# pepsi drinker switches to coca cola **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 1, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041 "2004-01-01T01:12:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/1 "2004-01-01T01:12:35Z")
I used to drink pepsi all my life. I can tell the difference between it and coca cola. Recently I switched to coke.I prefer the taste and, unlike pepsi,doesn’t make you crave more. Anyone else make the big switch? Even the other way? ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/2 "2004-01-01T01:26:09Z")
Traitor… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/3 "2004-01-01T01:33:03Z")
Welcome, Brother. We’ve been expecting you. Haj ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/4 "2004-01-01T01:40:35Z")
Sister. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/5 "2004-01-01T01:41:23Z")
Gabba gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us! ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/6 "2004-01-01T01:45:59Z")
but no vanilla coke! ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/7 "2004-01-01T02:06:53Z")
“But we’re missing the key point. They both taste like Malted Battery Acid anyways.” -Milo, from Bloom County. I did the big switch, but it was to Ice tea. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/8 "2004-01-01T02:15:35Z")
Not me. I still prefer Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/9 "2004-01-01T02:23:03Z")
Mmmm… blue pepsi… ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/10 "2004-01-01T02:25:43Z")
I like 'em both (with Coke getting a slight edge over Pepsi), but Pepsi products are almost always cheaper, so that’s what I get. ---
**Author:** ![SlickRoenick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SlickRoenick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlickRoenick)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/11 "2004-01-01T03:19:46Z")
I grew up on Coke and prolly only used to like it b/c it’s easier to say than Pepsi. But now that i’ve matured i’ like Pepsi b/c it doesn’t burn my teeth. p.s. I have been on a Vanilla Pepsi binge the last few months–i love it!! ---
**Author:** ![Ms2001](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ms2001/32/18463_2.png) [@Ms2001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms2001)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/12 "2004-01-01T04:14:41Z")
Of course Coke doesn’t make you crave more. After tasting Coca-Cola, why would you _want_ to drink any more? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@Kathleen\_de\_Trelare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kathleen_de_Trelare)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/13 "2004-01-01T04:27:49Z")
Coke ALWAYS makes me crave more. I’m addicted. Coke, no ice. Best drink in the world. Well, make that of the \*\*non-alcoholic \*\* variety. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![the\_keek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@the\_keek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_keek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/14 "2004-01-01T05:15:00Z")
I’m a long time diet Coke drinker but occassionally I will switch to diet Pepsi for just a little while. It makes me appreciate the diet Coke more when I go back to it. Diet Pepsi also tends to bother my stomach. ---
**Author:** ![the\_keek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@the\_keek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_keek)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/15 "2004-01-01T05:16:37Z")
I’m a long time diet Coke drinker but occassionally I will switch to diet Pepsi for just a little while. It makes me appreciate the diet Coke more when I go back to it. Diet Pepsi also tends to bother my stomach.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/16 "2004-01-01T05:17:58Z")
From a marketing standpoint, Pepsi appeals to younger palates and Coke to older palates. Congratulations on aging. (I did the same thing). OH, and thanks a lot, I have no Coke in the house. MMMM Malted battery acid. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/17 "2004-01-01T05:49:21Z")
I don’t see what the big deal is with the cola wars. They both taste the same. I just buy whatevers the cheapest and that includes generic. You people and your cola bigotry. ---
**Author:** ![Volta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ce73a5/32.png) [@Volta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Volta)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/18 "2004-01-01T06:31:12Z")
Amp has a point. For $1 you can buy a 3 liter bottle of Coke/Pepsi taste-alikes or draft quality root beer. For $1 you get a measely pint (whatever) of big name soda. Me, I’m a Coke drinker, though both are good. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/19 "2004-01-01T07:50:41Z")
I drink cola… more often than not the store brand… today I just happen to have pepsi and coca cola in the house ---
**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2004, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041/20 "2004-01-01T10:39:52Z")
I prefer Mountain Holler (a Mountain Dew clone) myself. It’s a store brand but it taste better then Mountain Dew. $.89 (including deposite) gets you 3.2 quarts[sub]=3 liters[/sub]. As a plus it has the state maxim amount of caffiene. Stupid Michigan out lawed Jolt Cola which is by far the best. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pepsi-drinker-switches-to-coca-cola/222041.md?page=2)