# The Flavors of Coke **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 14, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024 "2008-08-14T20:44:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/21 "2008-08-15T18:11:03Z")
this is a whole 'nother can of worms, but my beverage of choice is TaB. unfortunately, i can’t get it here anymore, so i have to substitute coke zero or diet coke. and yes, they still make TaB. everytime i went somewhere with my ever present TaB can, people would ask that very question. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/22 "2008-08-15T18:20:17Z")
[QUOTE=hellpaso] this is a whole 'nother can of worms, but my beverage of choice is TaB. unfortunately, i can’t get it here anymore, so i have to substitute coke zero or diet coke. and yes, they still make TaB. everytime i went somewhere with my ever present TaB can, people would ask that very question. [/QUOTE] Lou: You gonna order something, kid? Marty McFly: Ah, yeah… Give me - Give me a Tab. Lou: Tab? I can’t give you a tab unless you order something. Marty McFly: All right, give me a Pepsi Free. Lou: You want a Pepsi, PAL, you’re gonna pay for it. Sorry, couldn’t resist. dnr ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/23 "2008-08-15T18:21:22Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] So that would be: […] 8. Vanilla Coke, Cherry Coke, […] Freaking ridiculous. [/QUOTE] With this one being two versions, that makes 15. (Shame they don’t make C2, Caffeine-Free Cherry, Diet Caffeine-Free Cherry, with Lemon, or Diet with Lemon any more… that’d make an even 20 variants of Coca-Cola.) I still think Pepsi takes the cake over the years for whoring out its name. Currently: 1. Pepsi 2. Diet Pepsi 3. Wild Cherry Pepsi 4. Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi 5. Vanilla Pepsi 6. Diet Vanilla Pepsi 7. Pepsi with Lime 8. Diet Pepsi with Lime 9. Pepsi with Lemon 10. Diet Pepsi with Lemon 11. Diet Pepsi Max 12. Caffeine-Free Pepsi 13. Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi 14. Pepsi One 15. Diet Pepsi Jazz Caramel 16. Diet Pepsi Jazz Strawberry 17. Diet Pepsi Jazz Cherry And then there was Crystal Pepsi, Diet Crystal Pepsi, Pepsi AM, Diet Pepsi AM, Pepsi Kona, Diet Pepsi Kona, Pepsi Tropical, Pepsi Ragin’ Razzberry, Pepsi Blue, Holiday Spice Pepsi, Pepsi Edge… ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/24 "2008-08-15T18:58:07Z")
America is AMAZING for coke varieties. I was so shocked when I went to America on holiday. Coincendently i bought two bottles of diet coke today. So here’s the selection an English Sainsbury’s had: 1. Coca-cola 2. Diet coke 3. Coke zero 4. Caffine free coke 5. Cherry coke 6. Fanta 7. Tango Zero 8. Sprite ---
**Author:** ![UncleRojelio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unclerojelio/32/3160_2.png) [@UncleRojelio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleRojelio)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/25 "2008-08-15T19:25:13Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] Coke Zero isn’t sweetened with Splenda. It’s sweetened with a mixture of two artificial sweeteners, aspartame and acesulfame potassium (ace-k). [/QUOTE] Now you tell me. Reading this thread gave me the impetus to try Coke Zero despite being an incorrigible regular Coke drinker. Thanks, but not thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/26 "2008-08-15T19:30:54Z")
[QUOTE=Student Driver] With this one being two versions, that makes 15. (Shame they don’t make C2, Caffeine-Free Cherry, Diet Caffeine-Free Cherry, with Lemon, or Diet with Lemon any more… that’d make an even 20 variants of Coca-Cola.) I still think Pepsi takes the cake over the years for whoring out its name. Currently: 1. Pepsi 2. Diet Pepsi 3. Wild Cherry Pepsi 4. Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi 5. Vanilla Pepsi 6. Diet Vanilla Pepsi 7. Pepsi with Lime 8. Diet Pepsi with Lime 9. Pepsi with Lemon 10. Diet Pepsi with Lemon 11. Diet Pepsi Max 12. Caffeine-Free Pepsi 13. Caffeine-Free Diet Pepsi 14. Pepsi One 15. Diet Pepsi Jazz Caramel 16. Diet Pepsi Jazz Strawberry 17. Diet Pepsi Jazz Cherry And then there was Crystal Pepsi, Diet Crystal Pepsi, Pepsi AM, Diet Pepsi AM, Pepsi Kona, Diet Pepsi Kona, Pepsi Tropical, Pepsi Ragin’ Razzberry, Pepsi Blue, Holiday Spice Pepsi, Pepsi Edge… [/QUOTE] Sounds like Pepsi ensued. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/27 "2008-08-15T19:38:08Z")
It’s my understanding that Coca-Cola with sugar is sold around Passover, because the corn syrup in ordinary Coke of today would be forbidden. Look for bottles with yellow tops. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/28 "2008-08-15T19:41:48Z")
You can get Coke in glass bottles here in pubs but in Scotland they sell it in stores as normal. I love drinking Coke out of a glass bottle. ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/29 "2008-08-15T19:58:31Z")
