Dr Pepper now has 23 Flavors!

[matcom]

:wtf:

just saw a new Dr Pepper commercial: "You will LOVE the 23 flavors that make up Dr Pepper."

:wtf:

:shrug:

[MorningGlow]

1. Mmmm...better living through chemicals!

Now the question is, will those chemically created "flavors" make Dr. Pepper taste any different, or will it all end up just like that same, odd, unidentifiable "original" flavor?

:scared:

Glad I hardly ever drink soda these days...scary stuff...

[Giant Robot]

2. And which one of those flavors

is suck?

[Drum]

6. lol!

[originalpckelly]

11. Dr. Sucker?

What is that the name of a porno?

[LostinVA]

13. Agreed! n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

3. Dude, you dis my Durp

you dis Me.

Puddem up, puddem uuuuuuuuuup!

[matcom]

4. i have an excuse. i'm still drunk from last night AND drinking mimosas!

but 23 flavors????

:rofl:

[Drum]

5. Here's something:

I wondered about this and checked Wikipedia. My real query is answered in the latter part of this paragraph, and your point is addressed in the earlier part. Enclosing the link just as trivia.

"Unlike Coca-Cola and Pepsi, Dr Pepper is not marketed as a cola. Dr Pepper's flavor is allegedly derived from a mixture of soda fountain flavors popular when the drink was first devised. A partial list of these flavors can be seen at the bottling plant in Dublin, Texas, although the formula itself (with its twenty-three ingredients) is a closely guarded secret. Contrary to a popular urban legend, Dr Pepper does not and never has contained prune juice. <1> In Texas, Dr Pepper is extremely competitive in the soft drink market, regularly outselling Pepsi and Coca-Cola."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Pepper


...Now as for the many "varieties" of Dr. Peppers, they can keep 'em. I like the orig and the diet versions exclusively when I do take soft drinks (rarely.)
And am I alone in thinking that Dr. Pepper tasted differently in the 1970? I recall it as tasting LESS like other sodas, really different, but nowadays not-so-much.
:shrug:

:hi:

[ironflange]

15. Dr Pepper was a rare treat for me back then

It wasn't sold anyplace nearby. I think it has changed, the first time I tried the cherry-vanilla flavor I thought, this is what the regular stuff used to taste like.

[colinmom71]

26. Nope, you're not alone...

The mass market version of Dr. Pepper does taste different from what we got in the 70's. The reason is the same reason Coca Cola went to a new formula in the 80's - they began using cheaper high fructose corn syrup rather than real refined sugar.

Also, aluminum cans were being more often used by the 80's as opposed to the traditional glass bottles. The cans hold more product (~12 fl ounces to the 8 ounces of the bottles), therefore the formula had to be adjusted to accomodate the new sweener and the larger cans... Result - a somewhat different, and to my mind weaker, taste.

If you still want to try the original formula, go the the Dublin, TX Dr. Pepper bottler's web site and you can order them online... In fact, that was one of my Christmas presents! A case of Dulin Dr. Pepper!! :D Very yummy, intense flavor that's so richly sweet that I can barely finish off one bottle...

[Left Is Write]

7. How many was it before?

[Redbear]

9. It has always been 23 flavors.

In 1885, a kid created it right here in Waco, Texas using a bunch of different soda fountain flavors.

[AwakeAtLast]

10. Didn't they start out calling it a "Waco"?

Thought I heard that somewhere :shrug:

[Generic Brad]

17. We called that kind of soda a "suicide" when I was growing up

We always had to cut back on the orange because that dominated the taste of the whole mix.

[rug]

8. I thought it was made with only cherry soda and dirt.

[RetroLounge]

12. and all 23 taste like ass...

:puke:

RL

[derby378]

23. Them's fightin' words

Dr. Pepper is a Texas soda, native to Waco and Dublin. We're right proud of it.

[ghostsofgiants]

25. It's the soda equivalent of Dubya, basically.

[derby378]

27. Are you saying Dr. Pepper was actually invented in Connecticut?

That's El Diablo's home state, not Texas. Apologies to all the Lamont DUers...

[ghostsofgiants]

28. I'm saying it sucks and has a strong association with Texas.

[johnnie]

14. It takes that many flavors to make that shit?

I'd rather drink Fresca...

[Cannikin]

16. I always thought it was carbonated prune juice, but I love it.

[Redstone]

18. There used to be a similar, but even SWEETER soda in N'Awlins.

It was called Dr. Nutt or Doctor Nutt, I can't visualize the bottle anymore.

You'll still see people down there now and again drinking a glass of Dr Pepper with half-a-dozen maraschino cherries in the glass. They say that's what Dr. Nutt tasted like.

Redstone

[Goblinmonger]

19. Here you go

[Redstone]

20. Hey, thanks! See how bad my memory is? I thought it was Nutt, not Nut.

Redstone

[Goblinmonger]

21. You'd think it would be "Nutt"

"Nut" is too much like testicle. And that ain't no soda I be wantin' to drink.

[Redstone]

22. Maybe that's why they don't make it anymore...

lousy branding?

And hey, thanks for the laugh.

Redstone

[ironflange]

24. Heh, this thread has 23 responses!

Oh shit, sorry, I just buggered it up! :(

[ellisonz]

29. Dr. Pepper is delicious.

F Fresca.