# Why is cola only popular in carbonated form?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cola-only-popular-in-carbonated-form/845117>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** soda-softdrinks\
**Created:** [December 19, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cola-only-popular-in-carbonated-form/845117 "2019-12-19T23:25:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2019, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cola-only-popular-in-carbonated-form/845117/41 "2019-12-24T08:15:14Z")

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Flat cola is flat, perfect for de-staining toilets and dissolving jewels. Even fizzy, I hated it, till I was turned on to Cuba Libres. (In Central America, the cola costs more than the rum.) My taste buds were shot off in the war so I can stand to chug straight cola now but I’d rather not unless I need caffeine faster than I can brew coffee.

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