Your Drink of Choice: A Pop Poll
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Topic: Your Drink of Choice: A Pop Poll
Posted By: manofmystery
Subject: Your Drink of Choice: A Pop Poll
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 10:16
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Yes, its Pop, not Soda, not Cola but Pop. Only the darkest, most mystereous pops need apply for this poll (we can tackle the great Dew, Mello Yellow, Fresca debate another day). -------------  Time always wins. |
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 10:31
Schweppes (Kinley) for me 
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 10:46
hey, Schweppes is a clear beverage ------------- Time always wins. |
harmonium.ro wrote:Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 11:11
 ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 11:14
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Sorry about the HUGE picture. But it honestly does deserve attention. The best soft drink ever created, and I don't even know what the hell it tastes of.
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 11:41
what's the difference? |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 12:08
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My preferred pop:
 this is okay, but stupidly expensive:
 and for the Linux fans:
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 12:20
Ginger beer (not ginger ale) with some dark rum (dark and stormy) is a wonderful cocktail .  Wonderful spiciness to ginger beer. |
Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: May 22 2009 at 12:51
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I'm going to attribute the lack of votes for Jones Soda to ignorance, in which case I excuse you all. ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 14:17
| Virgil's Root Beer...or any well brewed root beer for that matter. Does that count? |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 15:25
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^ was trying to stick with just regular dark colas, root beer is more of a specialty thing ------------- Time always wins. |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 15:42
Yeah, Ginger Beer only gets dark when you add some dark rum to it.  So considering your criteria, I'm going to have to go with Sprite  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: May 28 2009 at 15:48
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Pepsi Max............ ( Gut Burner). I know, not good but normal soft drink I never drink its just too much sugar and Pepsi Max is better than Diet coke which tastes like it was made at Union Carbide. Pepsi Max though I can only take so many before the chemicals start burning my guts.
I will add down here in summer you can wind up drinking the stuff all day which is not advisale as for the reason I gave above.
We do not have a lot of the soft drinks listed above but I do like Ginger Beer (Oz Brand)which I buy occasionally and to be honest if I am really thirsty I stick with water or soda water. I am really over drinking coca-cola and Pepsi seems to be on the wain as well for me. ------------- Matt |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 01:58
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Dr. Pepper any day for me.
By the way, it is definetely soda, not pop. You mid-westerners you....
I'm going to search and see if there's a poll on that. If not, expect one in the resuming minutes. ------------- 
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Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 02:13
Where is Root Beer!? 
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 02:39
it is soda, though in the East a soda technically involves ice cream |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 02:42
yep, there are some delicious microbrews in the northwest the Dr. is winning? I'm surprised though I'm a long time fan. I remember a delicious brand of gingerale called Vernors which I'd mix with cream, great combination |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 02:55
The Dr. is always making house calls here  RC is a close second -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 02:56
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^I'm surprised as well. As far as I know, outside of the United States Coke is pretty much the greatest thing ever. I was surprised in my few travels to find only coke products in other countries, and the exchange students at my school only order Coke. -------------
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 03:20
In the UK "Coke" is the generic name for all Cola, even Pepsi - same as Hoover is the generic name for a vacuum cleaners, even if it's a Dyson or Electrolux. The Coke-Cola corp. fought against this generalisation of their trade mark and won the legal battle, but didn't convince any of the British buying public, who still call all colas - coke.
this is a famous British
 ...and most supermarkets have their own brand, some of which is actually very good:
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Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 03:39
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^I understand, the same is true in cities like New Orleans in the United states. However, my experience in foreign countries include having drink choices be either Coke, Fanta or Water, when here in the US there's quite a selection in case you didn't know. And foreigners specifically order coke.
Coke is an international word for happiness in liquid form, as far as I know. -------------
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 03:40
'original American taste' woo-hoo!I remember the NewCoke debacle when they realized no one wanted Coke to taste like Pepsi, so they did ClassicCoke for a few years, now it's back to just Coke |
Posted By: TheCaptain
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 20:41
Americans taste awful. Why would Coca Cola want to reproduce that? ------------- Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal. |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 20:50
 Sprecher...a little microbrewery in Milwaukee, WI. Best root beer and cream soda that I've ever had. Make damn good beers, too. E ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 21:04
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Except Coke, Pepsi and RC Cola (which I believe doesn't exist here anymore), none of the mentioned is sold in Peru, so i have to go with Pepsi when I'm not on diet.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: May 29 2009 at 21:11
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If I'm stuck with a brown pop, I'll go with Coke.
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Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: May 30 2009 at 01:16
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Honestly never heard of most of these and from this list (not including the last option) only 2 of these are available off the shelf here in Australia. Dr Pepper used to be sold here, which sucks because I love that stuff but I haven't had it for years now. Jolt used to be sold here from what I've been told, but I've never seen it in real life, hasn't been sold here for years. Coke and Pepsi are the only 2 off the list I've had in recent times and can get readily. Like with what Dean said, it also applies to here in Australia that some supermarkets have their own brand of Cola too, and it's always really cheap compared to Coke or Pepsi. I prefer most supermarket brand cola to Coke, but out of all of them Pepsi is always the best tasting to me. ------------- 
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 13:02
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Coke all the way However, also a fan of Dr Bob (the cheap Giant brand of Dr Pepper) Its delicious Also RC Grape Soda. It SOO grapey! |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 13:38
You were expecting this, weren't you Ivan : Anyways, just like Ivan, in Argentina they only sell Coca-Cola and Pepsi from the list, and I must say that Coca-Cola gets my vote. |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 13:43
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1. Coke 2. Jolt Cola (Extra caffeine ftw! )3. Pepsi 4. Dr Pepper |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 13:44
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Yeah, Inca Cola is one of the best sodas I ever tasted, the diet version is even better, despite I notrmally hate Diet sodas. it's sold in USA as Golden Cola.
