Favorite cola?

[LucyParsons]

Poll question: Favorite cola?

I was tempted to type "favorite coke?", since us Southerners use that term generically ;), but I decided to keep it strictly on-topic.

[Fox Mulder]

1. Dr. Pepper.

[LucyParsons]

Me, too AND

I find that Dr Pepper drinkers are particularly cult-like and addicted, comparatively.

[kentauros]

76. Yeah, in Texas

if someone asked you if you wanted a coke, they only meant Dr Pepper. Unless they were from out of state :P

Hey, where's root beer on that list?
Gotta have Hires, Dad's and Triple-X

[Left Is Write]

2. If it's regular, Coke. If it's diet, Pepsi.

[Lyric]

3. Cheerwine!!!

My god, I miss Cheerwine. They don't sell it up here. x(

[LucyParsons]

5. I just tried it for the first time when my best friend's mom, from NC, brought me some

hehehehehehe

It was okay - no Dr Pepper, though. ;)

Anyway, to you:

[no name no slogan]

4. China Cola

http://www.reedsgingerbrew.com/chinacola.html

All natural, and made like how they used to make them back in the olden days.

Well worth every penny.

[u4ic]

22. Right on, bro!

:toast:


How you doing? :hug: :hi:

[KitchenWitch]

6. Mexican Coca Cola

[newmajority]

32. Hell yeah... The REAL "Real Thing"

None of that High Fructose Corn Poison for me.

[LucyParsons]

35. Second that

I buy the big bottled when I make a trip to the big grocery store that carries 'em. Tasty.

[Sequoia]

52. Third it !!! Right across the street for $2.65 a bottle.

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. Dr Pepper is a cola?

Nevertheless, I voted for it. Been drinkin' Durp since I was a wee laddie. :9

[Zavulon]

8. RC. (NT)

[Inchworm]

17. no contest winner

:thumbsup:

[MrCoffee]

54. Clearly RC is the superior cola.

[Iggo]

9. Pepsi.

More burn than flavor. Perfect for cuttin' the dust.

[harmonicon]

10. Dr. Pepper is not cola

I voted "other". I like coke a lot, but really only if it's mexicoke. I also like Jolt and Champ's. I've never heard of cheerwine. I don't really like soda at all though, so I probably shouldn't be voting.

[LucyParsons]

39. How is it not a cola?

I used the term "cola" to mean Coke-type-tasting sodas, as opposed to the broader term "soda" which would include cream soda, blue cream soda (mmm), root beer, etc., etc,. etc.

[harmonicon]

40. by law, baby!!!

I'd never considered it to be, and a quick google search for +"dr pepper" +cola resulted in several webpages stating that it was not cola. Check this out:

Dr Pepper is Not a Cola: According to the Texas Handbook Online, prior to a 1963 district court ruling bottlers could not carry Dr Pepper along with Pepsi-Cola or Coca-Cola without violating their franchise contracts because they were not permitted to bottle competing brands. But in 1963 the United States Fifth District Court in Dallas declared that Dr Pepper was not a cola, thus allowing Dr Pepper to expand its reach.
Wikipedia explains why Dr Pepper is not a "cola" drink.

found here: http://austin.about.com/od/beverages/p/drpepper.htm

and from wikipedia:

W.W. Clements, a former CEO and president of the Dr Pepper/7-Up Company, described the taste of Dr Pepper as one of a kind, saying "I've always maintained you can't tell anyone what Dr Pepper tastes like because it's so different. It's not an apple, it's not an orange, it's not a strawberry, it's not a root beer, it's not even a cola. It's a different kind of drink with a unique taste all its own."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper

So, there you go. I've never head of it being called a cola before now either. All I see that they have in common is colour.

[LucyParsons]

48. Semantics

To me, Dr Pepper and Coke taste about the same/as different as Coke and Pepsi. This is a real stretch, seriously.

[harmonicon]

63. no way!!

Dr Pepper just doesn't taste like cola to me at all, any more than root beer does.

[LucyParsons]

72. Seriously?

Haha!

It does to me, though I prefer it hands down over the others.

This is a case of divergent tastebuds, and why I posted this poll. :)

[harmonicon]

83. Seriously!

I almost never drink soda now, but I did as a kid, and the those two types of soda just didn't exist in the same soda world to me. I loved coke, liked RC, but didn't like Pepsi. If cherry coke counts, I remember that Meijer brand cherry cola was better than cherry coke or cherry pepsi. These are things that exist in the back of my brain where what I learned in college is supposed to be.

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

11. Kosher Coke

No HFCS in this stuff.

I have only four cans left.

[mainegreen]

12. Moxie!!!

Mainers represent!

[Caution]

14. I will *never* understand Moxie.

Ever.

[Redneck Socialist]

24. LOL! I was going to post moxie if no one had yet. n/t

[Gormy Cuss]

41. You must have a lot of moxie to bring up that drink in this thread.

Gimme one.

