Pepsi, I can’t say I can tell a difference over the years.
But Coke? Fuck yes. Coke used to have a much crisper taste back when I was a little kid. Then they did new coke in the 80s, and classic coke was different than what I had before that. Classic coke was absolutely not the same flavor.
Yes. There was a famous marketing scandal called New Coke. Additionally, Coke in different countries has different ingredients. “Mexican Coke” is sought after in the states because it has cane sugar rather than high fructose corn syrup.
In Australia Coca-Cola is made under licence by Coca-Cola Amatil (not the same company), and the full sugar version uses local cane sugar. I don’t know if the recipes for the sugar free versions are different to the US, but I suspect they might be in order to better match the taste of the local full sugar recipe.
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They both taste like shit in Australia
It can taste different in the same city / from different sources.
The water sources will be different (mostly filtered city water) and bottled, caned, fountain drinks at restaurants can all vary slightly due to many factors. In some countries different types of sugar/sweeteners may be used, the US has highly subsidies corn so in the us HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP is used, where you will see sugar listed in other countries.
Some restaurants will get the mix in bags, others in metal canisters this can impact taste on top of the equipment that mixes and carbonizes the mix.
I just want to say that India’s Thumbs Up cola (a Pepsi brand) is the tits. Cardamom belongs in cola. I would have never guessed.
That sounds freaking good. I would put a trace of cardamom in everything if I could.
I think they taste different with corn syrup versus sugar, and in plastic bottles versus glass bottles.
Coca Cola will vary in flavor between product made with high fructose corn syrup and natural sugar.
I can only say Coca Cola taste the same in The Netherlands, Germany, and Vietnam. While I can generally tell quite well when I get a different cola then a Coca Cola one. Based on that there should be some kind of international standard?
I can imagine US being different due to less strict rules around food than EU (much American junkfood is altered in the EU market due to this). But then I’m suprised Vietnam taste the same for that same reason 🤔.
I can give you some insight. Coca Cola sends different recipes to different factories depending on the water used to make Coke so that it always tastes the same wherever you buy it.
The biggest difference between cokes around the world comes from the sugars that are used to make Coke. Different quality of sugars produce different qualities of beverages. It all depends of the sugar supplier of the factory.
I generally drink Zero. If the sugar is the different, could that be why?
Zero taste the same as regular to me but less sweet, but since I rarely drink regular I don’t have the exact taste of that in my mouth.
Not just countries, but depending on the size of a country it can taste different depending on the region of the country you’re in. For example, whenever I go to another state, sodas of all varieties taste off. It isn’t super different, but it is strange and it takes some getting used too.
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