# Is Soda an Appropriate drink with breakfast? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [January 29, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631 "2022-01-29T16:05:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/121 "2022-02-02T09:36:28Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > In honor of this thread, I stopped at a Dollar General and got a diet Mountain Dew (pink color). Went well with breakfast. Entirely appropriate, but I don’t get the pink color. its the "major melon " aka watermelon flavor ---
**Author:** ![El\_DeLuxo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_deluxo/32/9043_2.png) [@El\_DeLuxo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_DeLuxo)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/122 "2022-02-03T22:56:24Z")
If one is thirsty and drinks a Coke or ginger ale, the beverage makes one not thirsty anymore, and that’s what quenching one’s thirst means, unless you are using an esoteric or idiosyncratic definition of “quench” or “thirst”. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/123 "2022-02-03T23:21:23Z")
I don’t believe it: The last time I had a soda pop first thing in the morning, I was 10 or 11, but I woke up today craving a Dr Pepper. I didn’t consume anything else until I had a glass of milk around five o’clock. Sometimes I amaze even myself! ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/124 "2022-02-04T01:55:38Z")
It really has never made me not thirsty. Maybe it’s just me…🥤 ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/125 "2022-02-04T14:34:44Z")
Interesting observation: I have no problem drinking a soda with breakfast. Same is true with a beer or liquor (Bloody Mary, etc). But I can’t imagine having a glass of wine with breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/126 "2022-02-04T19:05:14Z")
> [@SuntanLotion](#): > > It really has never made me not thirsty. Maybe it’s just me…🥤 I find that drinking a soda can make me thirsty for _water_, specifically. Sure, after drinking the soda, I don’t have the ‘body’ thirst, but I feel the need to drink something to wash the lingering sugary taste out of my mouth. This happens a lot less with sugar, rather than corn syrup colas (which are terrible for this symptom), but still happens. So yes, I’m still ‘thirsty’ after a cola, but not because my body absolutely needs the additional hydration. Of course, your cause could be completely different. Just my experience. ---
**Author:** ![veryfrank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/87869e/32.png) [@veryfrank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/veryfrank)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2022, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/127 "2022-02-04T19:17:22Z")
I haven’t read every entry above so maybe this has been touched on but… I don’t drink cola (I’m a Canuck, and “soda” to me means “soda water”) _with_ breakfast per se, but I’ll often crack a can of Coke at my desk when I start work at 8AM. I don’t drink coffee (to portmanteau a couple of TV/movie quotes, you could put in enough sugar until the spoon stood straight up and it would still taste like the ground to me), and I find the carbonation helps with the first…well, y’know…of the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/128 "2022-02-05T13:54:23Z")
This thread reminds me of an old one wherein someone spotted a grown man drinking chocolate milk at a restaurant. Both threads boiled down to “whatever flips your switch”. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/129 "2022-02-05T22:09:14Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Coke is Coca Cola. Do things like Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew have an overall name for them? Separate from carbonated drinks? > [@kambuckta](#): > > Lemonade encompasses all of the other flavoured carbonated drinks. Lemon, orange, lime, raspberry etc . So you ask for a lemonade and they have to ask you what kind and you say orange? That’s how Coke works in some southern areas in the US. I went with yes, because I don’t really care what other people do. Generally, I don’t eat breakfast or drink sodee-pop at all. I only drink either water or beer. With meals it’s almost always water. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/130 "2022-02-05T22:26:32Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Both threads boiled down to “whatever flips your switch”. There are always folks willing to declare completely innocuous activities and private choices to be inappropriate for everyone. Hell, I had to have some of those culturally instilled attitudes figuratively beaten out of me in my younger days. And probably need to lose a few more I haven’t identified yet. But now when I recognize them, I try to lose them myself. Small progress . . . ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/131 "2022-02-05T22:32:15Z")
