Pepsi was just knocked off the cola podium. A new soft drink has taken third place.

Not The Bee ^ | May 11, 2025 | Staff

[al baby]

https://www.tiktok.com/@tanaslaughter/video/7248718059777674523?lang=en

[Yo-Yo]

Helped along in no small part by this very successful advertising campaign:

[mass55th]

"Pepsi is for Yankees. We don’t cotton to it down here."

About the only American soda available in Europe is Coke which I don't care for. Coke was doing great business in Nazi Germany. They created Orange Fanta during WWII, and it was a big hit there. The Orange Fanta sold in the U.S. and Canada, doesn't have the orange pulp in it like the Orange Fanta sold in Europe does.

[gnarledmaw]

They should make Squirt and Canada Dry with the bourbon flavor already added...

[ShadowAce]

7up is better than Sprite.

Agreed. I miss 7-Up Gold.

Back in the late 80's, 7-Up came out with a cinnamon flavor called Gold.

It was excellent.

[Red Badger]

We had Chocolate Soldier instead...........

[wardaddy]

The bomb at 120mg of caffeine but only sold in a few southern states and Wisconsin ….its how I wake up with two ice cold

[Repeat Offender]

Local grocery store here sells the real sugar Pepsi, which is pretty good.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Cheerwine’s good stuff. My wife is from NC and we always get some Cheerwine when we go visit.

Of what we can get around here (Arizona), I prefer Dr Pepper. Really don’t drink much soda, though.

[CaptainK]

I haven’t had a soda in decades. If I want a sweet cold drink I mix 3/4 of a glass with ice tea and 1/4 of OJ. Very refreshing.

[mowowie]

Moxie should be number 1

I liked Mello Yello when I was a kid.
Birch Birch Beer..Can’t remember if I liked that or not..

only joking about the moxie...

[gnarledmaw]

Maybe time to try again. They do change the formulas for soda from time to time. I remember the first Dr Pepper I had having a distinctly and disgusting peppery taste. Its been a couple of other flavors since then. I suspect the farther we go in the past the more the local bottler mattered.

[Red Badger]

I gotta try that one day.........

[Sacajaweau]

And if you have ice cream around....well I don’t think I have to tell you what happens next..;-)

[mass55th]

Never liked tea, hot or cold. The only time I drank hot tea was when I was in the hospital after major surgery, and they wouldn’t give me coffee.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Take a Dr. Pepper, our in a small bag of salted peanuts. Good Stuff.

[Bikkuri]

"Soda Pop"

[Bullish]

Oooo, Raisin paste

[gnarledmaw]

Probably because near anything beats Coke and it didnt come with all the stupid southern baggage which is why Im betting the Obama/Pepsi thing was coordinated.

[Bullish]

Nope, can't do the dew... It's a caffeine sugar bomb.