Coke Versus Pepsi: New High or Low in the Cola Wars? WITH POLL!

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Chaotic42

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I like both, but the best soda is Barqs from a glass bottle when eating a poboy. Unfortunately no one uses sugar in their sodas anymore.
 

fstime

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Pepsi always wins taste tests.

It's because people hear "coke" and assume they like it better because its more popular.

Either way, most people don't know what real pepsi or coke tastes like, with real sugar.
 

Throckmorton

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Royal Crown is by far the best. It's crisp and clean, not sugary like Coke and Pepsi and I think it's the only one still flavored with cola nuts. Coke/Pepsi is for kids whose brains are still at the 'sweeter is better' level of thought. I challenge everyone who voted for Coke/Pepsi to try RC


Coke only wins because of marketing.
 

Megatomic

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I like both, but the best soda is Barqs from a glass bottle when eating a poboy. Unfortunately no one uses sugar in their sodas anymore.
Ever heard of Dublin Dr. Pepper? Made with 100% pure cane sugar. But it's hard to come by even here in Texas.
 

Slew Foot

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Sep 22, 2005
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Milk, water, and the occasional juice of sorts. Okay and once a month or so I get a slurpee.

 

nageov3t

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Feb 18, 2004
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diet pepsi.

but I usually drink coke because of the vending machine in my office. it has coke bottle or pepsi cans. I'd rather have the bottle so that I can reseal it and drink it throughout the day without it going flat.
 

BrokenVisage

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Jan 29, 2005
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Coke will win, Coke almost always wins (and rightfully so). And if Coke released it's sugar-based product in more American stores, the margin would be even more lopsided.

And LOL @ the "Pepsi wins more taste tests" :D

Gotta love that retort, like Pepsi needs to come up with this crap to justify itself being in the Cola business. Good job with Mt. Dew, I'll give them that.
 

Ika

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For some reason, I despise Coke. It leaves a weird "gritty" feeling on my teeth that persists for a while. Pepsi does no such thing, and tastes better to boot.

Although, Dr. Pepper kicks both their asses. Except Wild Cherry Pepsi gives it a run for its money. So do some Mt. Dew flavors (Code Red in particular, but the Grape one last Halloween wasn't bad).
 

BrokenVisage

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One of these days someone needs to come up with a better question/poll for this debate. Something like "Which Cola Company is Better?" Because then you get the Dr. Pepper vs. Mt. Dew, Minute Maid vs. Slice, and Cherry Coke vs. Wild Cherry Pepsi debates all in one question. Coke Co. still wins, but Pepsi Co. is closer as a whole.
 

dug777

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Originally posted by: Chaotic42
I like both, but the best soda is Barqs from a glass bottle when eating a poboy. Unfortunately no one uses sugar in their sodas anymore.

All our softy is cane sugar here in Aus. Something to do with us having a vast glut of the stuff due to some fantastically protectionist policies over East ;)