What did 'New Coke' taste like?

deadybai

On this day coke released their 'new coke' formula which turned out to be a marketing failure.

Did anyone here taste it? Was it nicer than normal coke? Were you outraged at the time?

Agricola

Couldnt say. My body is a temple and I would never sully it with an unholy trinity of sugar, caffeine and capitalism. Fair trade coconut milk for me.

Digital Solitude

Agricola wrote: »

Couldnt say. My body is a temple and I would never sully it with an unholy trinity of sugar, caffeine and capitalism. Fair trade coconut milk for me.

Coconut milk with cheerios is fvcking ****e, DS does not recommend.

thelad95

I wasn't even born back then but by all accounts it tasted of pish.

eternal

I'm a breatharain actually.

Guy:Incognito

Wrong, that's what it tasted like, wrong. You don't **** with the coke.

Riesen_Meal

Was this the clear coke?

Tasted like coke, it was just see through, like 7up....

kneemos

Worse than Boards.

Guy:Incognito

Fieldog wrote: »

Was this the clear coke?

Tasted like coke, it was just see through, like 7up....

No, that was Tab Clear and it didnt taste like coke when I drank it.More ****ing with coke that was.

FloatingVoter

Tasted the same nothing as the old ****e....it just gave us a reason to protest about multinational whatsits.
Now ask me what Cherry Coke tasted like and we'll run out of cuss words.

El Weirdo

Pretty sure it was only released in America.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Was it anything like Pepsi? Apparently the decision to change the recipe came about because Pepsi were beating them in sales back in the 80s.

Fr_Dougal

It had a fair bit of cocaine in it.

whatismyname

deadybai wrote: »

On this day coke released their 'new coke' formula which turned out to be a marketing failure.

As in 'today'?

5starpool

El Weirdo wrote: »

Pretty sure it was only released in America.

Coke in America tastes noticeably different to here anyhow.

Faustino

The new green coke is quite pleasant. Doesn't make your teeth feel violated immediately and not as gassy as the diet shi'ite they sell.

magick

They still sell Cherry Coke here

OldMrBrennan83

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Capt'n Midnight

It was vile.

I still miss the old medicinal taste of real coke

The "classic" coke they brought back just didn't taste the same. And now I can drink pepsi 'cept it's too sweet or virgin cola or some generic colas (but not the super cheap ones ). Before it was coke or nothing

Now coke is just another cola - and the cheaper diet colas work better at this
https://xkcd.com/1053/
https://xkcd.com/346/

kfallon

Shams wrote: »

They still sell Cherry Coke here

And vanilla!

Tell you what's not bad, Spar's own brand Cola, expected it to be mank but was nicely surprised!

the_monkey

El Weirdo wrote: »

Pretty sure it was only released in America.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/8550ct7j2x2g0iq/5933297899_49cf5da88d_o.jpg?dl=0

Cee-Jay-Cee

I remember it being Shiite tasting, overly sweet and artificial.

OldMrBrennan83

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DEFTLEFTHAND

DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »

Was it anything like Pepsi? Apparently the decision to change the recipe came about because Pepsi were beating them in sales back in the 80s.

This isn't something I know much about but you just sparked something in relation to 80s films.... Pepsi seems a lot more evident in American films at the time in terms of signage etc.

strobe

5starpool wrote: »

Coke in America tastes noticeably different to here anyhow.

I heard the comedian Bill Burr say it's cause they use real sugar here. It's that high fructose corn syrup stuff in the US. Now he said it was about the difference between the taste of coke in Mexico vs the US. Apparently he thought the Mexican version was far better tasting. But I presume it'd be the same difference between here and the US.

Which did you prefer? US or Irish?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atpxQRgJB4A

mad muffin

The sweaty jockstrap of a hobo.

Massimo Cassagrande

"Musty".

It tasted musty. I think regular coke still does. Diet Cokes nicer, in moderation. If you throw moderation out the window, it gets to be deleterious to your health. Moderation is bloomin dull, but it seems to be the way to go about everything. Boring.

5starpool

strobe wrote: »

I heard the comedian Bill Burr say it's cause they use real sugar here. It's that high fructose corn syrup stuff in the US. Now he said it was about the difference between the taste of coke in Mexico vs the US. Apparently he thought the Mexican version was far better tasting. But I presume it'd be the same difference between here and the US.

Which did you prefer? US or Irish?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atpxQRgJB4A

Ya, Irish coke is much nicer.

El Weirdo

Patww79 wrote: »

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Fizzy Benylin.

the_monkey

El Weirdo wrote: »

Fizzy Benylin.

if you think thats bad you should try root beer ...

disgusting ultra sweet muck

Titzon Toast

kfallon wrote: »

And vanilla!

Tell you what's not bad, Spar's own brand Cola, expected it to be mank but was nicely surprised!

Where have you seen vanilla coke on sale please?

circadian

the_monkey wrote: »

if you think thats bad you should try root beer ...

disgusting ultra sweet muck

I hate the taste but I still drink it. Especially from an A&W fountain. The sugar content must be so high that it's 'more-ish'

ConstantJoe

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Where have you seen vanilla coke on sale please?

You can get it in a few places in Maynooth.

muppetkiller

Lidl is great for Coke. Their own brand cola is 59cent and is 90% the taste of regular coke.

I have to say though the Green Coke recently released is really nice. Kinda minty after taste to it too.

anncoates

I really like the shade of green on those Coke Life cans. What's the name for it? Racing green?

That's my sole opinion on the matter.

kfallon

Titzon Toast wrote: »

Where have you seen vanilla coke on sale please?

3 for €1.49 in Dealz