# How do you prefer your soft drinks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [October 22, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570 "2012-10-22T22:17:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/21 "2012-10-23T03:32:52Z")
Coke, from a bottle, unrefrigerated. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/22 "2012-10-23T03:45:21Z")
Chilled, glass bottle, no ice, with a straw. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/23 "2012-10-23T03:48:29Z")
Just like my beer. Out of a can. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/24 "2012-10-23T03:52:03Z")
Over ice with booze in them. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/25 "2012-10-23T04:14:06Z")
I think pop just tastes better out of a can. I chill them in the freezer to get them really cold. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/26 "2012-10-23T04:37:09Z")
I usually drink cans because I like the 12 ounce size. The only time I usually drink a bottle is when I’m driving because then I’ll stretch it out for an hour or so (plus I can recap the bottle and avoid spills). I don’t generally refrigerate soda. I like it cool but not cold. I keep my house pretty cool so I just keep a case of soda on my kitchen counter and drink cans out of that. I pretty much always drink out of the can or bottle. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/27 "2012-10-23T06:05:06Z")
I don’t care where it comes from, but it’s gotta have ice. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/28 "2012-10-23T06:11:30Z")
Fountain pop is watered down piss, except when it’s not and it’s more syrupy that cough syrup. I know supposedly Pepsi and Coke set the ratios, but I never got the same mix twice. I’ll pay more for a 20ozer rather than some garbage fountain drink. Besides though ice machines are notoriously filthy. Some owners go \*years \*without cleaning them. ---
**Author:** ![phxjcc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8491ac/32.png) [@phxjcc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phxjcc)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/29 "2012-10-23T06:30:18Z")
no no no put your pint beer mugs in the freezer, then pour the chilled soda into the chilled beer mug. No dilution and keeps it colder than a can or bottle out of the fridge Somebody can give the thermodynamics equation, assume a 1 lb mug at 10\* and 12 oz soda at 35\* and ambient temp at 72\* ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/30 "2012-10-23T07:31:18Z")
Pretty much every soft drink is better dispensed from a fountain. I will avoid Diet Coke in bottles or cans, but from a fountain, I find it pretty agreeable. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/31 "2012-10-23T08:54:01Z")
I prefer my soda close-to-hand. 🙂 I only use ice if it’s not already cold, and the, I use as little as possible. I don’t need it to be near-freezing, and I dislike the way it dilutes the drink. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/32 "2012-10-23T10:53:15Z")
Plastic half litre bottle, refrigerated. Sugar free due to type 1 diabetes. ---
**Author:** ![Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@Sleeps\_With\_Butterflies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleeps_With_Butterflies)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/33 "2012-10-23T10:56:14Z")
Really cold can with a straw. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/34 "2012-10-23T11:45:35Z")
I find in fountain soda the ratio is often off and I can tell. I prefer cans. Either cold from the fridge of over ice. From the can for taste over ice to quench thirst. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/35 "2012-10-23T12:14:46Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Pretty much me. I don’t understand how people can stand iced sodas unless they drink them non-stop until they are gone. Because a far better predictor of how the drink will taste is the carbonation ratio (i.e. how sharp or flat it tastes), not a few extra cc’s of melted ice water. Soft drinks already have a significant ratio of water in them-that percentage isn’t going to change significantly from melted ice, unless (as you intimate) it just sits there for 30 minutes. In any event, I usually will pour half of the bottle, drain the cup, and then pour in the rest. And \>I\< don’t understand how people can stand warm soft drinks-as soon as the condensation hits (as soon as you take it out of the fridge) a lot of heat is going to enter the container. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/36 "2012-10-23T12:18:24Z")
With ice cubes in a cup, poured from any source. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/37 "2012-10-23T13:55:03Z")
I choose from a can alone and from a bottle alone but refridgerator in which it was chilled must be set very cold. I don’t like any drink at room temperature, the colder the better. When buying drinks from a convenience store I’m always looking for the cold spot in their case, you know the one where you can see a tiny bit of ice forming in the bottle - that’s the bottle I’m looking for. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2012, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/38 "2012-10-23T14:15:55Z")
I’ll do other versions as many have listed here. but my fave is IBC root beer served in a chilled mug. Second place would be a Cheerwine (can) poured into a glass. Damn fizzy! ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/39 "2012-10-24T03:09:58Z")
With any kind of ice, in a cup, from can bottle or fountain. ---
**Author:** ![Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@Curiosity\_Kills\_Her](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Curiosity_Kills_Her)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570/40 "2012-10-24T03:22:57Z")
Glass bottle, pulled from the freezer just this side of frozen. If it slushes up a bit upon opening, well, that’s just fine. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-prefer-your-soft-drinks/638570.md?page=1)