The Soft Drinks Thread

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Try it if you travel to Germany.
 
After an absence of about 6, possibly 7, years, cherry coke is back on the shelves of Slovak supermarkets. The full fat one. (It's a UK expression)

My diet has actually changed so much for the better in that time and I do still really having a drink of it as a treat, but it is quite noticeable that I now find it very sickly and feel the negative effects of it getting in the way of my improved diet. Has anyone else's pallette changed over time as an adult, even if you still like the drink?
 
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After an absence of about 6, possibly 7, years, cherry coke is back on the shelves of Slovak supermarkets. The full fat one. (It's a UK expression)

My diet has actually changed so much for the better in that time and I do still really having a drink of it as a treat, but it is quite noticeable that I now find it very sickly and feel the negative effects of it getting in the way of my improved diet. Has anyone else's pallette changed over time as an adult, even if you still like the drink?
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I used to chug pop like it was water. After getting off of it to reduce my sugar intake a few years ago, I now don’t enjoy it all that much. Occasionally I’ll have a Coke with a McDonald’s, but that’s rare itself.

I pick up a Dr Pepper once in a while, but they’re only in stock about once every six months. I do really enjoy the flavour but the pop itself doesn’t make me feel great.
 
Soft drinks in general are a rare treat but even then I try sticking with sugar free variants, unless it's bottled root beer whenever I've been stateside which almost always uses cane sugar.

UK corner shops meanwhile are stocking more imported drinks than ever, including all sorts of limited edition flavours I've occasionally sampled. So far only one has been a revelation:

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Went in expecting some vile concoction but ended up finding the best Dr Pepper flavour. Apologies to coconut haters but this combo just works.
 
Maybe you could order some Faygo at Amazon or on Walmart's website. I know they have Faygo and other orange drinks. Have you tried those options yet?
 
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Maybe you could order some Faygo at Amazon or on Walmart's website. I know they have Faygo and other orange drinks. Have you tried those options yet?
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I know which local stores to go to to get Faygo. It’s just that particular store didn’t have it on that day.
 
Now, i'm not a massive consumer of soft drinks, as in fizzy pop/soda drinks. But if i do, i'm quite partial to either Dr Pepper or Cherry Coke/Cola.

I was in one of my local supermarkets about a month ago when i noticed they had on offer Dr Pepper Cherry Crush, which to be honest i never knew existed, but it was insanely cheap at £3.84 for 24 cans.

It's not bad. Not great either. As you'd expect its like a cross between Dr Pepper and Cherry Coke, yet not as nice as either. Would buy again but wouldn't go out of my way to find it.

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I actually recently tried the diet strawberry cream Dr. Pepper and I kind of fell in love with it. I got both it and the regular version and I think the diet one tastes better.
 
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What do diet drinks taste like? My mom tried some back in 2006. Sprite, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper. But I have never tried any. I've only drank the regular flavors of the drinks that I've had. My most favorable drink was Pepsi. Idk how some people stand the cherry flavor of Pepsi. I don't like cherries.
 
Chris30
What do diet drinks taste like? My mom tried some back in 2006. Sprite, Pepsi and Dr. Pepper. But I have never tried any. I've only drank the regular flavors of the drinks that I've had. My most favorable drink was Pepsi. Idk how some people stand the cherry flavor of Pepsi. I don't like cherries.
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They don't taste vastly different to the regular sugared versions. There's maybe a slight lack of sweetness, or a different kind of sweetness to them. There's probably too much sugar really in soda for it to be healthy for you in large amounts, but then again, there's evidence that the sweetners they use in the diet version probably aren't that great for you either.
 
I can’t stand diet pop. There’s just something lacking (the sugar, I know).

I’m not a pop drinker these days, prefer to have a beer, but if I do go for a pop, it’s a full sugar Schweppes Manao (key lime).

My loc supermarket, the only place I could get Dr Pepper, now only sells in bulk 8 packs which cost more than a months worth of beer, so I’ve been priced out of my favourite drink.

Just as well, too. The amount of beer I drink is likely to cause me diabetes. Having a daily Dr Pepper would only speed up the process.
 
Dr Pepper is great but either the formula has changed or my pallette has changed because it doesn't taste like it used to.
 
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Try it if you travel to Germany.
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Is that the same Paulaner that produces beer? I have to imagine it is and they've just branched out.
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there's evidence that the sweetners they use in the diet version probably aren't that great for you either.
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Ehhhhh. I guess it depends on which sweetener but sodium saccharin's harmful effects (bladder cancer) were found to be limited to rats, with test subjects receiving so much so as to affect their bladder cell production that humans, though not susceptible anyway, couldn't reasonably consume enough even if they limited their fluid intake to drinks containing more than typical amounts. I gather aspartame is potentially more problematic because of a rare genetic defect which prevents the body's breakdown of an otherwise beneficial amino acid used in the sweetener and which may cause brain damage as it builds up in the body, but I also don't know what kind of levels we're talking about.
 

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