Not to mention the dumping a woman on the first date because she ordered milk at the bar. That was a contentious thread. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/132 "2022-02-05T23:09:25Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > And if you’ve never had it, it’s expensive but Orangina is fantastic. I think it’s OJ plus some other citrus…then lightly carbonated. You shake it first to suspend the pulp. I love Orangina! The only soda type drink I drink anymore. Part of the reason I don’t drink sodas are the calories. I’ve always had to watch my weight, and I can’t justify the calories in a soda, when I can have water, coffee or iced tea (the latter two _sans_ sugar for me) instead. I’d rather eat my calories than drink them. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/133 "2022-02-06T01:36:37Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > > [@kambuckta](#): > > > > Coke is Coca Cola. > > Do things like Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew have an overall name for them? Separate from carbonated drinks? > > > [@kambuckta](#): > > > > Lemonade encompasses all of the other flavoured carbonated drinks. Lemon, orange, lime, raspberry etc . > > So you ask for a lemonade and they have to ask you what kind and you say orange? That’s how Coke works in some southern areas in the US. > > I went with yes, because I don’t really care what other people do. Generally, I don’t eat breakfast or drink sodee-pop at all. I only drink either water or beer. With meals it’s almost always water. If you want a Coke, Pepsi or Mountain Dew, you’d ask for them specifically by their names, but as a general thing, they all come under the umbrella of ‘lemonade’ (aka, any fizzy, flavoured carbonated drink). For other flavours, like lemon, orange or raspberry (for example) you _can_ either ask for Solo, Fanta or Raspberry Fanta respectively, or if you are in a pub, you can just ask for a lemon, orange or raspberry lemonade. Or even a ‘plain’ lemonade which is sweet carbonated water. Or you can even get a generic cola too!! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/134 "2022-02-06T04:11:31Z")
On my first trip abroad (June–July 1975), I asked for a lemonade at a bistro in Paris. The waiter gave me an “Another stupid American tourist!” look and said “What kind of lemonade?” and then proceeded to rattle off a list of offerings. I wanted a _lemonade_, lemon juice in plain ice water sweetened with sugar. (I had a craving for citrus after having spent a month in Russia.) My French was minimal, so I had no idea what he was on about. I know now I should have asked for a _citron_. In the end, I just told the waiter to bring me a Löwenbräu. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/135 "2022-02-06T06:23:00Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > If you want a Coke, Pepsi or Mountain Dew, you’d ask for them specifically by their names, but as a general thing, they all come under the umbrella of ‘lemonade’ (aka, any fizzy, flavoured carbonated drink). How interesting, I had no idea that’s how it works there. It sounds weird at first, but it’s pretty much the same as the way Coke is used in some places here. Thanks for the info. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/136 "2022-02-06T12:34:14Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > Or even a ‘plain’ lemonade which is sweet carbonated water. So…“plain lemonade” is essentially lemonade, hold the lemon? ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/137 "2022-02-06T16:39:27Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I started having a cigarette and a Dr. Pepper as my breakfast in college, and still do it to this day The stereotypical student breakfast here in Switzerland is Red Bull (an energy drink) and a cigarette. Not my thing, but if that’s what someone wants, let them. My coworker really doesn’t like coffee (or beer, but that’s another thread), so she usually has a Coke for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/138 "2022-02-06T16:53:09Z")
> [@Die\_Capacitrix](#): > > The stereotypical student breakfast here in Switzerland is Red Bull (an energy drink) and a cigarette. Not my thing, but if that’s what someone wants, let them. Wow, your students still smoke? I think I’ve known one American that age that smoked in the last decade, and that wasn’t a common every day thing even for him. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/139 "2022-02-06T17:12:57Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Do things like Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew have an overall name for them? Separate from carbonated drinks? Soft drink? I mean, technically, I think that word may be used for any non-carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages, but I only know it as a synonym for soda/pop. ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631/140 "2022-02-06T20:29:47Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Soft drink? I mean, technically, I think that word may be used for any non-carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages, but I only know it as a synonym for soda/pop. I was asking **kambuckta** about what word was used in Australia as a blanket term for pop/soda. She confirmed they would fall under lemonade. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-soda-an-appropriate-drink-with-breakfast/958631.md?page=8)