Do multi-pack cans/ 2-litre twin-pack bottles of coca cola....

thatsa spicy

...taste weaker than individual cans/ 2-litre bottles??

Ive been drinking the stuff for years and years and because of this I really can taste when the stuff is weaker than usual.

The coke from the individual 2-litre bottles that you find in the supermarket tastes better than the coke found in the 2-litre bottle found in the twin-pack (or triple-pack). It is not in my head; on more than one occasion I've been handed a glass of the twin pack stuff and have correctly judged it to be from a twin pack bottle.

I've also, on many occasions, purchased 6-can packs, 12-can packs and 24-can packs (where each individual can has a yellow ring around the top of the can, with the words "not to be sold as part of a multi-pack" written on it).
Now, I have also purchased 24-can slabs from garages....these are the cans that the shops put in the fridge...the individual cans that sell for approx 1 euro each....the ones that dont have any yellow multipack label on them. The individual cans from the garages, taste sweeter and generally nicer than the ones from the 24-can multi packs from the supermarkets.

I appreciate why you might say it's all in my head; after all, how many people say that coke is nicest, firstly, out of a glass bottle, then a can, then a plastic bottle? Most people would say this in my experience, and this is actually all in the head in my coke-experienced opinion. I think in this case it is because
1. glass bottle= nostalgia...smaller amount of coke implies nicer
2. can = you can't close it so you drink it before it goes flat
3 bottle= goes flat if you don't drink it quick enough

And it pisses me off when I see a shop trying to get away with selling multi-pack cans or twin pack 2-litre bottles of coke as though they are not from a multi-pack/ twin-pack.

Please, somebody confirm to me that they agree that the multi-pack cans and twin pack 2-litre bottles are of lower quality than the individual cans/ 2-litre bottles!!

smythwicks

Ill just say ya...

GrumPy

Coke forum tbh

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Borneo Fnctn

I'm curious now. I'll have to try it myself.

AnonoBoy

You're thinking about fizzy drinks waaaaaaay too much there kiddo.

Have you ever even tried talking to girls? It's great fun. Honest.

Linku

I drink an awful lot of Coke, and can easily tell the difference between large bottle / canned / small bottle Coke, but have to say there's no taste difference between multipack and single bottles or cans.

The difference between bottles and cans or different sizes is down the the container itself and the pressure in it, I highly doubt they go the trouble of making more dilute Coke for 2l bottles that are going into a multipack, they just print a different label on them later.

Kiera

Where's the "you're off your rocker" option?

smythwicks

GrumPy wrote: »

Coke forum tbh

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Conspiracy Theories no?

Pushtrak

When it comes to the drinking of coke in the 2l form, I give this advice. Don't close the bottle. Keep it open. You'll lose the fizz by opening and closing it. Don't bother arguing with me, I've proven it to anyone who tried to in real life. Don't believe me? Try it. Even stays good overnight.

eehhh, no.

But the bottled stuff definitely isn't as nice as the canned stuff.

jif

okay okay it is..now stop pointing that gun and twitching

BluesBerry

I cant say I ever noticed but I find it could be true probably because you are getting it cheaper they water it down to make a profit

Damn them anyway

o1s1n

Pushtrak wrote: »

When it comes to the drinking of coke in the 2l form, I give this advice. Don't close the bottle. Keep it open. You'll lose the fizz by opening and closing it. Don't bother arguing with me, I've proven it to anyone who tried to in real life. Don't believe me? Try it. Even stays good overnight.

What if a 2l bottle of coke lasts you more than one or two days?

Open, pour a glass, close. If you're constantly opening and closing a 2l bottle enough to lose all the life out of it then you drink way too much coke.

At last someone who tastes a difference in the same drink. I dont really drink multipack cans so cannot comment on that but the cans that were out around xmas with a santa claus tasted terible compared with normal can, however the biggest difference in drinks is between 2 litre bottles of 7up. There are two types of bottles.

