Back in the dark ages, when Coke decided to bring out their new formula, I tried it and really liked it. It had the sharp taste of the clove, but was sweeter than their Classic Coke.
Now, I generally settle for Classic Coke over Pepsi, but I miss the New Coke. In my opinion, it was the best of the three. If only they could re-release the formula with a new name – maybe call it Coke: the Next Generation.
Anyone else out there feel the same way?
I actually liked it at the time but still prefer coke classic. I can’t stand pepsi that nasty swill.
I liked it too.
I also like Crystal Pepsi.
Make of that what you will.
I like New Coke because it was a nice compromise of Coke’s more complex flavor and Pepsi’s sweetness.
Snopes says that Pepsi consistently won in blind taste tests because people liked its sweeter, smoother flavor. However, when Cola Cola tried updating their formula, they found that most people weren’t drinking it for the flavor, they were drinking it because Coke is Freedom, Coke is History, Coke is Mom and Apple Pie! Thus New Coke’s rapid demise, and the return of Coca Cola Classic.
I don’t even remember what New Coke tasted like, but I loved Crystal Pepsi, too! Lemony!
I liked it better then old Coke, but not as good as Pepsi. Mostly I liked it because they gave me dozens of free sixpacks. I never bought one.
They still sell the New Coke in some markets. It’s called Coke II and Snopes says it holds .1% of the market share. I’ve never seen it however.
The New Coke was just Diet Coke with its artificial sweeteners replaced with corn syrup. I imagine if regular Coke and New Coke were on the market at the same time, they could co-exist, if you called New Coke something else- but I don’t know what. Diet Coke Sweet? Non-Diet Diet Coke? SuperCoke?
We didn’t get New Coke in Australia, so I can’t comment on it. But I prefer common or garden Coke to Pepsi because it’s not as sweet. It’s still pretty bloody sweet though, so I’m still waiting for them to market Coke Dry. I like those Italian Chinotto drinks, but the bottles are tiny, and they are expensive. I imagine a dry version of Coke tasting similar to those.
When Coca-Cola developed New Coke, it won every blind test they ran it in against Pepsi and Coke. Every test group preferred it, often by large margins. Believe me, they weren’t going to release any flavour until it could win a blind taste test.
So, actually, the truth is that more people like the taste of New Coke than either Pepsi or Coke. I liked it.
WORST. MARKETING. DISASTER. EVER.
Although, there are plenty of stories on the 'net about how it actually turned out to be the best thing that ever happened to them.
I’m with TheLoadedDog–Classic Coke borders on being too sweet. New Coke was syrupy enough to be nasty. It was Diet Coke trying to be Pepsi, a perverse and perverted goal if I’ve ever encountered one.
Ahem. I didn’t like it.
I liked New Coke because the Cos told me to
I preferred Kodak film because the Cos said it was good
I ate Jello pudding pops because the Cos said I should
Then I grew older, I hated New Coke, and Coke II, I decided Fuji was better because it was Japanese, and I never really liked Jello.
now that the Cos is not selling me anything I’m not sure what to do…
Now can I openly hate Cosby and those #@%@#%@ pudding pops?
Okay… I may sound like a conspiracy nut but in truth, I’m just in marketing.
Many consider the introduction of New Coke and the subsequent return to Classic Coke with their tail between their legs, an unmitigated marketing disaster.
However, my suspicion is that it was a planned exercise to cleanse the national palate. Coke had been made with sugar, which was becoming much more expensive than switching to cheap, ubiquitous, corn syrup. Now they couldn’t just switch the formula because the difference in taste would have been much too noticible. Ergo, New Coke, with a revised formula designed to be worse tasting than the original. As America complains about the New Coke and how much worse it is than the Old Coke, pining for the original, Coca Cola reformulates the original formula replacing costly sugar with corn syrup.
Much hoopla about hearing the voice of a nation forcing them to switch back. The new Classic Coke is better than the New Coke but not as good as Original Coke. In spite of the millions spent on the perceived failure of New Coke, they end up probably saving billions using corn syrup instead of sugar.
Okay, if you have doubts about this, there are some Mexican restaurants around that import Coca Cola from Mexico where it is still made with sugar instead of corn syrup. Try some and see for yourself that Original Coke is much better than Classic Coke.
I seem to recall that the head of a group called “Old Coke Drinkers of America” took a blind taste test on TV and picked New Coke several times in a row.
I think the whole thing was hype.
Or else you can buy Coke (& Pepsi) made with cane sugar at Passover time (Ashkenazic Orthodox Jews do not eat corn on Passover). Any bottle marked “KP” is made with cane sugar.
I do this every year, of course. There is no discernable difference in taste.
I answered a phone survey at the time.
I told the guy it tasted like Pepsi, he asked me why I bought it and I said “I needed something to mix with rum”.
I remember liking it, and being rather befuddled by the outcry. I still preferred root beer, though.
I wanted to know how long they were going to call it “New Coke”.
Fibonacci, if you check out the Snopes Cokelore page, which I linked to above, you’ll find a debunking of that popular myth.