique bitterness and flavor in Coke. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:26:33 AM EST
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Nothing beats Inca Kola, that's right, Inca Kola is best Cola. Plus, that's what you get for locking my thread http://incakolausa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/inca-Kola-Sodas-1024x743.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I remember New Coke, it sucked. But in my house we didn't drink Coca Cola or Pepsi regularly. We drank the Three Amigos. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ba/9c/50/ba9c503e6c4ac443a5079a49ed98b8c4.jpg Still do to this day. Plus, that's what you get for locking my thread http://incakolausa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/inca-Kola-Sodas-1024x743.jpg 
I locked so many threads, I'm not even sure what yours was.
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:26:50 AM EST
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Medical Grade Cocaine comes from the importation of the Coca Leaves that Coca Cola uses for flavoring. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Quoted: True, but only in it's very early history. The cocaine was long gone by WWII. The leaves are legally imported by the Stepan Company. They process the leaves, take out the pharmacologically active ingredients (sell those to be further processed) and sell the remaining byproducts to Coca Cola to use as a flavoring agent in Coke. It's the source of the unique bitterness and flavor in Coke. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:29:27 AM EST
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I remember new coke but dont remember what it tasted like. |
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Posted: 10/15/2019 9:35:28 AM EST
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I never was a big Cola fan, so the change had little impact on me. It is like asking someone who doesn't drink milk if they prefer 2% or whole milk.
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