Coke purists have been seeking out Mexican Coke for many years. I make a special trip to Home Depot to buy a case of Mexican Coke. It’s how Coke used to taste before the HFCS (corn syrup) switch in the 80’s.
There are old threads here about Mexican Coke.
My only concern is whether Coca Cola will use the Mexican Coke recipe. Please don’t screw this up with research and a new drink with cane sugar.
Please, keep politics out of this thread. Mexican Coke fans have been waiting 20 years for this announcement. Lets not ruin it with politics.
Mexican Coke triggered long forgotten memories of what Coke tasted like in my 1960’s childhood. I only drink Mexican Coke now.
I believe the glass bottle is another factor in how Mexican Coke tastes. But I know they are impractical for the entire US.
I ate at McDonald’s and definitely noticed a difference in how their Coke tasted. I haven’t drank a canned Coke in many years.
I’m curious to see how young people will respond. HFCS is the only Coke they’ve ever had.
I really hesitate to link a news article.
This is not a political thread. Asking Coca Cola for Coke with cane sugar goes back 20 years. Thats long before todays climate.
I don’t taste a difference. I used to love the Pepsi challenge. How did I do? Well you didn’t get to see me in the commercials for good reason.
I don’t taste much if any difference between Mexican coke and US branded coke.
In 85 the Coca-Cola company introduced “new” coke. That mess lasted (the replace traditional Coke phase) for 79 long, long days. They finally got rid of that obomination in I think 2005.
I buy US branded as I don’t taste a difference and it’s quite a bit cheaper.
Mexican Coke is more expensive. The cases of glass bottles are heavy too. It’s the price I pay for cane sugar.
I have often wondered if New Coke was a way to make the HFCS switch? Consumers were so thrilled when the original recipe came back. I’m just speculating.
I’ve never found a timeline when the company made the sweetener switch. It may have been introduced slowly in various test markets.
Isn’t it exactly the same recipe just with a different sweetener? My understanding is that no matter where in the world you buy a Coke, the syrup comes from the Coca-Cola Company.
I thought that as well and it was very common speculation at the time. I was outraged about New Coke and hated it and was happy that they brought back Coke “Classic”. Pepsi or any other brand would not do.
By the late 80s I switched to Sprite to eliminate the caffeine from my diet. I was a Sprite fiend until around 15 years ago when I gave up sugared (or HFCS) soda entirely. I loved Jarritos too.
Now it’s all about soda water for me, mostly from my Soda Stream, with a splash or pomegranate juice but if I was still a Coke guy, this would have made my year.
It doesn’t mention it in your link, but that cold syrup is kept in metal tanks? No syrup in plastic bags. Or so a guy said who worked as a manager at the time.
It makes sense to me. Where I work we use bag in box syrup, though our water is highly filtered and cold. I won’t drink the fountain there, or pretty much anywhere but McDonald’s.
Coke purist here. We exist, we’re real, and while we can’t tell you whether that thing you gave us is a Pepsi, RC, Coke Zero, or Diet Coke, we can absolutely tell you that it’s not a Coke. My concern with this announcement is that Mexican Coke is already readily available, even to people like me who live in the boonies. The problem is that it is insanely expensive and only available in a specific form factor so I usually only get it when I’m at a restaurant as a treat. If this “new” product shares everything else (price, form factor, etc) with Mexican Coke, except where it’s bottled, I’m not seeing anything worthwhile in the announcement.
Just get me Coca-Cola Light. I tried it in Mexico and fell in love. It’s nothing like Diet Coke, even though it’s supposed to be Mexico’s version of it. It uses completely different sweeteners.
It’s one of the best soft drinks I’ve ever had and it sucks that I can’t get it in Washington State.
Kroger, Winn-Dixie, and even Walmart sell it where I live now in west central Florida, which is about as redneck as it gets. The nearest town is tiny, but we call it the Methropolis. I’m pretty sure the Publix does as well, but their website doesn’t show it in a search.
It’s really not hard to find, which is why I’m hesitant about this announcement until we get more details. If it comes in a $2 12 oz. glass bottle, I’m not seeing an advantage.
