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What's with Diet COKE?

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December 20, 2022, 06:11 PM
George43
What's with Diet COKE?
No taste, No flavor?

Tastes like bad carbonated water?

What say?


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December 20, 2022, 06:13 PM
MNSIG
I haven't noticed any change in the flavor.
December 20, 2022, 06:19 PM
ZSMICHAEL
Topamax will cause that.
December 20, 2022, 06:23 PM
flesheatingvirus
It has always been clearly inferior to Diet Dr. Pepper.


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December 20, 2022, 06:39 PM
BigSwede
I can handle a Coke Zero but Diet is dog piss



December 20, 2022, 07:27 PM
MelissaDallas
I always had better luck with non-Coke diet drinks because I don’t expect them to taste such a specific way. Diet root beer, Sprite and 7-Up are better to me. Diet fountain drinks all suck in my opinion.
December 20, 2022, 08:06 PM
Jamess1
Did it taste like dirt?

Could have been old can/bottle

Gets that way when the sweetener starts to turn.
December 20, 2022, 08:13 PM
flesheatingvirus
It’s a bit more tolerable if you add enough alcohol.


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December 20, 2022, 08:40 PM
jprebb
quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
I can handle a Coke Zero but Diet is dog piss

Coke Zero is surprisingly good!

JP
December 21, 2022, 06:22 AM
4MUL8R
Illness that affects ones taste can linger for months, and dramatically affect certain flavors. This could be the case here.


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December 21, 2022, 07:04 AM
BurtonRW
Diet Coke is only marginally better than TAB. It requires lots of ice and plenty of lemon to make it tolerable.

Coke Zero is infinitely better, but still pales in comparison to Diet Pepsi, which in a surprising juxtaposition with its Coke counterparts, is better than Pepsi Zero (unless you're talking about Cherry Pepsi Zero).

Diet Dr. Pepper is superior to the rest, since it's barely distinguishable from regular Dr. Pepper when properly chilled. I'd also put Diet Barq's in the superior category.

You can have your own opinion, of course, but mine are correct.

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December 21, 2022, 07:30 AM
arfmel
You’re aware, of course, that diet soda saps and impurifies all of our precious bodily fluids?
December 21, 2022, 07:34 AM
MNSIG
^^^^^

Uh huh…
December 21, 2022, 08:09 AM
Pipe Smoker
Taste is personal preference. That said, Diet Coke is my preferred zero calorie soda. It’s less sweet than most, and I don’t have a sweet tooth.



Serious about crackers.
December 21, 2022, 08:59 AM
Georgeair
Coke Zero for the win, from a historical Diet Coke drinker for a couple decades before Zero came out.

Just don't be fooled as we were at first thinking Zero means no caffeine as well. That took a couple restless nights and an ah-HA moment! Roll Eyes



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December 21, 2022, 10:08 AM
Pipe Smoker
quote:
Originally posted by Georgeair:
Coke Zero for the win, from a historical Diet Coke drinker for a couple decades before Zero came out.

Just don't be fooled as we were at first thinking Zero means no caffeine as well. That took a couple restless nights and an ah-HA moment! Roll Eyes

I buy Caffeine-Free Diet Coke.



Serious about crackers.
December 21, 2022, 10:10 AM
Ryanp225
I don't understand the appeal of consuming such a chemical let alone enjoying the synthetic "taste" of it.
I'd just as soon drink dishwasher detergent.
December 21, 2022, 10:13 AM
Expert308
I've never liked Diet Coke, can't stand it. Surprisingly, the caffeine-free diet version is actually drinkable. Zero is OK, too. But as others have said, the diet versions of Dr. Pepper, 7-Up / Sprite, and Barqs are infinitely better than those of either Coke or Pepsi.
December 21, 2022, 10:25 AM
apprentice
If you're ditching calories but can't stand to live w/o soda I guess the diet drinks are your only option.

Myself, diet Coke always made me literally nauseated so I never delved any further into the genre.
December 21, 2022, 10:29 AM
armored
Coke is, and always will be, on my boycott list after there woke, anti white stance.
Right up there with the Salvation Army!