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Pepsi VS Coka Cola

I always had prefered Coca Cola over Pepsi but once I was on holidays and Pepsi was there much better than Coke.
 
I don't drink anything carbonated anymore, so neither. But 10 years ago when I used to, Coke was too carbonated, which gave it too much "bite", and Pepsi was too sweet. Given the choice I'd have taken Coke, but if there was a 3rd option, like RC, that'd be the big winner.
 
diet pepsi specifically because it apparently has a chemical in it that promotes dopamine production and as an adhd person I’ve become addicted
 
Back in the days of "the pepsi challenge", I actually participated in one. Turned out I liked Pepsi better than Coke. The *FLAVOR* is the same (or close enough to make no difference to me) but back then (dunno if still true today - I won't touch either one anymore) the carbonation was different between them. The best way I can try to describe it is that the coke bubbles somehow seemed "bigger", more "gritty" - like comparing a sheet of 400-grit sandpaper to a sheet of 40-grit. The Pepsi carbonation was somehow "finer" in texture, and didn't seem to "attack" my mouth the way the Coke seemed to.

Even back then, I preferred a Creme Soda (Faygo did a good one, but not as good as "Dad's", which was hard to find in our area) or a 7Up (or its close-enough-to-exact clone "Bubble-up") over any variation of cola.
 
UR20Z said:
Back in the days of "the pepsi challenge", I actually participated in one. Turned out I liked Pepsi better than Coke. The *FLAVOR* is the same (or close enough to make no difference to me) but back then (dunno if still true today - I won't touch either one anymore) the carbonation was different between them. The best way I can try to describe it is that the coke bubbles somehow seemed "bigger", more "gritty" - like comparing a sheet of 400-grit sandpaper to a sheet of 40-grit. The Pepsi carbonation was somehow "finer" in texture, and didn't seem to "attack" my mouth the way the Coke seemed to.

Even back then, I preferred a Creme Soda (Faygo did a good one, but not as good as "Dad's", which was hard to find in our area) or a 7Up (or its close-enough-to-exact clone "Bubble-up") over any variation of cola.
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TRS sells Dad's these days, and I think Sportsman's Wh does as well.
 
saddlebum66 said:
TRS sells Dad's these days, and I think Sportsman's Wh does as well.
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Got a mom-n-pop store just up the road a mile, mile-an-half, that stocks the "old-time" sodas - Moxie, Dad's, at least two dozen others I can't remember the names of. They're where I got my first taste of Moxie <shudder> Stephen King has one of his characters say, "The world naturally divides into two camps - those fortunate few who revere Moxie over all other potables, and the unfortunate majority." I'm one of the unfortunate majority. That stuff is nothing short of disgusting. Made me think of the flavor of the PTC paper that we got handed to taste (or not, as each of us was genetically inclined - turned out I'm a "taster", as well as a "roller" (as in, one of those who have the genetics to be capable of rolling their tongue into a tube)) as part of the genetics and inheritance segment in science class back about 9th grade. Bitter/sour/chemical, and over all, just plain NASTY.
 
UR20Z said:
Got a mom-n-pop store just up the road a mile, mile-an-half, that stocks the "old-time" sodas - Moxie, Dad's, at least two dozen others I can't remember the names of. They're where I got my first taste of Moxie <shudder> Stephen King has one of his characters say, "The world naturally divides into two camps - those fortunate few who revere Moxie over all other potables, and the unfortunate majority." I'm one of the unfortunate majority. That stuff is nothing short of disgusting. Made me think of the flavor of the PTC paper that we got handed to taste (or not, as each of us was genetically inclined - turned out I'm a "taster", as well as a "roller" (as in, one of those who have the genetics to be capable of rolling their tongue into a tube)) as part of the genetics and inheritance segment in science class back about 9th grade. Bitter/sour/chemical, and over all, just plain NASTY.
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Stephen King is a Massachusetts boy, which explains his tastes....But to enjoy that stuff is probably a genetic thing. Like Cilantro, which some few certain ethnicities, mostly European and some Asians love the stuff. The rest of the World thinks it tastes like soap....
 
saddlebum66 said:
Stephen King is a Massachusetts boy, which explains his tastes....But to enjoy that stuff is probably a genetic thing. Like Cilantro, which some few certain ethnicities, mostly European and some Asians love the stuff. The rest of the World thinks it tastes like soap....
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I've heard the "soap" comparison about Cilantro before. I don't like the stuff, personally, but don't think it tastes like soap. To me, it strikes a metallic note - Almost like something that's been in a classic "tin can" for years long forgotten, and has absorbed the flavor of the metal. Not "gone bad", just a weird metallic taste. Not quite the same as, but also not too different from, water with a *VERY* high iron content, plus just the slightest, most minuscule hint of sulphur - not enough to "stink", just enough that a sniff tells you "Yes, there's sulphur present". Much like an artesian well (a "true" artesian well, that spit out water under pressure with no pumping required) I knew of back when I was a kid.

FWIW, Steve has explicitly stated that he absolutely DESPISES Moxie. But with the area he was raised (Mass) and where he spent most of his career (Maine) - basically "the heart of Moxie country", the same way Atlanta is "the heart of Coka-Cola country" - he was constantly bombarded with Moxie ads, memorabilia, signage, etc, so it left an indelible impression on him. Since he has a habit of "writing what he knows", it's hardly surprising that Moxie appears in his works. I'm pretty sure that the "naturally divides" line I mentioned was in the first third or so of "11/22/63", as the main character (who found the stuff grotesque) repeated something he'd been told by a merchant who flogged the stuff, but don't hold me to that.
 
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Don't care either way, but I haven't seen an AI generated Pepsi commercial, so I guess Pepsi is my choice.
 
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