# The New Diet Coke With Lemon **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 15, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484 "2001-10-15T13:08:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/1 "2001-10-15T13:08:34Z")
What do y’all think? Is it gonna go the way of the “new” Coca-Cola® they tried to get us to like? Q ---
**Author:** ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/2 "2001-10-15T13:46:33Z")
I think they should call it Diet Coke with Lemon Pledge. I threw out an entire two liter bottle. Blech, blech and double blech!!! ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/3 "2001-10-15T14:31:01Z")
My husband expressed surprise when he saw the commercial for the new Diet Coke, but it will probably make waiter/esses jobs easier since people are constantly ordering that. At least in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/4 "2001-10-15T15:12:00Z")
I love this Board. It keeps me from being totally clueless. I have neither seen nor heard of the new DC (until this thread). As one of the people always ordering lemon in my DC, I’ll certainly give it a try. It can’t be a good as squeezing a fresh lemon wedge in there, though. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jay-c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@jay-c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jay-c)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/5 "2001-10-15T15:52:56Z")
In a word: AWFUL. I would rather drink my own vomit. Okay, maybe that’s a tad extreme, but not too far off the mark. One of the reasons I like regular Diet Coke is that (to me, at least) it tastes cleaner - less “diety” than Diet Pepsi. And it’s got more fizz, too. The Diet Coke with Lemon has an entirely artificial lemon taste, and seems to have less fizz than its non-lemon counterpart. As a regular “Diet Coke with a slice of lemon” restaurant orderer, I was hopeful that the canned version would taste at least remotely similar. Alas, no. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/6 "2001-10-15T16:02:24Z")
At work (a grocery store), we have a special machine with nothing but Diet Coke with Lemon in it for 25¢ a can and $1.19 for a six-pack. That’s about $1.20 too much. It tastes like artificially-flavored lemonade with too much sugar and water combined with a little aspartame aftertaste. I expect it to be pulled within 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/7 "2001-10-15T16:52:05Z")
Another vote for flat Coke with lemon pledge. Yeuckk! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/8 "2001-10-15T17:36:26Z")
I love it for the same reason I love Pepsi Twist, because they **are** so artificial-tasting. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/9 "2001-10-16T00:41:31Z")
Pepsi did it better, and for someone that hates Pepesi, _that’s_ saying something! It’s drinkable, but only _just_. I’d rather my fresh lemon wedge and a regular Diet Coke, thankyouverymuch! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/10 "2001-10-16T01:21:42Z")
So is it better or worse than [Tab](http://home.epix.net/~tjwagner/tab.html)? And as far as Pepsi Twist goes, didn’t this used to exist years ago as Pepsi Lite? jayjay ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/11 "2001-10-16T01:58:22Z")
Pepsi Twist=kickass ---
**Author:** ![shimmery](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@shimmery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shimmery)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/12 "2001-10-16T02:55:17Z")
Not so much lemon pledge as lemon pine-sol, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/13 "2001-10-16T03:05:39Z")
It tastes better than regular Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/14 "2001-10-16T04:54:28Z")
I remember a diet Pepsi with lemon in it back in 1985. It wasn’t bad. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/15 "2001-10-16T05:36:15Z")
Now that I think about it, there isn’t a diet soda that I can really stand. I’m a big Dew fan, but Diet Dew has a chemical taste that just doesn’t make it for me. Diet Dr. Pepper tastes just like regular Dr. Pepper…but that doesn’t help if regular Dr. Pepper makes you gag. Diet Pepsi tastes like medicine and Diet Coke doesn’t have a taste at all (unless “bland” counts as a flavor). 7-Up, Sprite, Squirt, and any of the various Faygo/Shasta off-brand junk are all disastrously nasty in their non-diet incarnations…I shudder at the thought of the diet stuff. I don’t know…maybe being a “supertaster” is more of a pain than a blessing… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/16 "2001-10-16T11:35:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mudshark \* > \*\*It tastes better than regular Diet Coke. \*\* **HEATHEN!!!** ---
**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 16, 2001, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/17 "2001-10-16T12:45:24Z")
Is this available everywhere? I haven’t seen it yet, and I spend more than the Gross National Product of Bulgaria on Diet Coke. If it tastes anything like the dear, departed Pepsi Light, I’ll be quite happy with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/18 "2001-10-16T13:45:33Z")
Well, I see the billboards of people with their faces all puckered up and I have to admire the cojones of an advertising agency willing to say, “Try our product! It’s unpleasant!” However, I don’t admire it enough to actually buy the stuff. I’m a big fan of Truth in Advertising. If they say that’s the reaction I’ll have, I’m not drinking it. ---
**Author:** ![Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/258eb7/32.png) [@Wonko\_The\_Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wonko_The_Sane)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/19 "2001-10-16T14:49:20Z")
I bought a 12 pack on sale. Using a real lemon is tastier, and also is not weird. Weird weird weird… I don’t know what I’ll do with the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunshine)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484/20 "2001-10-16T17:32:47Z")
I can’t believe this! I’m with **Jodi** …never heard of it, nor Pepsi Twist. In fact, I’ve never had my diet Coke with real lemon in it before…am I missing out on something? Perhaps I’ll try it, just to be novel. I DO remember that Pepsi Lite from the 80’s…that’s what my grandma used to have for lunch. That or Tab. Maybe I’ll get some just to remind me of her. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-diet-coke-with-lemon/87484.md?page=2)