Do the Dew!

What flavor is Mountain Dew? It's marketed as an alternative to Sprite and 7-Up, but it sure isn't lemon-lime? Could it be lemon-orange? I believe one of the ingredients is concentrated orange juice...

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"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way..."
--Jessica Rabbit,Who Framed Roger Rabbit

I seem to associate Mountain Dew with grapefruit juice. Perhaps that's the flavor you're looking for.

In the Canadian Govt., all job postings are in English and French. There have been a lot of "deployments" recently, and this has been translated into French as "mutation".

Oops! Meant to put that in the "Weird Jobs" thread. Apologies!

The secret ingredient is industrial waste.

It contains concentrated orange juice according to the label.

Here's a fun fact. In Japan the orange concentrate is replaced with tangerine concentrate.

Oh yeah, and apparently Canadian Mountain Dew has no caffeine.

There are way too many people with Mountain Dew sites. For example:

http://www.acts.org/roland/mt.dew/nmr1.large.gif

The guy actually ran the Dew through an NMR.


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Personally, I prefer Sprite to Dew, and if I'm at a place that only serves Pepsi products, I always try to get a lemon-lime Slice whenever possible. Unfortunatlely, since it's treated as an alternative to Sprite even though it's a different flavor. Still, Mountain Dew isn't that bad, it's just that I think lemon-lime soda tastes better.

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"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way..."
--Jessica Rabbit,Who Framed Roger Rabbit

I don't understand the concept of Mountain Dew without caffeine. Don't get me wrong, I like the flavor, but mainly I drink the stuff when 1) I need to wake up, or 2) I sense an impending headache from caffeine withdrawal. It's convenient because it's sold in the office vending machine, as neither Jolt nor Water Joe are.

(I've also been known to drink coffee, but only 50/50 with milk. My company has only that powdered creamer crap; I'm sure this is why they have such a high turnover among programmers.)

I don't understand the concept of Mountain Dew without caffeine. ]]] auraseer

Atta boy! You'll soon become one of us.
Get ready to move up to a purer source.

Don't get me wrong, I like the flavor, but mainly I drink the stuff when 1) I need to wake up, or 2) I sense an impending headache from caffeine withdrawal.

Come on over to the dark roast side.
You have no choice, it is willed.
You are one of us now.
(hey, anyone else here hear dark congested breathing?)

It's convenient because it's sold in the office vending machine, as neither Jolt nor Water Joe are.]]] auraseer

A likely story. You will find it in its manny forms if only you seeeeeeeeek!
Or seek, whatever.
Tell the guy that fills the pop machine, duh.
They'll fill whatever sells.

(I've also been known to drink coffee, but only 50/50 with milk. ]]]

Hehe, he only started on half doses.
(still, you are now ours)

My company has only that powdered creamer crap; I'm sure this is why they have such a high turnover among programmers.)]]]

" I couldn't work at that place because it used Cremora, instead of real cream. "
"I found it impossible to create a really good powder explosion using only CoffeeMate."

What the hell did you expect?
You could hardly blame turnover on that, though.
Good luck suing for that.

*ya freakin crybaby. Why in my day, we had to clean our own freakin coffeepots!*
*whimp!*


-uh, sorry, must be the caffeine talkin'-

Shit, I thought this thread was gonna' be about making love in the grass. I must be watching way too much porn.

As an Canadian friend described it, it's illegal to artifically add caffine to a product in Canada, so there's your no-caffine Dew.

Insert your own anti-Canada joke here, 'cause I'm not getting flamed for it.



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"I guess it is possible for one person to make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn't."

Jophiel writes:
As an Canadian friend described it, it's illegal to artifically add caffine to a product in Canada, so there's your no-caffine Dew.

--Woah. Woah. Does this mean Coke and Pepsi have no caffine in Canada? Just askin'

There's a weird law in this country that says that colas may contain caffeine, but other softdrinks may not.

It wasn't always that way - I remember Mountain Dew used to contain more caffeine than other brands&flavours, but now it doesn't have any.

I vaguely remember there being some kind of media fuss about caffeine in soft drinks back in the early 70's. That's probably when the law came in.

Getting a little off the topic, Yellow 5 is one of the ingredients in Mountain Dew and people tell me it reduces sperm count. How exactly does that work? Does it shrink the testicles, derange the sperm... what?