[Caution]

13. Just finished a Jones mere minutes ago

[DarkTirade]

56. I've got an empty Jones bottle sitting on my desk right now. :)

[pokerfan]

15. The capital of Djibouti is Djibouti

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPNT5j_OMzw

[greenbriar]

16. used to be a die hard coke drinker pre 1985 then they changed it

now it is PEPSI

[LucyParsons]

36. Uh, they changed it back a few months later...

...due to popular demand. That's why it's been called Coke Classic since like 1987.

[greenbriar]

61. but it still is not the same

trust me...

I am a cola connoisseur

[newmajority]

79. Actually, that's when they switched to the High Fructose Corn Poison

The "New Coke" thing was really all a scam so you would be sure to run out of old Coke by the time they rolled out the mutated "Classic" version.

It tastes better than the New Coke shit, but then so does raw battery acid. But once you have had the Mexican Coke, you can't go back.

The limited annual run of "Kosher Coke" would probably be a close second (haven't tried it, since it can't be found in my one-synagogue town) but it still comes in plastic bottles, so the Mexican version (in the good old glass bottle) still has the edge.

I don't drink anything out of plastic bottles when I can avoid it. Just another petroleum by product we can do without.

[flvegan]

18. Jolt.

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Use of "coke" to describe all sodas annoys the shit out of me.

Pepsi is the tastier of the cola beverages in my opinion, however.

[LucyParsons]

37. I think it's cool, because it's one of the few surviving regionalisms.

My mother: "You want a coke?"

Me: "Yeah, thanks."

My mother: "What kind?"

Me: "Dr Pepper."

;)

[dropkickpa]

43. Holy crap! That's what I grew up with

I tell ya, when I moved to Pittsburgh the "pop" crap made me insane. I now say soda.

[LucyParsons]

47. Yeah, I think adults saying "pop" sounds stupid. nt

[LucyParsons]

38. Also, do you say "kleenex" to mean all tissues?

When I was in the UK it became clear to me that we Americans use brand names as generalization WAY more often than other English-speakers. They Brits laugh at us.

[ghostsofgiants]

62. I use brand generalizations, but Coke is one that bothers me because...

People use it for things that blatantly aren't coke. Like, as in your example, Dr. Pepper. There is a distinct difference between Dr. Pepper and Coca-Cola. Kleenex tissue and any other tissue, more or less still just tissue.

[mwooldri]

20. I liked Virgin Cola... Haven't had any in ages, don't know if they still sell it...

... as they don't sell it in NC but they did in the UK when I lived there last.

[Zavulon]

23. Here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Cola

I had it in England too, and liked it. Forgot all about it until you mentioned it.

[Digit]

21. Diet Rite (different than RC, but same company)

because it does not use aspertame.

[KatyMan]

28. "Everybody likes it...

(Diet Rite cola)
Everybody likes it
(Diet Rite cola)
Everybody likes it
(Diet Rite cola)
Everybody likes it
And you know why?
Cause it tastes so good"

I always think of that commercial whenever someone mentions Diet Rite--old one, from my yoot in the early 70s, I think. Couldn't find it on youtube!

[Tektonik]

25. Pepsi

If I'm having rich food, maybe Coke, but Pepsi alone by itself tastes much, much better than Coke.

[cabbage08]

26. Dr. Pepper

[bamacrat]

27. Barq's Root Beer.

It has bite, and is the far superior root beer, I actually won't drink any other root beer. Its a thing.

[TZ]

42. Barq's is great.

I have some of their diet stuff (not at all bad) at home right now.

[SoxFan]

46. Good stuff

I fell in love with barq's when I moved to Louisiana in 1993. Being fron NH, I'd never heard of it before. it was still a regional brand with a big following in the NOLA/Biloxi/Mobile region.

Nothing better than Barq's with an erster po-boy, dressed!

[last_texas_dem]

29. I like Pepsi, Coke and RC all about equally

Not a huge Cola fan, but I like to support RC if I can find it just 'cause I feel like I'm rooting for the underdog. I love some of the flavored Jones Sodas, but I've never had Jones Cola; I've never had Tab, either. Of the ones listed that I've had, the only one I don't really care for is Dr. Pepper- which is sort of a blasphemous thing to say, being from Texas...

[blitzen]

30. Dr. Goodguy....

a cheap knockoff of Dr. Pepper that my son bought at a mini mart somewhere between the Grand Canyon and Phoenix.

