# Coke vs. Pepsi! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 28, 1999, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-vs-pepsi/530 "1999-05-28T14:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
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Well, Tom, let’s see. ---
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PapaBear: > [@](#): > > BTW-who’s the guy on the package supposed to be? It’s Thor. HE’S EVERYWHERE! ---
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Coke vs. Pepsi? I think it depends on WHEN you started drinking. I was practically raised on Coke, but that was before they changed the kind of sugar they used - and I’m talking about the '80’s, not the more recent failed experiment with “New Coke.” I’ve been a Pepsi fan since. But then, sodas in general are too sweet for me, and I drink unsweetened iced tea. But you can’t get a decent (strong) iced tea anymore. ---
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Of course, they both taste like malted battery acid… _maintaining neutrality_ ---
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In my youth, they had 6oz bottles of Coke that packed a punch which Pepsi never even came close to; they toned the contents down quite a bit since. I’m still definitely a Coke drinker, though. Although I much prefer Diet Pepsi because I find Diet Coke to be much too sweet. By the way, getting back to the 6 ouncers, never figured out why the glass of some of our bottles was green, whereas most of the other bottles were made of colourless glass. I heard the green ones came from the U.S. (I hail from Canada). Can anyone shed any light on this? ---
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Put me down for Pepsi as my cola of choice. With iced tea, I lean toward Lipton. However, I don’t care what brand, as long as it’s _brewed_. I wouldn’t touch instant tea with a ten foot straw. ---
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Here’s a scary thought: Instant Coke! (shudder) ---
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Say, Matt, how do you know what malted battery acid tastes like anyway? I take Pepsi over Coke, but IBC over either. * * * “We’re gonna have lawyers here. It’ll be a fun time.” –R.R.S. ---
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I was wondering when Bloom County would make its inevitable appearance on this thread. Thanks for keeping the flame alive, matt! I drink Coke because it comes in a red can as opposed to Pepsi, which comes in red, white and blue. Anything to further the cause of internationalism! 😉 Given a choice, I’d take Coke over Pepsi, but these days I try to get fruit juices or water instead of a soft drink. Or instant iced tea, since I don’t generally have the time to brew it. The fellow on the Lipton box is Sir Thomas Lipton, founder of the tea company - or at least a stylized representation thereof, given how name-brand faces (Betty Crocker, Col. Sanders, Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima, etc.) undergo radical alterations every five years or so. * * * All Hail Unca Cecil, or the next best thing available! ---
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Olentzero writes: The fellow on the Lipton box is Sir Thomas Lipton, founder of the tea company - or at least a stylized representation thereof, given how name-brand faces (Betty Crocker, Col. Sanders, Uncle Ben, Aunt Jemima, etc.) undergo radical alterations every five years or so. –Believe it or not the image is from a photograph! “Sir Tea” enjoyed yachting (a hobby made easier by selling more tea than anyone else)and the hat he’s wearing is a yachting hat. ---
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I don’t see that there is any room for discussion. Sharp crisp tasting Pepsi or dull, flat coke. Especially when you are talking about the diet version. Coke is the ultimate expression of mediocraty whereas Pepsi is based on the ancient Greek drink known as Ambrosia. ---
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Coke or Pepsi? Which one is on sale this week? ---
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jones soda…vannila cola will do it for me. In a pinch Coke will do…Pepsi, never! * * * Cogito Ergo Vroom I think therefore I ride fast… ---
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C’mon now…rum & Pepsi? ---
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Coke? Pepsi? Why bother when you can get Black Cherry, Raspberry, or A&W Root Beer? * * * Don’t take life so serious. It ain’t nohow permanent ---
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I am more of a Mexican beer drinker, or a cabernet drinker with dinner. But just thought Id throw in that Coke has 45.6 mg of caffeine in a 12 oz. can, Pepsi has only 37.2 and RC weighs in at 36.0 mg. ---
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We’ll take that as one for the Coke side. ---
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I prefer Dr. Pepper, I think its better than Pepsi or Coke. Soft drinks are a matter of preference, I have tried almost everything and the Dr. is my cola of choice. Thats the moderate point of view, for the debate: (just for humor) Drinking cola is a matter of intelligence and taste - those that have these qualities drink Dr. Pepper and those who do not squabble over which is better, coke or pepsi. ---
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If you cut me, do I not bleed Diet 7-up? But when it has to be one or the other, the choice is clear: Coke is where it’s at. It was invented by a Confederate General and used to contain a lot of blow. Traditional American values. Nothing beats an icy Coca-Cola out of a waxy cup, the kind you get at county fairs. dysPEPSIa, on the other hand, is far too sweet. Cloying, tongue-coating. It is a drink concocted for children so that they will become lifetime customers. ---
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I’ll drink whichever is on sale, but I lean towards Mr. Pibb & Pepsi. I just happen to have a can of each in front of me here, & have to say the Pepsi can certainly _looks_ better. Those nice people at Coca-Cola have a picture of the old fasioned Coke bottle on their can, along with “delicious”, “unique” and “refreshing”, in case we hard-headed consumers still haven’t gotten the rank taste of New Coke out of our mouths yet. Pepsi, on the other hand, boasts the “same great taste” (same as what?) on its attractive icy blue can. I used to prefer Cherry Coke to either Regular Coke or Pepsi, until Pepsi came out with their Wild Cherry version and won me back. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-vs-pepsi/530.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coke-vs-pepsi/530.md?page=3)