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| CONNERMAN2000 |
...soft drinks taste SO much better at restaurants?
Or better yet, how come Coke in a glass bottle is 300X better than the Coke in aluminum cans, plastic bottles, or in any other form? |
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| bas |
| The soft drinks at restaurants come out of a soda fountain so the soda and syrup combination is different. Sometimes there's more syrup, sometimes there's more soda. As for in a glass bottle vs a can, I believe it has something to do with the air tightness of the bottle vs the can, or the amount of light that gets into it. It's the same thing as dark beer bottles vs light beer bottles. Beers that come in a darker bottle vs a lighter one don't get as much light hitting the beer so they taste different. |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
At restaurants, the soda machines often combine the syrup and water on location. That's probably what affects the taste.
I don't drink Coke, but I've found that water tastes different from a glass. I think it has to do with either your mouth touching the container or possibly with chemicals from the container getting into the drink. |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
I see, so restaurants can put more syrup in the drink if they want to. I need to find me some of this syrup so I can do that myself.
As for the glass, yeah, I bet the taste of the glass itself or the aluminum is what changes the taste. I can ALWAYS go for a glass Coke, but they aren't easy to find around here. I remember when I traveled to Europe, they still sold Coke in glass literally everywhere. Here you have to actually go on a determined search. |
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| bas |
| quote: | Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000
I see, so restaurants can put more syrup in the drink if they want to. I need to find me some of this syrup so I can do that myself. |
They don't necessarily mix it themselves, the soda fountain does that for them. There's bags connected to each fountain, one is the syrup mix and one is just soda water. Sometimes they run out of syrup before running out of soda, and you'll get nothing but really bitter carbonated soda water. Soooo gross. But sometimes they'll have more syrup than soda and it comes out extra sweet. Sooooo good. |
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| Yan |
| As for the can vs. bottle, definitely has to do with the elements (Carbon vs whatever) that the containers are made out of. |
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| UmmiE |
| Its funny how pepsi in pakistan the bottle you easily finish in like seconds less gas in it and kinda feels like the milder version of pepsi you get here. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
They don't necessarily mix it themselves, the soda fountain does that for them. There's bags connected to each fountain, one is the syrup mix and one is just soda water. Sometimes they run out of syrup before running out of soda, and you'll get nothing but really bitter carbonated soda water. Soooo gross. But sometimes they'll have more syrup than soda and it comes out extra sweet. Sooooo good. |
And some don't ever run out of soda because it is created with compressors on-site. This is obviously optimum as it will pay off quicker investment wise since you aren't ever purchasing CO2. All you pay for is your water bill and the syrup deliveries. |
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| CONNERMAN2000 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
They don't necessarily mix it themselves, the soda fountain does that for them. There's bags connected to each fountain, one is the syrup mix and one is just soda water. Sometimes they run out of syrup before running out of soda, and you'll get nothing but really bitter carbonated soda water. Soooo gross. But sometimes they'll have more syrup than soda and it comes out extra sweet. Sooooo good. |
+1 on the extra syrup being awesome.
What's also fantastic is when you order a Cherry Coke at a restaurant; its not pre-made, they add whatever that stuff is called and it all sinks to the bottom. Put the straw there and its nothing but the syrup, delicious. I think its called grenadine? :conf: |
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| beema |
| I usually find they taste worse because 1/2 the time the ratio is ed up and there is too much water in them. Plus around here the tap water is gross so you get this mad chlorine taste in them. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by inconspicuous
inb4pop |
you are correct, sir |
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