# Why is cola only popular in carbonated form? **URL:** \ **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")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cola-only-popular-in-carbonated-form/845117/5 "2019-12-20T01:27:08Z")
The flavor of “cola” (not just Coca Cola, but also Pepsi and generics) is actually a “fantasia” blend of vanilla, cinnamon (or cassia) and citrus oil, plus unspecified “pther”. I found that the flavored mead at Midnight Meadert that has vanilla and cinnamon flavors added tastes amazingly like Coke. So there is certainly a Coca Cola -tasting drink without carbonation. And both **Spoiler Virgin** and **jaycat** are correct. Icees and Slurpees and such “frozen” drinks have long been available in “Coke” or “Cola” flavor (without carbonation), and “Coke syrup” used to be widely used for various upset stomach ailments. Back when pharmacies still operated soda fountains, you could get it direct from them (my father got it for me once). And drug stores actually sold bottled “coke syrup” as well. In fact, they still do: > **[Syrup Cola](https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/flents-syrup-cola/ID=prod6143460-product)** > > Shop Syrup Cola and read reviews at Walgreens. View the latest deals on Flents Laxatives. > **[Amazon.com: Cola Syrup, 4 oz. : Health & Household](https://www.amazon.com/HUMCO-3594001-Cola-Syrup-oz/dp/B0773MGV5R)** > > Buy Cola Syrup, 4 oz.: Cough Syrups - Amazon.com ✓ FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases We discussed this on this Board almost twenty years ago: > **[Coca-Cola syrup as medication.](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=50914)** > > I have read that Coke is pretty acidic. If this is true, why is it used to treat stomach aches? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cola-only-popular-in-carbonated-form/845117)._