# fast food sodas **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726 "2003-09-15T15:27:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/1 "2003-09-15T15:27:54Z")
Okay, disclaimer- I’m only posting this cos the cold medicine is making me loopy. I’m the only human being in the world who actually likes the fact that I get ice in my diet coke at fast food places, right? ---
**Author:** ![beerchick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@beerchick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beerchick)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/2 "2003-09-15T15:47:34Z")
Ice is fine in summer but not in the winter unless soda is hot. People feel that they are being cheated becuse the use of ice is excessive in fast food places ect. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/3 "2003-09-15T15:49:20Z")
I don’t mind a little ice. It’s when they put as much in there as possible so that I only get 6 ounces of soda in a 20 ounce cup that I feel cheated. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/4 "2003-09-15T16:20:10Z")
Supposedly the soda/syrup mix is calibrated to correspond to a half cup of ice. (Bear in mind the cup is tapered, so that an actual half cup will look like almost two thirds of a cup.) Too much ice and you get a watery drink, too little and you get a too-syrupy tasting drink. (This is what we were repeatedly told when I worked for a theater chain. We were admonished for both under and over icing.) Me? I like ice. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/5 "2003-09-15T16:20:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beerchick \* > Ice is fine in summer but not in the winter unless soda is hot. People feel that they are being cheated becuse the use of ice is excessive in fast food places ect. \*\* They don’t usually advertise it but generally fast-food places offer free refills. ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/6 "2003-09-15T16:23:16Z")
There’s something about the flavor of the ice at McDonalds which makes the Coke taste slightly different. So if I’m getting a coke at McD’s (which is the only thing I get there, being a vegetarian-type person) I get ice. If I’m getting a drink anywhere else, I go ice-free or ask for light ice, and make them take it back if there’s too much. I’m demanding like that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SanibelMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@SanibelMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanibelMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/7 "2003-09-15T16:23:29Z")
I have filled up a fast-food cup from a bottle of Coke, and I could taste the difference between the bottled Coke and the fountain Coke. What this means, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/8 "2003-09-15T16:27:38Z")
**SanibelMan** - different syrup/soda water ratio. I prefer fresh-mixed fountain coke, myself - someday I’m getting a Coke fountain installed in the kitchen. ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/9 "2003-09-15T16:41:47Z")
Actually, fastfood joint’s syrup/soda drinks hurt my toung about 1/2 way through the drink… ---
**Author:** ![fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@fizzygoodmakefeelnice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzygoodmakefeelnice)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fast-food-sodas/201726/10 "2003-09-15T16:47:15Z")
You need the ice. You need it to put down people backs. You Coke wont taste the same otherwise.