# The simple pleasure of an ice cold Coke **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 13, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470 "2019-02-13T16:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Stuntman\_Mike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stuntman_mike/32/334_2.png) [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/1 "2019-02-13T16:12:55Z")
One of life’s great flavors. Who’s with me? Share your own… ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/2 "2019-02-13T16:14:20Z")
> [@Stuntman\_Mike](#): > > One of life’s great flavors. > > Who’s with me? > > **Share your own…** Get your own damn Coke. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![octopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/octopus/32/3716_2.png) [@octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/3 "2019-02-13T16:22:36Z")
Simple pleasure for me is just walking in natural settings. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/4 "2019-02-13T16:31:39Z")
> [@Stuntman\_Mike](#): > > One of life’s great flavors. > > Who’s with me? > > Share your own… An ice-cold Diet Coke, but yes. Best is when you put it in the freezer so that it gets _just_ cold enough so that when you open the can, some of the soda freezes due to the release of pressure. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/5 "2019-02-13T16:34:13Z")
We have a local pizza joint that has the best baked Italian subs. I’ve been going there for 30+ years just for the subs. But… it’s a disappointing experience without a ice cold Coke to accompany it. It’s about the only time I drink Coke and one without the other is just not the same experience. ---
**Author:** ![Stuntman\_Mike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stuntman_mike/32/334_2.png) [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/6 "2019-02-13T16:36:04Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > An ice-cold Diet Coke, but yes. > > Best is when you put it in the freezer so that it gets _just_ cold enough so that when you open the can, some of the soda freezes due to the release of pressure. That first pull always bites. Your mouth knows immediately that something wonderful just happened. (too dramatic?) ---
**Author:** ![MindsEye\_Watering](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindseye_watering/32/3619_2.png) [@MindsEye\_Watering](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindsEye_Watering)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/7 "2019-02-13T16:46:01Z")
Is it anything like the simple pleasure of an ice cold Pepsi? ---
**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:** [February 13, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/8 "2019-02-13T16:47:48Z")
Ice cold Coke, yeah, but for me it’s vanilla Coke Zero. Do they still have vanilla in the new Coke Zero sugar? ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/9 "2019-02-13T16:56:36Z")
> [@Stuntman\_Mike](#): > > One of life’s great flavors. > > Who’s with me? > > Share your own… Yeah, I’m a Coke fan. But as another poster stated, get your own…THIS ONE IS MINE!! I recall once I posted on another board about it (someone was saying that sodas are bad for you and you should never drink one) and I said something like ‘you’ll pry this ice cold Coke from my warm, dead hand…’ and it sparked a huge flame war about the evils of drinking soda, as well as Coke verse Pepsi and whether I was enjoying my diabetes (which I don’t have, FTR). Needless to say, I haven’t been back to THAT board again…no sense of humor those guys. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/10 "2019-02-13T16:57:12Z")
> [@MindsEye\_Watering](#): > > Is it anything like the simple pleasure of an ice cold Pepsi? Far, far better. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/11 "2019-02-13T16:58:23Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Ice cold Coke, yeah, but for me it’s vanilla Coke Zero. Do they still have vanilla in the new Coke Zero sugar? Yeah, I’ve seen it in the store before. I’m not a huge fan of either the vanilla or cherry versions of even the regular, but I’ve seen it. I actually get Coke in the big glass bottles at the local mercado that is the cane sugar type from Mexico. I think you can get that at Walmart too, but I try not to go in there any more than is necessary. ---
**Author:** ![Stuntman\_Mike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stuntman_mike/32/334_2.png) [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/12 "2019-02-13T17:08:55Z")
I had originally said Coke, so as to not be too specific, but I’m actually a Coke Zero guy, myself. Couple of those a week won’t kill you. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/13 "2019-02-13T17:22:36Z")
My vote goes to the first sip of coffee every day Even when I was very poo, I made sure I got that first cup of coffee every day. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/14 "2019-02-13T17:54:16Z")
This is quite the coincidence. Many years ago when I was a teen I shoveled the snow for an old man who was an acquaintance. When I finished he gave me $5 and a can of ice cold Coke. I thought it was odd, drinking a cold beverage after working outside in the cold, but that Coke hit the spot. So much so that I remember it vividly today, 45+ years later. It gets weirder. It is, at this moment, snowing steadily; has been much of the night and day. i have been waiting for it to stop so I can get out there and shovel (well, blow). In anticipation of this, I brought a bottle of Diet Coke up from the basement with plans to enjoy it once the snow removal is done, because I know how wonderful it will taste and it will bring me back to that long ago day. On top of all that, I am a Pepsi drinker. I rarely drink Coke; we have some only because it was on sale a few weeks ago. Yep, I’m going to bring that Coke outside with me and plop it up to its neck in a snow drift, not to be touched until the job is complete. If it ever stops snowing, that is. mmm ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/15 "2019-02-13T18:01:29Z")
Another vote for the first sip of coffee. Especially coffee made at home, which is fresh ground and perfect, with just a dash of cinnamon on top. I don’t generally drink soda, but about once a year I’ll get a small Coke from McDonalds and the first few pulls are delightful. Then I’m done. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/16 "2019-02-13T18:07:00Z")
An ice cold beer after mowing the lawn. Not talking about an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial stout (a fine beer if ever there was), but rather, a watery macro brew that one can pour down their gullet like their innards haven’t been irrigated since last July. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/17 "2019-02-13T18:34:27Z")
Iced tea on a hot summer day. Hot cocoa on a cold winter day. Soda pop (which brand will vary, depending on my mood) any time. ---
**Author:** ![MeanJoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanjoe/32/5693_2.png) [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/18 "2019-02-13T18:35:43Z")
> [@Cardigan](#): > > An ice cold beer after mowing the lawn. Not talking about an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial stout (a fine beer if ever there was), but rather, a watery macro brew that one can pour down their gullet like their innards haven’t been irrigated since last July. Yes. God yes. I have a small fridge in my garage stocked with cans of Miller Lite for this exact moment. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/19 "2019-02-13T18:41:48Z")
Beer. ---
**Author:** ![Stuntman\_Mike](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stuntman_mike/32/334_2.png) [@Stuntman\_Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuntman_Mike)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470/20 "2019-02-13T18:41:58Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This is quite the coincidence. > > Many years ago when I was a teen I shoveled the snow for an old man who was an acquaintance. When I finished he gave me $5 and a can of ice cold Coke. I thought it was odd, drinking a cold beverage after working outside in the cold, but that Coke hit the spot. So much so that I remember it vividly today, 45+ years later. > > It gets weirder. It is, at this moment, snowing steadily; has been much of the night and day. i have been waiting for it to stop so I can get out there and shovel (well, blow). In anticipation of this, I brought a bottle of Diet Coke up from the basement with plans to enjoy it once the snow removal is done, because I know how wonderful it will taste and it will bring me back to that long ago day. > > On top of all that, I am a Pepsi drinker. I rarely drink Coke; we have some only because it was on sale a few weeks ago. > > Yep, I’m going to bring that Coke outside with me and plop it up to its neck in a snow drift, not to be touched until the job is complete. > > If it ever stops snowing, that is. > mmm That’s a great memory and association! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simple-pleasure-of-an-ice-cold-coke/829470.md?page=2)