This shape

http://www.britishfooddirect.com/images/8717700001023_200.jpg

and this http://www.shelflife.ie/img/November%2009/softdrinks1.jpg

There is a massive difference, the stuff in the first bottle tastes like cheap own brand crap from a shop while the second bottle tastes like, well 7up. Anybody else notice this?

and I'm not stupid enough to be comparing diet/7up free with normal 7up, both are supposed to be normal 7up.

El Weirdo

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Have you ever even tried talking to girls? It's great fun. Honest.

Ridin' them is even more fun. Honest.

TheZohanS

Law of diminishing marginal utility:Consuming more of a product within a given period will at some point result indiminishing marginal utility.

Multi-pack cans and 2-litre twin packs are a lot of coke.

Overheal

No

TheZohan wrote: »

Law of diminishing marginal utility:Consuming more of a product within a given period will at some point result indiminishing marginal utility.

Multi-pack cans and 2-litre twin packs are a lot of coke.

Even if you only grab a glass out of the bottle in a day?

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Have you ever even tried talking to girls? It's great fun. Honest.

How would you know? :P :pac:

I think they are the same, I cannot taste the differance anyway, athough I do prefer a can of coke to a bottle of coke.

3qsmavrod5twfe

Shouldn't 'Atari Jaguar' be an option in the poll.

Modding has gotten slack round here since dr.bollocko left.

\storms off grumbling

kowloon

The can and the bottle taste different because the acidity of the drink interacts with the container, or so I'm told.

Maybe they taste different because some retailers buy from outside the country: coke bottled/canned in Germany might taste slightly different from the stuff bottled here. The syrup is the same afaik, but the water supply might be different or something like that.

I was told this by someone working for coke in Ireland, of course it's possible he was pulling these facts out of his ass to make it look like he actually knew something about his job.

Slidey

OP, you need to see this

mikemac

No, it's all in your head OP.

Seriously, the hassle to switch over an automatic production line to a weaker product would cost more then it's worth

Nevaeh Obnoxious Rucksack wrote: »

Shouldn't 'Atari Jaguar' be an option in the poll.

I've started many threads with polls and there's always someone who chips in with this.
I don't understand why an obsolete games console is to be included and I don't want to know!

msg11

El Weirdo wrote: »

Ridin' them is even more fun. Honest.

Bottles of Coke? Dirrttyy

Dman001

kowloon wrote: »

The can and the bottle taste different because the acidity of the drink interacts with the container, or so I'm told.

Maybe they taste different because some retailers buy from outside the country: coke bottled/canned in Germany might taste slightly different from the stuff bottled here. The syrup is the same afaik, but the water supply might be different or something like that.

I was told this by someone working for coke in Ireland, of course it's possible he was pulling these facts out of his ass to make it look like he actually knew something about his job.

Yes I believe the syrup is the same but the sugar and other additives vary from bottlers. I know that some discount stores import Coke from foreign countries and it does taste rotten.

mikemac

Dman001 wrote: »

I know that some discount stores import Coke from foreign countries and it does taste rotten.

Our local newsagent imports Coca Cola
Well at least the label is in Arabic

Tastes rotten! And the owner still charges the same price as the other shops who get their coke from Dundalk and Northern Ireland. No price reductions at all

And then I'm supposed to support Irish shops. And feel guilty about not buying Irish when some shops won't even buy off from Coca Cola Ireland in Dundalk :rolleyes:

Pushtrak

o1s1n wrote: »

Open, pour a glass, close. If you're constantly opening and closing a 2l bottle enough to lose all the life out of it then you drink way too much coke.

Picture a different scenario. Two people go to the cinema and sneak in 2l of coke. Because cinema prices are stupid. Anyway, one person compulsively closes the bottle every time they take a drink from it. The other person doesn't. The first person will find the taste gone from the bottle a good while before they get to the end of it, whereas the other person will not have such a problem.

anonymous_joe

Coke tastes really different depending on the continent too. It's awful in China.

