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Today's big question - do people actually drink Diet Coke because they like the flavour? I had a bad experience with Coke Zed at the weekend and am currently trying to drink Diet Coke and this is causing me ponderings.

[Poll #783110]

Date: 2006-08-01 04:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] johnckirk.livejournal.com
My basic rule of thumb is that I prefer normal Coke to normal Pepsi, but I prefer the diet versions of Pepsi to the diet versions of Coke. I do prefer Pepsi Max to Diet Pepsi, but I tried out Coke Z recently and it was almost an effort to finish it (I had half of the bottle at work and the other half when I got home), so I won't be buying that again. Sadly the canteen here is Coke-variants only, so I'm stuck with Diet Coke rather than a Pepsi variant.

To answer your original question, I'm aware that some people do genuinely prefer the taste of diet versions (e.g. because they find the sugar version sickly), but I'm not one of them. However, I could happily drink 2L of Coke a day, which does nasty things to my WW points quota, so I make do with substitutes.

Date: 2006-08-02 10:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sulkyblue.livejournal.com
I sense considerable research has been performed here ;0)

We actually threw out the bottle of Coke Z 'cos no one could stand it.

Date: 2006-08-02 11:33 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] johnckirk.livejournal.com
It's a hobby :) Back when I was little, they used to have adverts on TV for the "Pepsi Challenge" (seeing whether random people in a shopping centre could taste the difference between Pepsi and Brand X in unlabelled glasses), and I always hoped that I'd get the chance to do that.

Regarding accessories, I always put ice in my Coke if I'm having it at home. More generally, I think all cola tastes significantly better if it's ice cold, either due to ice or because it's just out of a fridge.

Date: 2006-08-07 07:41 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sammoore.livejournal.com
I did the Pepsi challenge a long time ago. I chose Coke, and would now. Pepsi is nasty stuff. I drink more coke than is good for me but its difficult to get anything else worth drinking in a pub in North Wales (for someone who doesn't drink alcohol).

Sadly I can tell whether the coke has come from a bottle or a pump and how close to the bottom of the syrup container the spray is.....

Date: 2006-08-02 10:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] shuripentu.livejournal.com
The Cub Consortium Research Division has also decided that Pepsi Max is the best (or indeed least bad) of the diet colas out there. I haven't tried Coke Zero yet; I may have to out of curiosity, but I suspect it'll be a 330mL can given the bad reviews...

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