# Do you have a preferred method of drinking cola beverages? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [July 18, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416 "2014-07-18T00:09:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/1 "2014-07-18T00:09:16Z")
I don’t always drink cola-flavored beverages, but when I do, I prefer to drink Coke: 1. With a straw 2. Out of a styrofoam cup 3. With crushed ice. Like [this](http://pfoody.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/NW-FlakyIce-193x300.jpg), but with a straw. Or [this](http://adventuremomblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/IMG_9722-525x700.jpg), but in s styrofoam cup. So how do you like yours? In a glass bottle? In a can? In a highball glass on the rocks with a splash of coconut rum? Or no preference whatsoever? Does the brand matter? Coke? Pepsi? RC? Faygo Cola? ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/2 "2014-07-18T00:13:21Z")
Lots of ice, either crushed or cubed, and with a straw, in a glass or a paper cup (like a McDonald’s to go container). I’m having some right now. And never diet. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/3 "2014-07-18T00:15:36Z")
In an aluminum can. Ice is too watered down and plastic makes it not crisp enough. Glass is okay. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/4 "2014-07-18T00:21:43Z")
I like to go orally. As a second, probably aurally. You get that whole snap-crackle-pop thing. ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/5 "2014-07-18T00:31:33Z")
No ice, even in really hot weather because I hate how it melts and dilutes the Coke. I don’t like to drink straight from the can or bottle but will do so, at a pinch, if I have a straw. I prefer to drink from a glass. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/6 "2014-07-18T00:43:03Z")
Can straight out of the fridge. Love it. ---
**Author:** ![OldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3bc359/32.png) [@OldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldGuy)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/7 "2014-07-18T00:44:02Z")
Me, too. From a can straight out of the fridge. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/8 "2014-07-18T01:38:27Z")
It’s a drink I have maybe twice a year (I know - excessive) and when I do have it, it has to be off-the-shelf warm. I quickly pour half of it into a glass, and down it immediately before all the froth actually turns back into cola. The offensive residue (unfizzed cola) is chucked down the sink. I do the same with the other half. There is no therapy for this. ---
**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/9 "2014-07-18T02:07:36Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Can straight out of the fridge. Love it. Well, plastic bottle, but, yeah, straight from the container while it’s cold. No ice, no decanting into a cup or glass. Maximal retention of carbonation. Makes the burps all the more hearty. (Of course, for burps, Ginger Ale seems to pack more punch than most Colas.) ---
**Author:** ![Buttercup\_Smith](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buttercup_smith/32/473_2.png) [@Buttercup\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buttercup_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/10 "2014-07-18T02:22:32Z")
In a real glass with ice cubes. ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/11 "2014-07-18T02:36:24Z")
With my mouth. Seriously, other than that, no preference except that it should be cold and ideally a sugarless version of whatever cola it is. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/12 "2014-07-18T02:43:33Z")
In a glass with ice. If I have a choice, I prefer the little cubes with indentations on the side (most often available from hotel ice machines). If I have crushed ice, I prefer to use a straw. My ice at home comes in half-moons, and I drink straight out of the glass, but sometimes the chunks of ice will impede the flow of cola or fall abruptly against my teeth, and I hate that. Not that I’m picky. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/13 "2014-07-18T03:13:14Z")
No ice, poured into a light weight glass, diet pepsi. I drink it all day long. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/14 "2014-07-18T03:32:04Z")
I never drink cola except occasionally as a mixer. When I drink it as a mixer, it is usually with bourbon and a little ice, in a glass or stainless steel tumbler. Or a splash of it in a Long Island. If I were to drink some straight, it’d probably be just out of the bottle, but I’d rather just have a soda water. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Downtown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/15 "2014-07-18T03:33:52Z")
A couple of ice cubes, to keep it cold, and a big wedge of lemon (or a sprinkle of lemon Kool-Aid) because it’s too sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Jsei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Jsei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jsei)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/16 "2014-07-18T03:34:33Z")
Can, out of the fridge, open the tab partway. A guy once told me to get a knife and poke a hole in the top since it was just as effective. If not that, in a glass and flat (after drinking the fizz). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/17 "2014-07-18T03:37:33Z")
A nice can, out of the fridge. Or with tons of free refills out of a glass with ice, fresh from the dispenser. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/18 "2014-07-18T03:52:44Z")
I prefer cold over room temperature, but that’s not a deal breaker. Never with ice, I don’t even own a glass. Right out of the can. I’m lucky – in Texas the store brand has a line made with cane sugar, so 20c a can, without HFCS. Ii prefer the DrPepper knockoff. When I get a burger, the drink is free for seniors, I get root beer and use a straw, no ice. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/19 "2014-07-18T03:57:54Z")
I either like it straight out of the fridge in a can, or else in a styrofoam or paper cup with lots of ice. Either with a lid and a straw, or no lid and no straw. Don’t care for it as much from a plastic or glass bottle. It changes it in a way I can’t quite identify, and it’s not as good. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416/20 "2014-07-18T04:50:05Z")
Out of the can from the fridge. I don’t always drink cola-flavored beverages, but when I do, I prefer Coca-Cola Vanilla Zero. Stay thirsty, my friends. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-a-preferred-method-of-drinking-cola-beverages/693416.md?page=2)