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I think the ‘special ingredient’ was omitted before the 50’s, but don’t quote me.The real Coca Cola, not Pepsi, Dr Pepper or any other imitation, is the only mixer I'll use.
Drinkers of neat, unspoiled spirits will say, Coke is as bad as any, but IMO there's only one mixer.
To use the others is like taking your tongue & palate on a cheap, double date McDonalds.
As a drink by itself, yeah, I can have bad days where I might do 600 - 1200ml, especially in summer. Call it a moment of weakness. It's also a matter of what the shop has to offer. If that's all they have in the fizzy section, them I'm kind of backed into a corner.
I did try and make a change for the better a few years ago by greatly reducing the amount of sugar in my fizzy drink choices. Anything has got to be better than 16 teaspoons in a 375ml can, right? Mineral Water with added fruit juice such as a Schweppes with 50% less sugar, has got to be better than doing bugger all.
Did Coke still have 'Mexican marching powder' added to it in the 50s?
When did they stop that?
When I toured China I always had a Pepsi or Sprite bungeed to my luggage, and I’d grab a Red Bull if it was a particularly rough day.
The last few years I switched to Schweppes because they do a great lime soda and it comes in sugar free, too. But without the sugar it’s just lacking that spark, so I gave up on pop for the most part.
I genuinely think of pop as sugary poison now, and would much rather have a beer for my carbonated needs.
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