Any one care to spare a week drawing up a list of Dr. Pepper flavors? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/30 "2008-08-15T20:00:32Z")
> [@](#): > > I still think Pepsi takes the cake over the years for whoring out its name. If you’re counting “over the years”, don’t forget to include Crystal Pepsi. Which I actually liked, and I’m annoyed that they discontinued it so fast. Apparently, caramel color itself has a flavor. Personally, what annoys me is that you can often find regular, diet, and diet-caffeine-free versions of a soft drink, but almost never non-diet caffeine-free. I’ve never yet found an artificial sweetener that doesn’t taste incredibly foul to me, but on the other hand, all else being equal, I’d prefer less caffeine, too. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/31 "2008-08-15T20:23:36Z")
[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi] Yes, they had coke with lime. I forgot that one. So something like seven types of Coke. Is Coke Blak just Coke with double the caffeine? As opposed to Caffeine-free Coke? [/QUOTE] I tried this. I can’t really do justice to what it tastes like but it tastes like a Coke with a strong coffee flavoring added. I bought it on sale, tried one and threw the rest out. It was unspeakably foul. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4491bb/32.png) [@I\_Have\_Hippos\_In\_My\_Garden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Have_Hippos_In_My_Garden)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/32 "2008-08-15T20:26:43Z")
What is crystal pepsi? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/33 "2008-08-15T21:25:28Z")
The bottle of Coke (regular) I have in my hand was manufactured in either Northern Ireland or the Republic Of Ireland. The packaging is unclear. Its ingredients are: Carbonated Water Sugar Colour (Caramel E150d) Phosphoric Acid Flavourings (Including Caffeine) Is this ‘sugar’ the famed cane sugar talked about above? And for that matter do the ingredients differ much in US (or elsewhere)? ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/34 "2008-08-15T23:16:58Z")
[QUOTE=Chronos] Personally, what annoys me is that you can often find regular, diet, and diet-caffeine-free versions of a soft drink, but almost never non-diet caffeine-free. I’ve never yet found an artificial sweetener that doesn’t taste incredibly foul to me, but on the other hand, all else being equal, I’d prefer less caffeine, too. [/QUOTE] As I alluded to upthread, both coke and pepsi make plain caffeine free drinks. Although not single, pre-chilled bottles. They use a gold color to differentiate from regular versions. ---
**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:** [August 15, 2008, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/35 "2008-08-15T23:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=Caffeine.addict] I tried this. I can’t really do justice to what it tastes like but it tastes like a Coke with a strong coffee flavoring added. I bought it on sale, tried one and threw the rest out. It was unspeakably foul. [/QUOTE] Heh. Perfect post/username combo. From what I remember, Coke Blak tastes like what would happen if you mixed a can of Coke with a can of Starbucks Iced Coffee together. I agree with you. It was positively revolting. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/36 "2008-08-16T03:29:21Z")
[QUOTE=I Have Hippos In My Garden] What is crystal pepsi? [/QUOTE] It was a colorless and caffeine free version of Pepsi. Despite being colorless, it had a cola flavor. It was sold in the U.S., Canada, and Australia in the early 90’s. [Crystal Pepsi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Pepsi) [Here’s](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgQx1fA3ZDc) one of their commercials which featured the song “Right Now” by Van Halen. ---
**Author:** ![Student\_Driver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Student\_Driver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Student_Driver)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/37 "2008-08-16T05:15:37Z")
[QUOTE=I Have Hippos In My Garden] America is AMAZING for coke varieties. I was so shocked when I went to America on holiday. Coincendently i bought two bottles of diet coke today. So here’s the selection an English Sainsbury’s had: […] 1. Fanta 2. Tango Zero 3. Sprite [/QUOTE] If we were to add in Coke-owned sodas of all sorts, I think we’d never finish. Is there only one flavor of Fanta over there, or were you (wisely) not going to try to remember every version? And what’s Tango like? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2008, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024/38 "2008-08-16T05:39:25Z")
All the Coke in the world, and you can’t find one on the Vegas strip to save your life. What’s up with that, anyway? And I can’t find 6-packs of cans in the grocery store anymore, either. What’s going on there? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-flavors-of-coke/460024.md?page=1)