Or Boylan’s if you’re on the east coast. Boylan’s Birch Beer has ruined me for all other soft drinks.
RC Cola also lists “sugar and/or high-fructose corn syrup” on the label. When I have had sugar-only Coke, RC is exactly what it tastes like to me. So I just switched over to RC, when I buy soda at the store instead of a restaurant.
It doesn;t surprise me. I think it’s more a function of expectations & how much attention you are paying. I was a bartender at a restaurant in college, and a bunch of the waitstaff would substitute Dr. Pepper for Root Beer when the latter was ordered. The only people who ever caught on were kids, despite the fact that the drinks taste nothing alike. It think their brains were just telling them, “Not cola. All is well.”
Sure. I’m just saying that because several people have anecdotes that confirm some people can’t tell the difference doesn’t mean it’s true for all people. I’d probably not be so good with soda myself. Beer, on the other hand–I’ve had bartenders serve me the wrong beer and from the first sip it was immediate what the problem was.
It depends what your experience level is and how precise your taste is. Some people “round off” tastes and anything in the ballpark tastes the same. Others have a very particular note they’re looking for (for example, I find Coke to be spicy and vanilla-y, and Pepsi to be more citrussy, with a preference to the former.) I’m sure a lot of people are not in tune with the difference. This doesn’t mean that there isn’t an important difference for those who care.
You are correct.
I wasn’t trying to submit my experience as data, or anything. I just find that some of the most vocal people on the subject of Coke vs. Pepsi don’t realize how little their taste buds care. Enough so that I, like you, would enjoy seeing the results of a more scientific study.
I worked at a restaurant where - and I was told this was extremely common west of the Mississippi - “ginger ale” was 7-Up with a splash of Pepsi. To my knowledge, no one ever once complained.
Here are the ingredients from a 2.5 liter bottle of Coke purchased this afternoon in Tulum, Mexico:
Agua carbonatada, azucar, y concentrados Coca-Cola.
That’s it. Three ingredients. Carbonated water, sugar and Coca-Cola concentrate provided to them from the mother ship. I can say for sure this is cane sugar and not corn sweetner. In the US I am not a Coca Cola fan at all but when I am in Mexico I love the stuff. It is a completely different drink with real sugar. I have never seen a bottle down here using corn syrup but I would be upset too.
Where I come from (just slightly west of the Ol’ Miss), that’s known as a “Graveyard,” although I’d do the proportions more on a 50/50 level…and use Coke instead of Pepsi as a personal preference.
And yes, it does taste like ginger ale. Rather good, actually.
I’ll point out that beet sugar is just as much pure sugar as cane sugar and there’s one place where I doubt if any can tell the difference.
Cane sugar melts in to water better, and doesn’t clump. The local Meijers carries both types. Cane costs 20 cents more but it’s worth it. I think it tastes better too, but I’ve done no research so that could all be in my head.
I posted something similar the last time I saw a Mexican Coke thread… at least in central Mexican states, the label says “azúcares” in the plural, which would indicate that they’re using the term in a generic sweetener sense, without indicating that it’s actually harvested sugar as opposed to HFCS or some other processed sweetener.
Crazyhorse, does your label say azúcar in the singular form?
The two are nearly chemically identical.
wiki “Cane versus beet
Little perceptible difference exists between sugar produced from beet and that from cane. Chemical tests can distinguish the two, and some tests aim to detect fraudulent abuse of European Union subsidies or to aid in the detection of adulterated fruit juice.”
Of course. the cane sugar industry would try and tell you differently.
Now, yes, once you get to Brown sugar- which is made differently from Cane vs Beet, then there is a slight difference.
Missed edit window… according to soft drink labeling standards, “azúcares” is the term to be used for all mono- and disaccharides present in foods and nonalcoholic beverages.
Yet one melts in tea better. I’m sure they’re both sugar but I think there’s differences in processing which have results on the finished product.
As does Bev Mo.
Which is trying to convince us that corn syrup is just fine in moderation. What they don’t tell us is how corn syrup basically ruined the nutrituional value of domestic corn.
Well caught-on or complained. I’m sure a lot had no idea as you said. Likewise I’m sure others noticed, but didn’t say anything. Root beer tends to be obvious visually because of the head.
I started ordering ginger ale (in Chicagoland). Most places don’t have it, but I was surprised at how most of those places offered to ‘make’ me one as you have described above.
That’s always been my theory as well.
Regarding the OP, the Mexican Coke that I get at my local supermercado is made with cane sugar. It comes in “old school” glass bottles at $1.25 a piece. The canned Coca-Cola they sell contains high fructose corn syrup.