Posted on 06/23/2023 2:08:37 PM PDT by Kevin in California
So, I very seldom drink coca cola (or even soda) anymore but my two brothers drink it alot. Anyway, they mentioned the other day that the coca cola is going flat a lot sooner than it used to. Well, I just cracked one open and drank half of it then let it sit for about 30 minutes before deciding to finish it off. Yep, absolutely flat. Never before has coca cola gotten flat this quick. I swear it seems like they've cut back on the carbonation. Anyone else that drinks coca cola notice this?
Nope. I don’t relish drinking a cup of sugar in some sort of blackish mess.
Repeal The 17th wrote:
I mix my coke with bourbon, never noticed it going flat...
After 3 or 4, I don’t care if it’s flat.
"for their pop dispensers"
Get the Mexican imported Coke. They use real sugar. It’s the only way to mix proper drinks. I think I maybe go through 1 bottle a year so I can’t really say if it goes flat any sooner.
Coke was bud light well before bud light was bud light.
I enjoy Sam’s diet soda sold by Walmart. Diet Coke is too sweet and cost too much.
I NEVER drink soda, the last time I had soda I was sick and drank enough ginger ale to sink the Titanic!! I am a HUGE bottle water drinker, soda makes me more thirsty the last time I drank soda with a meal or even fast food was 50 years ago!! When I am sick I ALWAYS seem to feel better with ginger ale for some reason otherwise soda NEVER passes my lips!!!
There are problems with the supply of that gas that makes it carbonated (I can’t think of the name of the gas right now) senior moment!!!
Ginger has healthy properties. Coke with its essential oils of cinnamon, lemon, orange, neroli (bitter orange) coriander, nutmeg and vanilla might also have some healthy properties. However, when sweetened with sugar (and high fructose corn syrup), can contribute to cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
That makes absolutely no sense!
CO2 is a byproduct of alcoholic fermentation (among being the byproduct of other biochemical and chemical reactions). Insofar as the demand for ethanol actually increased during the pandemic, and the production of ethanol was boosted accordingly, the supply of CO2 should have likewise increased.
Regards,
See my post #70!
Will add that at least one big compost-producer ("Wipptal Biogas," located in the Italian province of South Tyrol) that processes chiefly animal dung (in large tanks) always captures the resultant CO2 and boasts that it is used to make carbonated drinks.
"By processing solid livestock waste and liquid manure, associated greenhouse gas emissions (e.g., methane and CO2) can be significantly lowered beginning right at the level of animal husbandry. The deposition of the fermented material onto meadows and fields reduces nitrate contamination and ammonia emissions. [...] Thanks to the use of the latest technologies, the highly purified liquefied carbon dioxide derived from the biogas fulfills the quality standards of international beverage and food manufacturers. The possible applications of highly purified, liquefied CO2 range from the production of carbonated soft drinks, the enrichment of the air in greenhouses to accelerate photosynthesis, all the way up to the production of dry ice."
Regards,
YUCK, OMG!! That is enough to turn anyone off of soda!!!
Agreed, drink the Mexican version if you are gonna drink this stuff
Same here. There's one store in this town that stocks it —$1.50 a bottle that used to cost 10 cents when we were kids. But it tastes like that Coke from back then, instead of the corn syrup kind they've been pushing in the U.S. for years now.
So do I! 3/4 Bourbon, 1/4 Coke! It's Great!
We love Sams Club soda. So much that we prefer it to Coca Cola.
I do miss drinking it but since I’ve become older, drinking it is like drinking molten lava.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.