EU Coke has less E numbers too afaik. Apparently it's the 'healthiest.' :pac:

irish_goat

If they taste different then there's probably a difference in the "nutritional value". Might be worth comparing both to see if there's actually any difference in them at all or if it's all in the head.

Degag

mikemac wrote: »

I've started many threads with polls and there's always someone who chips in with this.
I don't understand why an obsolete games console is to be included and I don't want to know!

I've always wondered the same thing... felt too stupid to ask!

donmeister

From an experienced Coke drinker, in my honest opinion Polish Coke is excellent. Try it. Seriously.

starbelgrade

donmeister wrote: »

From an experienced Coke drinker, in my honest opinion Polish Coke is excellent. Try it. Seriously.

I hope it's better than Polish coal.

Hyperbullet

A can of coke is nice but Pepsi is way feckin nicer.

Linku

Most other countries don't use real sugar in their soft drinks, and use corn syrup or sweeteners instead, which is why Irish/UK Coke usually tastes better. People go crazy in the US looking for Coke with real sugar, which I believe is sold in Mexico, and in some shops in the USA during passover because the regular US stuff isn't kosher.

I think here is the country that uses real orange in Fanta Orange, presumably as it competes with Club Orange. Fanta abroad always looks lighter and tastes weaker.

thatsa spicy

No

Hyperbullet wrote: »

A can of coke is nice but Pepsi is way feckin nicer.

Banned



Only messing

thatsa spicy

No

Linku wrote: »

Most other countries don't use real sugar in their soft drinks, and use corn syrup or sweeteners instead, which is why Irish/UK Coke usually tastes better. People go crazy in the US looking for Coke with real sugar, which I believe is sold in Mexico, and in some shops in the USA during passover because the regular US stuff isn't kosher.

I think here is the country that uses real orange in Fanta Orange, presumably as it competes with Club Orange. Fanta abroad always looks lighter and tastes weaker.

Ah but it seems to be universaly agreed tha Spanish fanta is nicer than Irsh fanta....its absolutely gorgeous in fact.

Reindeer

Read the labels - they are identical

kowloon

Fanta contents, apparently.

http://www.cogulus.com/fanta/

Buceph

thatsa spicy wrote: »

Ah but it seems to be universaly agreed tha Spanish fanta is nicer than Irsh fanta....its absolutely gorgeous in fact.

Of course it's nicer, it has to compete with Orangina.


When we went on holidays to Spain, my parents would bring back a car load of Spanish wine, and I'd get a crate of Orangina.

Haven't had it since I was a young 'n though.

c montgomery

Poll results so far have the yes camp at 25%. Just goes to show ya that 1 in 4 people are as intelligent as road kill. Prob all work for the public service too.

thatsa spicy

No

c montgomery wrote: »

Poll results so far have the yes camp at 25%. Just goes to show ya that 1 in 4 people are as intelligent as road kill. Prob all work for the public service too.

Nope, but have no gripes with people cunning enough to have gotten in there when times were good. Hate c'unts that got into the public sector back in the old days though, by virtue of nepotism.

Dj Stiggie

Always thought that about the cans, never voiced my opinion though for fear of men in white coats calling to my door.

However, the order of preference:

Glass bottle
Can
Plastic bottle

Definitely isn't in anyone's head. Its all down to how its packaged. Same with anything, the aluminium affects the taste, etc

Sea Sharp

OP I think it might be mostly in your head.

Something to try at home:
Take the wrapper off a 500ml bottle of coke you buy in the shop. Without the wrapper it tastes different. This is clearly all in your head

JONJO THE MISER

Just saw the thread o.p and i was going to mention this last week on here. I never buy multi pack cans of Pepsi but at the moment im living out in the bush in oz so brought 2x24 packs of pepsi, i usually only but the bottles. Anyway when i went to drink them they were without a doubt a lot weaker than the bottles:(.