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TG The Gnomon Member MD-DC-VA Joined: May 01, 2007 Posts: 1293	TG The Gnomon Posted posted on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 10:10 AM On 2010-06-14 16:09, arriano wrote: You can find cane sugar Dr. Pepper here: http://www.straubs.com/product.html?id=332&catId=0 Hmmm! I've found that the sodas of the 60s that swapped out cane sugar for HFCS (beginning with Coke on down the line) altered a lot more than the sugar when they brought in the corn syrup. Now when I get Mexican Coke with cane sugar, it still does not taste like the Coke of the 60s, which IMO was when it reached its pinnacle of quality. Mexican Coke with cane sugar tastes better than US Coke with HFCS, but nothing else in the formula was done to maintain the original flavor, so it still doesn't taste like the "Pause that Refreshes" but rather like "the Real Thing," which we all know is fake. OTOH, in the 70s, sometime after Coke had lost its cane sugar, on a refueling stop in Panamá, I bought a Coke out of a vending machine in the airport only to find that it was original Coke! Apparently, the foreign Coke companies were not controlled by the US parent Coke company and they chose to keep things the same as before. They did not need to save money by cutting out sugar. They grew lots more sugar than they did corn. I have not been back to Panamá since, but I can tell that the Mexican Coke I get now still does not taste anything like 60s Coke. But, arriano, it looks like you might be onto something there at Straubs. It seems hopeful and definitely worth checking out. Thanks for the link.

On 2010-06-14 16:09, arriano wrote:

You can find cane sugar Dr. Pepper here: http://www.straubs.com/product.html?id=332&catId=0

Hmmm! I've found that the sodas of the 60s that swapped out cane sugar for HFCS (beginning with Coke on down the line) altered a lot more than the sugar when they brought in the corn syrup. Now when I get Mexican Coke with cane sugar, it still does not taste like the Coke of the 60s, which IMO was when it reached its pinnacle of quality. Mexican Coke with cane sugar tastes better than US Coke with HFCS, but nothing else in the formula was done to maintain the original flavor, so it still doesn't taste like the "Pause that Refreshes" but rather like "the Real Thing," which we all know is fake.

OTOH, in the 70s, sometime after Coke had lost its cane sugar, on a refueling stop in Panamá, I bought a Coke out of a vending machine in the airport only to find that it was original Coke! Apparently, the foreign Coke companies were not controlled by the US parent Coke company and they chose to keep things the same as before. They did not need to save money by cutting out sugar. They grew lots more sugar than they did corn. I have not been back to Panamá since, but I can tell that the Mexican Coke I get now still does not taste anything like 60s Coke.

But, arriano, it looks like you might be onto something there at Straubs. It seems hopeful and definitely worth checking out. Thanks for the link.

Post #536424 by The Gnomon on Tue, Jun 15, 2010 10:10 AM