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50. Oh yes. That first swallow, the Coke slightly burns the back of the throat.

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 09:30 AM

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The carbonation is perfect.

Then a delicious sweet and wonderful iconic taste.

The same with fountain coke which is by far the best.
Then bottled coke in glass bottles.

The rest of it in cans and plastic bottles are not worth mentioning.

Pepsi, right a bland medicinal taste. No carbonation.

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We are gonna have a Coke vs Pepsi fight. Irish_Dem Jul 18 #40

I have been trying to come up with a way to describe the difference - at least to me BumRushDaShow Jul 18 #49

Oh yes. That first swallow, the Coke slightly burns the back of the throat. Irish_Dem Jul 18 #50

I actually think it's interesting to hear you folks describe how it tastes mahina Jul 18 #52

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You make it sound delicious! mahina Jul 18 #57

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