# soft dinks cans Alu vs. Steel **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 12, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863 "2001-11-12T04:00:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Niobium\_Knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Niobium\_Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niobium_Knight)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/1 "2001-11-12T04:00:46Z")
this may sound strange but i much prefer drinking coke from a steel can than an aluminium one. Aluminium seems to have a “taste” which puts me off. unfortunately in UK most Coke cans are aluminium (Pepsi are steel) anyone else notice this or is it just me being strange? ---
**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/2 "2001-11-12T04:20:26Z")
Most of the U.S. uses aluminum exclusively. The best tasting cola, however comes from the old reuseable glass bottles. Nothing can come close in taste to that. ---
**Author:** ![Swede\_Hollow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3bc359/32.png) [@Swede\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swede_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/3 "2001-11-12T04:22:18Z")
Oh, and I think this is the wrong Cafe, er, board. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/4 "2001-11-12T13:14:59Z")
You’ve never lived until you’ve drunk from a half-coconut shell. It has a small effect on taste, and is a little clumsy to handle, but it’s still a nice drink container. And yes, I _do_ run around the house banging that and it’s other half together making horsey noises. ---
**Author:** ![ignatzmouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b2d939/32.png) [@ignatzmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ignatzmouse)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/5 "2001-11-12T20:09:40Z")
> [@](#): > > You’ve never lived until you’ve drunk from a half-coconut shell. Yes, but my local 7-11 stopped selling Coke in coconut shells in ought six. You see back then Coke was called McWilly’s and you had to put the shells under your hats. A “round-head” we called it. Anyway, one time I had my round-head and some new peg-board shoes, which were the fashion at the time… ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/6 "2001-11-12T20:25:21Z")
Heh heh heh. **Niobium Knight** said “soft dink.” I’ve never noticed a taste difference between the types of metal cans used, but I definitely have noticed the difference between sugar- and corn syrup-based formulas. If we’re talking just Coke, here, the Coke that comes in steel cans is much more likely to be sugar-based. Anything coming out of the U.S. will be corn-syrup based, and in an aluminum can. I wonder if that’s what’s going on here. ---
**Author:** ![Niobium\_Knight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bc8723/32.png) [@Niobium\_Knight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Niobium_Knight)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/7 "2001-11-12T23:35:57Z")
no, but i do know what you mean about corn syrup tasting different - i hate it! we dont get it in UK, but when i was in USA last year i couldnt get a decent Coke anywhere cos it was all corn syrup stuff. i feel sorry for you Yanks if you have to drink that pish every day. the Coke in UK is made in UK, it doesnt come from america. and we dont use corn syrup at all (thank f\*ck) ---
**Author:** ![JubilationTCornpone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ee59a6/32.png) [@JubilationTCornpone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JubilationTCornpone)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soft-dinks-cans-alu-vs-steel/92863/8 "2001-11-14T04:20:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Redukter \* > \*\*You’ve never lived until you’ve drunk from a half-coconut shell. It has a small effect on taste, and is a little clumsy to handle, but it’s still a nice drink container. And yes, I _do_ run around the house banging that and it’s other half together making horsey noises. \*\* Good grief, man. How many swallows did it take to get that coconut for you?