[Armigerous]

H-E-B Central Market here in Houston carries Mexican Coca-Cola as well as a whole slew of Mexican sodas made with suger and they move quite a bit of these I've tried a few of them including the Mexican Coke and it seems to me that the sodas made with pure sugar simply have a sharper more distinct taste - I remember Jolt Cola from a few years ago was made with sugar and about twice the caffeine as Coca Cola Why is it that we refer to orange soda, grape soda, peach soda, strawberry soda, cherry soda, etc etc but we never use the term 'cola soda' - in sort of a generic sense to avoid any brand ID or favoritism?

[NewRomeTacitus]

Jolt Cola screwed up their winning appeal by caving in to the fructose lobby...though they may have had little choice in the matter. Anyone know more about why they did this when they already proved that their loyal customers would shell out what it took for the genuine sugared product?

Escaping the polluted environs of near East St. Louis for fishing trips in Indiana during the late 1960's have one flavor memory for me: getting an ice cold "real" Coke out of a family-owned store's porch cooler and popping it open with the attached "church key". Nothing cuts the smell of your smelly catch (Bluegills!) on the way back home like those sodas did.

[rawhide]

'Why is it that we refer to orange soda, grape soda, peach soda, strawberry soda, cherry soda, etc etc but we never use the term 'cola soda' - in sort of a generic sense to avoid any brand ID or favoritism?'

Remember asking for a 'soda pop'?