[last_texas_dem]

31. Dr. Pepper-like drinks have some goofy names

I remember back when I was in junior high there was a Pepsi-brand Dr. Pepper knockoff called "Dr. Slice", and I believe Wal-Mart's Dr. Pepper-type drink is called "Dr. Thunder." H-E-B's Dr. Pepper drink is called "Dr. B." (which I suppose they chose over the slightly less appetizing "Dr. Butt", as the "B." stands for the store chain's founder's name, H. E. Butt!) And of course, there's good ol' Mr. Pibb, which tastes close enough to Dr. Pepper for me, even if Pibb never completed his doctorate. I'd never heard of "Dr. Goodguy" before; I like it! haha

[bixente]

33. It hasn't been mentioned

but Vanilla Coke would count, right? :D Of course it does.

It's been some time since I indulged, though - I was informed caffeine reduces my seizure threshold.

[stuntcat]

34. Dr. Pepper but

but I don't drink sodas anymore, but not to be superior!, just not to gain too much weight.. I've had to give up sodas, just have 1 once in a while.

[YankeyMCC]

44. IBC Cream Soda

of the nationally known brands...I think IBC is nationally known, isn't it?

Other than that I've pretty much given up on soda, I have an occasional IBC cream soda or root beer or better yet one of the locally brewed cream sodas or root beers, or ginger ales.

When I drank the bigger brands Coke was usually my choice, Pepsi tended to my tastes to be a little to syrupy.

[TZ]

60. IBC Cream Soda is good

I've had it...but I don't see it much anymore.

[NJmaverick]

45. Coke Zero, is my current favorite

[Tommy_Carcetti]

49. Pensacola

Actually, I think I've generally preferred Coca Cola just because it is Coca Cola.

I remember at the height of the Cola Wars I became a hyperpartisian in favor of Coke over Pepsi, and refused to drink Pepsi out of principle. Okay, so I was 8 years old, what are you going to do?

[Sequoia]

50. Drinking Rum and Coca-a-a-a Cola...Working for the Yankee dolla'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CUw1Km35Gg

Time to tap your foot and snap your fingers....tra, la, la !

[TCJ70]

51. I don't drink cola. I drink pop. This poll is drinkist!

[Rhiannon12866]

53. There's nothing like real Coke... :-)

Pepsi is too sweet for me. My little cousin visited here (NY) from Colorado and asked for "pop" when we were out. Nobody knew what she was talking about, so I had to translate... :-)

[El Fuego]

55. Diet Coke - Not the same thing as Coca-cola!

I read somewhere that Diet Coke is the most popular soda in the world.

[JanMichael]

57. Blue Sky - no HFCS.

It tastes like cola used to 20 years ago.

[newmajority]

80. Blue Sky finally switched to sugar?

About time. I was wondering why a "natural" soda was using that crap. Wonder if Hansen's will follow suit?

[demmiblue]

58. A nice cold Coke in a glass bottle.

However, it is too expensive... I may partake every couple of years or so!

Nostalgically, I like Mr. Pibb. YUM!

[krispos42]

59. Nice map for cola people. Enjoy.

Me, I like Pepsi, both regular and diet. Coke give me heartburn a little. RC is good, to, but I haven't had any in years.

[mainegreen]

69. awesome!

Wonder what that one country in upper minnesota calls soda?

Cool map.

[LucyParsons]

73. AWESOME!

Thanks for posting this - you have NO IDEA how up my alley it is. My bf's going to go apeshit. Laughing at me, that is.

[Mutley]

64. Root beer.

Of nearly any brand.

[edbermac]

65. Buying the store brand stuff these days

Coke and Pepsi are getting too expensive.

[arcadian]

66. Jones pure cane sugar cola

n't

[Doug.Goodall]

67. Jones Cream Soda

[newmajority]

81. Jones Green Apple is pretty damn good too.

Used to drink Shasta Red Apple as a kid. They went to HFCS long before the big brands did, and as awful as a cola is with that shit in it, any fruit flavored beverage is 10 times worse. Apple flavored corn just doesn't work.

First time I tried the Jones Green it was like a happy childhood flashback. I can't keep that stuff around the house or I'll drink too much of it. And that's an old habit I don't want to get back into (learned the hard way what HFCS does to the body when I drank Coke like water)

[ZombieHorde]

68. Chery Coke

[WinkyDink]

70. Diet Coke. Nectar of the gods.

[InvisibleTouch]

71. Other:

Cherry Coke. To the point where some of my more presumptuous friends have ordered it for me at restaurants because they knew that's what I'd be getting anyway.

I liked Vanilla Coke too, but can't seem to find it anymore. :/

[thatsrightimirish]

74. i liked pepsi twist

do they still make that? Anyway I vote cherry coke

[Name removed]

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[PermanentRevolution]

77. All Hail Mr. Pibb!!!

Ahem.

I mean, "Other."

Then Dr. Pepper, then Coke, then every other liquid possibly consumed by humans.

Then Pepsi. :evilgrin:

On an unrelated sidenote, what in hell did someone post to get themselves deleted from THIS thread???

[galledgoblin]

78. anything that uses pure sugar instead of corn syrup (n/t)

[mokawanis]

82. 7-Up

7_Up is the only soda I drink regularly.