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hurt his hand some more." -- Joseph Heller's Catch-22

Aura, you are my friend! That powdered "cream" stuff (soybean oil, corn syrup, etc) is a blasphemous (sp??) mutation. DOWN WITH CREAMORA!! ;)

Getting a little off the topic, Yellow 5 is one of the ingredients in Mountain Dew and people tell me it reduces sperm count. How exactly does that work? Does it shrink the testicles, derange the sperm... what?

Shame on you. Unka Cece dealt with this one!http://www.straightdope.com/columns/970829.html




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BugZap, you needn't bother trying to make me a coffee convert; I just don't particularly like the taste of the stuff. It's not bad as a flavoring in something else, so if I'm in the mood, I literally drink milk & sugar with a little coffee mixed in.

And when you say I'm only on "half doses", I hope you're talking about coffee, and not caffeine in general. I drink a lot of caffeine. When I was in high school and too young to buy alcohol, my friends and I would get our kicks from liter bottles of Jolt. (That's a liter at a time, each.) My tolerance is now high enough that I can drink almost a six-pack of Dew and go straight to bed. My dependency is now so strong that going more than 36 hours without a fix results in a blinding headache from withdrawal. (It used to be about 20 hours, but I've been cutting down.)

I have a picture of the caffeine molecule on the wall next to my PC. The caption says "The Breakfast Of Champions."

All of which brings me to another question. Does long-term caffeine consumption do any harm to the body? I know that more than a certain dose can be fatal-- on occasion I've gotten heart palpitations during a long all-nighter-- but I'm more interested in any little hurts that build up over time.
(Alcohol causes cirrhosis; smoking causes cancer; if my own major vice is fixing to kill me, I might like to know about it. =B^)

[In my best Bela Lugosi voice]

I'm sorry, BugZap but I do not drink...coffee

All of which brings me to another question. Does long-term caffeine consumption do any harm to the body? I know that more than a certain dose can be fatal-- on occasion I've gotten heart palpitations during a long all-nighter-- but I'm more interested in any little hurts that build up over time.
(Alcohol causes cirrhosis; smoking causes cancer; if my own major vice is fixing to kill me, I might like to know about it. =B^)

Well, I was just told by my doctor (last Monday) that my caffeine intake is causing irregular heartbeat; the palpitations you mention. He has told me to cut way back and said it could lead to heart problems later on.

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Nuff about Dew - what about Dr Pepper?

I once heard that it is carbonated prune juice. True?

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KITTEN

He who walk through airport door sideways going to Bangkok. - Confucius

AuraSeer if you realy need a caffeine fix I might have an answer. I have a friend who makes expresso(sp?) with Water Joe. He drinks it every morning when he wakes up just like regular coffee, If he doesn't get it, his hands shake realy bad. kinda scarry huh?

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And when you say I'm only on "half doses", I hope you're talking about coffee, and not caffeine in general.]]] auraseer

Yeah, I was just cracking about putting cream in it. Thins it down to a half dose.

Are you sure your headaches are caused by caffeine withdrawl? I realize this is a common effect with some people, but although I've quit caffeine several times I've never gotten them.
You might try some neck and shoulder stretching exercises, more headaches are caused by that muscle tension kind of thing than missing a couple cups.

Re: caffeine molecule,,, You might get a kick out of Lee Marrs' cartoon 'Nation of addicts!' (_A history of underground comics_, Ronin publishing, Mark James Estren, Isbn:0-914171-64-x, pg. 207)

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And you call yourself one of Us?

Coffee is natures cruelest joke.....*Nothing* could taste as good as coffee smells, and what you actually get when you taste it; You just know that such a huge let down is a purposefull and cruel hoax by an uncaring and cruel universe. ;)
(As should be obvious, I love the smell of coffee, but think it is barely fit for consumption.)

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Aura said:
as neither Jolt nor Water Joe are.

Water Joe? I know now what is Water Joe?? Of Jolt, I know (although where in the rural outback of midtown Manhattan to find it, this I know not!)...of Water Joe, I am ignorant. Of Water Joe, you will tell, yes?



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Water Joe is just water with caffeine dissolved in it. Kinda pontless, unless you don't like coffee, tea, or any kind of pop.

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"I had a feeling that in Hell there would be mushrooms." -The Secret of Monkey Island

[[...although I've quit caffeine several times...]]
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And you call yourself one of Us? Harvey

Well Harve, I didn't say it was voluntary now did I?
I spent three weeks (seperate) in the hospital in the last two years, and for some odd reason they didn't let us have any product containing caffeine. I think it had something to do with wanting a docile population since they were pretty free in handing out the Valium, but they claimed it interfered with the effectiveness of some medications. No cigarettes allowed either, but all the nicotine patches you wanted.
(there were a couple of instances of tasters choice being smuggled in by visitors, but not enough to satisfy a real jones)

When I got out, I went home and drank a pot of strong coffee, and chain smoked for about three hours to get 'right' again.

If you wan'ta run cool,,,,the scotch and hamburgers came later.

Luckily, you have other sources of caffeine because coffee and the U.S., home of the "bottomless cup", don't mix together too well. Uggghhhh! How CAN you drink this transparent brownish liquid you dare to call coffee?? :)

And AuraSeer: 50/50 with milk?!?! Get a grip, man.

Diceman wrote:
Water Joe is just water with caffeine dissolved in it. Kinda pontless, unless you don't like coffee, tea, or any kind of pop.
I've perceived two major benefits to Water Joe. First, it has fewer calories than soda-- to wit, none. (I find diet sodas revolting and detestable.) Second, because it isn't as acidic as coffee or tea, you can pull a foodless all-nighter and not feel like puking.
As a bonus, you don't have to drink it straight; if you feel like it, you can freeze it into ice cubes, or make lemonade from it, or whatever.


omniscientnot wrote:
And AuraSeer: 50/50 with milk?!?! Get a grip, man.
My dad once asked me if I wanted some coffee with my milk and sugar. Suddenly realizing that this was an option, I said no. =B^)

All these posts about caffeine are nice, but aren't we forgetting my original question? What flavor is Mountain Dew?

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"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way..."
--Jessica Rabbit,Who Framed Roger Rabbit

It's Mountain Dew flavored...duh.
;) ;) <--For the humor impaired.

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&gt;&gt;while contemplating the navel of the universe, I wondered, is it an innie or outie?&lt;&lt;

---The dragon observes

All these posts about caffeine are nice, but aren't we forgetting my original question? What flavor is Mountain Dew?

Yep. We sure are.

It tastes like chick-, I mean pis-, I mean,,
It tastes like sugar-water.
Sugar+water+flavorings, (of indeterminate origion,) and 65Mg of caffeine added for a little lift. (and who knows where they got the caffeine) (probably extracted it from some genetic experiment gone wrong) {remember machine picked tomatoes that never ripen?,,,
I rest my case}

Don't sneer. Sugar water + caffeine= Big Mojo. And if you also happen to have a little citric acid to add,,,

Does that answer it for ya'?

What about Tab? Runoff water from landfills?

Does that answer it for ya'?

Yes, but what about Dr Pepper? Carbonated prune juice?



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KITTEN

He who walk through airport door sideways going to Bangkok. - Confucius

Welfy: :P


Also, I believe that Cecil has already spent far too much time on Dr Pepper.

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"I had a feeling that in Hell there would be mushrooms." -The Secret of Monkey Island

Also, I believe that Cecil has already spent far too much time on Dr Pepper.

Agreed, but is Dr Pepper carbonated prune juice?


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KITTEN

He who walk through airport door sideways going to Bangkok. - Confucius

I finally got off my dead ass and asked Jeeves http://www.ask.com. This is what I found in answer to my own question if anyone is interested.

"Brian McElroy posted to alt.fan.dr-pepper on 1/19/98 about his visit to the Dublin Dr Pepper plant, which I think definitively answers two questions at once:

"Just got back today from the Dublin bottling plant and museum. There has been a lot of debate on what flavor Dr Pepper really is, so I asked Mr. Kloster [Bill Kloster], the plant owner, who has worked in that plant for almost 60 years. According to him, Dr Pepper is a mix of 23 different fruit flavors. The original creator wanted to create a drink that tasted like the smell of a soda shop. When you walked into a soda shop in that day, you smelled all the fruit flavors of the different sodas all mixed into one. So he basically took a bunch of flavors and mixed them, and came up with Dr Pepper. He said Dr Pepper does not and has never had prune juice in it."


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KITTEN

He who walk through airport door sideways going to Bangkok. - Confucius

What about Tab? Runoff water from landfills?

Of course, but WHAT ABOUT DR PEPPER???


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KITTEN

He who walk through airport door sideways going to Bangkok. - Confucius

no c&p

Mountain Dew is good with creamer.
Don't ask. :O

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I wonder what the king is doing tonight?