Iván -------------
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 13:46
| ^it was way too sweet for me, if I remember well. Tasted it 1 year ago, more or less... |
Posted By: Statutory-Mike
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 16:04
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MOUNTAIN DEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW ------------- 
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 16:48
I've seen it rather frequently in grocery stores here. Since Micky is a fan of sodas (I'm not), I think we will give it a try one of these days . |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 17:50
Here we use Inca Cola mostly to eat WITH food, it's perfect for that, it's made with a herb called Hierba Luisa that helps the digestive process.
We discovered hat you may eat a lot and drink this soda that helps not to feel full.
Of course in a sunny day we drink Coke or Pepsi (That are a disaster with food), but otherwise, Inca Kola sells 2.5 more times than both of the biggest brands, despite what they say.
BTW; Recently learned that Coca Cola couldn't fight them so bought 50% of the stocks of Inca Kola in US$ 300'000,000. So Pepsi is dead /The pepsi Challenge created by them destroyed it, people thought they were cheating) and all the fast food chains can sell Coca and Inca Cola.
Iván -------------
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 17:52
| I know we have something called 'erba luisa' in Italy too, but I didn't know it was the same thing as lemongrass (which I sometimes use to make Asian-style dishes). In Italy it is very popular as an ingredient for candles or sprays that are supposed to keep mosquitoes away (and they work!). |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 18:18
Most surely, but it must be a different variety, we have like 30 sub.species the one we use is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_verbena - Lemon verbena (Aloysia triphylla), and for the soda the leave are used unlike most of the world where the flower is used.
Has a strong lemmon aroma that probably helps keeping bugs away.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 18:37
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Lemon Verbena is not Lemongrass - Lemongrass looks like a grass when it is growing while lemon verbena does not.
http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://lemongrassworld.com/media/images/lemongrass.jpg&imgrefurl=http://lemongrassworld.com/pages/about-lemongrass.php&usg=__TIjWd8YpGfgHcD1C_ApQauNj26k=&h=340&w=340&sz=32&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=IIlK1-5Epc4g1M:&tbnh=119&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlemongrass%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff -
  lemongrass and lemon verbena
I have Lemon Verbena and another herb called Lemon Balm (which is of the mint family) growing in my garden - both have a strong citrus aroma and both can be used in cooking and to make infusions.
I've never tried making a drink from the Verbena flowers, but using flowers to make soft drinks is something we do here in the UK too (with Elderflower), and now is the time of the year to do it.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 18:55
| That's right, Dean. Lemongrass has tough stalks (which are usually strained out of soups and sauces), while lemon verbena has leaves, like most herbs. In Italy, lemongrass is called citronella, and it is the one used as an insect repellent. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 19:17
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Yes Dean, that's the problem when some herbs use local names rather than stardard ones, I only knew it as Hierba Luisa since I remember.
According to some sources Hierba Luisa is lemongrass, but according to Wikipedia it's Lemon Verbena. God knows, but it tastes fantastic.
 Iván
BTW: Our Hierba Luisa looks more like lemongrass of your photo for what I seen, long leaves and a small flower. -------------
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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 19:30
I used to be hooked on Coca Cola, but I gave up all such fizzy drinks from October 2, 2008 to April 25, 2009. Inca Cola is just about the only soft drink I consume these days. The fact that my girlfriend is Peruvian might have something to do with it. Nah. I think its the great taste 
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Posted By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: May 09 2010 at 05:17
| Coke, I guess. But I barely can taste the difference with Pepsi |
Posted By: Falx
Date Posted: May 09 2010 at 05:53
It tastes of a hangover in Edinburgh after going overboard with the single malts the night before  =F= ------------- "You must go beyond the limit of the limit of your limits!" - Mr. Doctor "It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: May 09 2010 at 22:26
Props for including Jones in here. Didn't think it would be here. It is my favourite pop out there. 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: May 09 2010 at 23:14
Pop is not fit for human consumption. 
But if you insist, and won't let me have an iced tea, I'll have a root beer, then.
 BUUUUUUURRRRP!  ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Tursake
Date Posted: May 10 2010 at 01:12
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Dr. Pepper ofcourse, but it has so much sugar I tend to drink it as seldom as possible. Normally I drink Pepsi Max, cause it has no sugar and I don't believe that aspartame causes cancer
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Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: May 10 2010 at 02:52
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Im gunna be living in Pittsburgh this August....have to get used to hearing "pop" instead of soda....but Coke is my favorite. Much better than Pepsi. Although the cheap grape soda is good, very potent grapey taste |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: May 10 2010 at 06:01
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Old Jamaica Ginger Beer is a fave of mine; served Ice Cold on a hot day!
Of the Colas, I guess I prefer Pepsi to Coke, although it's hard to say exactly why... Just seems to go down better. Virgin Cola was pretty good too. There is an Italian fizzy orange drink, which we can get in the uk, which is a current fave of mine. Cant remember what it's called. I'll let you know after I've bought a can in the work cafe today. Edit: Sanpellegrino 'Aranciata' ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |