Mexican Coca Cola...yeah, it's better

[DonOhio]

Found some today at a Mexican shop that just opened up. Had heard it's superior to our domestic "old" Coke, which I've detested since it came out. MexCoke is better, all right. It's still not quite what I remember from childhood. Only a little of the old, throat-burning bite goodness is there, but American Coke totally lacks it so MexCoke is better on that account alone. But it tastes better and has no aftertaste. If you can get some, try it! Anyone else had it?

[GoldenMonkey]

What you'll find is that it is made with cane sugar, not corn syrup, and therefore...yeah...a million times better. Costco used to carry it in cases for $18 per, which was the ruleyest of the ruley, but then Cosco and Coca Cola had a dispute, and now you won't find a single Coke product available in their "stores", which is a shame.

If you like the Mexicoke, I also suggest Boylan's Cane Cola...guzzle guzzle!

[DonOhio]

I see Boylan's root beer around here from time to time (prefer Jones)...will keep my eye out for their cola, thx!

[Bobtrumpet]

We used to be able to get it only at Mexican-oriented grocery stores, but now it's almost everywhere, including every 7-11 I've been in do far in the Dallas area.

Good stuff. :thumbup1:

[blackfoot]

I am drinking one right now. :thumbup:

[dpm802]

I found some at my local ACME when I went shopping this week ... $1.79 for a 500ml size. I bought a bottle to see if its all its cracked up to be. I appreciate the fact that its packaged in a glass bottle with the traditional hoop-skirt design.

I haven't tried it yet, its still in the fridge. Maybe I'll crack it open tonight and give it a go.

[dog]

I've never tried a Coke made with cane sugar instead of HFCS, but I've tried the Pepsi.

Didn't like it at all. It tasted like diet to me (it wasn't actually diet, of that I am sure.) I'm thinking the Coke would be the same way.

[DonOhio]

I'm 41, so I barely remember what true old Coke tasted like. The MexCoke is close but it still is missing some of that wicked nice bite it had before the early '80s...or am I just imagining it? You older timers will recall what I'm talking about (unless, again, I only think it had a lot more bite in the old days). Thx,

[KaiserKrebs]

Yeah, it's way better IMHO. I think the cane sugar formula gives a crisper mouth feel versus the HFCS version, which Coke switched over too in the 1970's. Able to buy it in the Mexican markets in my area, but as someone said Costco used to have it by the case until their little pissing contest with Coca-Cola. Haven't seen it back on the shelf yet.

Highly recommend Gosling's black seal rum, and Mexican coke, add a lime for a fantastic "Cuba Libre" :drool:

[airplanedoc]

Yea it is great stuff, A bit pricy but worth it. We just started getting it around here. I also like kosher coke if and when you can find that.

FYI Costco and Coke settled ther problem, and it is back on the shelf now, thou I did not see the mexican coke

[Bubarubu]

Five years ago, I couldn't find it in Austin. Now in Oklahoma City, I can buy single bottles (12 or 20 oz) at the local grocery store's nearby Latino-targeted store or 24-bottle cases at Sam's (!) Definitely better stuff.

[Dustinl]

It's readily available here in Central Texas. I love the stuff. I love to drink one when I smoke a good maduro cigar.


DL

[ShaveAddict]

If you like Mexican soft drinks, you should try the Jaritos, they have it in lots of flavor, it's well know in Mexico since a lot of years.

[delmonte]

Yes, it is way better! I love it. It has a more herbal taste in my opinion, and the crispness, lightness, and lack of after taste of the cane sugar is great. I can't stand regular coke... I steer clear of HFCS as much as I can.

By the way, people should know that there are two Mexican Coke varieties available, and one actually does have HFCS. It comes in a bigger bottle (1 liter?) and has a yellow cap. I haven't tried it, but I'll stick with the one with sugar...

[Left Coast DJ]

Hecho en Mexico Coke is the bestest! But at $1.50 per bottle, I can't afford to drink it all the time though. Someone told me recently there's one store in my neighborhood that carries Pepsi Natural - which is supposed to have real sugar too. Haven't tried it yet.

[Telecaster52]

If you like Mexican soft drinks, you should try the Jaritos, they have it in lots of flavor, it's well know in Mexico since a lot of years.

+1 the sangria & fruit punch flavors are my favorite

[chainfire]

It's too bad HFCS and beet sugars have over taken the market. Cane sugar is just better in every respect.

[mretzloff]

I had my first and only one a few months ago. It was great. I should go back to the Mexican store where I purchased it and get some more. I did like the whole Pepsi Throwback thing they did.

[Baker]

You know, I have to concur with what Don mentioned. I miss the bite. I've often wondered if it was just because I was young at the time, but my memory of Coke in a glass bottle was that the stuff nearly burned on the way in; particulary that first sip. Man, I'd pay double for a bottle full of that. LOL

[Stormin]

The local markets all carry it here, but I have the luxury of having a good friend with CocaCola, so he always keeps me in the loop with who's selling it for the best price. Usually it can be found for about a buck a bottle. A delicious taste that I really enjoy with some Appletons and a twist.

[Mpugh77]

It's the real sugar for sure. I remember buying a bunch of soft drinks in a Canadian Wal-Mart once on vacation because they were made with real sugar.

[Robxcarlson]

I could cross the border for it actually, but I don't want to get shot. Fortunately all the grocery stores here carry it (and a lot of other Mexican items). I don't drink soda very often, but when I do want a coke, there's no substitute for the flavor of the mexican version.

[*King G*]

beet sugar and cane sugar are nearly identical in taste. mexican coke rules.

[sol92258]

It's readily available here in Central Texas. I love the stuff. I love to drink one when I smoke a good maduro cigar.


DL

I can't remember exactly where you are, but you're probably close enough to get Dublin Dr. Pepper, too, right?

[DonOhio]

It's too bad HFCS and beet sugars have over taken the market. Cane sugar is just better in every respect.

Yup. Just like with Crisco and fake oils of decades ago decades ago, and the upside-down "food pyramid," agribusiness had to find a way to make money off of byproducts. HFCS is just the latest. Goodbye to some relatively healthy choices...hello to skyrocketing heart disease, diabetes and obesity.

[DonOhio]

Regarding the mention of other Mex products...and I want to ask this delicately...for all the good our FDA sometimes doesn't do, at least we have the FDA. Mexico, afaik, does not. I'd imagine Coca Cola would run a tight ship on their out of U.S. bottling plants but what about ones that aren't U.S. owned/controlled? Thoughts?

[arghblech]

If you like Mexican soft drinks, you should try the Jaritos, they have it in lots of flavor, it's well know in Mexico since a lot of years.

I'm partial to the Toronja flavor of Jarritos.

[norton]

Anyone seen the Mexicoke in the DC metro area? I've noticed not many of these posts are from East of the Mississippi.

I've actually ordered Foxxon Park sodas because they're made w/real sugar. Really don't like paying for shipping liquids.

[ouch]

Regarding the mention of other Mex products...and I want to ask this delicately...for all the good our FDA sometimes doesn't do, at least we have the FDA. Mexico, afaik, does not. I'd imagine Coca Cola would run a tight ship on their out of U.S. bottling plants but what about ones that aren't U.S. owned/controlled? Thoughts?

Good point. In the 70's, a comdedian (Chris Rush?) did a routine about our FDA. He pointed out that they never say what can't be included in a product, only how much is considered unsafe. I recall the line, "You can have 0.03 grams of rat balls in a box of Cheerios".

[ShaveAddict]

I'm partial to the Toronja flavor of Jarritos.

U must be talking about the "Naranja" flavor?
Witch mean in english "orange", it's a very good soda.
Jaritos are way better than other Pepsi or Coke brand products.
They make soda with natural ingredients, what Pepsi and Coke never did.

[cthip]

Costco used to carry it in cases for $18 per, which was the ruleyest of the ruley, but then Cosco and Coca Cola had a dispute, and now you won't find a single Coke product available in their "stores", which is a shame.

just picked up a case of 24 for $17.99 at my local costco (mountain view, ca). maybe the embargo is over?

[arghblech]

U must be talking about the "Naranja" flavor?
Witch mean in english "orange", it's a very good soda.
Jaritos are way better than other Pepsi or Coke brand products.
They make soda with natural ingredients, what Pepsi and Coke never did.

Grapefruit, baby! It's the best.

[sol92258]

Grapefruit, baby! It's the best.
ooh, I'll have to look for that one!

[jjjackso]

is this Costco-coke the stuff with sugar? Have not been to one recently but dont remember seeing any special coke. The small spanish grocery stores do sell mexican coke in glass bottles with a greenish hue. They are to die for.

[Dustinl]

I can't remember exactly where you are, but you're probably close enough to get Dublin Dr. Pepper, too, right?

Actually we are indeed very close to Dublin, Texas. Within a 100 miles. I bought a sixer of glass-bottled DPs the other day, then noticed a few days later that they are putting them in the 20oz plastic bottles now. It just tastes better from glass.


DL

[GoldenMonkey]

just picked up a case of 24 for $17.99 at my local costco (mountain view, ca). maybe the embargo is over?

Yes, they are finally restocking coke products...I haven't checked my local (Richmond, CA), but two weeks ago they still didn't have any. Time to check!

[blackfoot]

Yes, they are finally restocking coke products...I haven't checked my local (Richmond, CA), but two weeks ago they still didn't have any. Time to check!

I know we have to have these around here, but I have never been to one. I get my Mexican Coke from a guy on the corner of....I mean, the mexican grocery store. :blushing:

[DonOhio]

On our way home the wife pointed out a 2nd Mexican store in our area. Stopped in and got confused. Both size bottles were there (as well as other brands the 1st store did not have, including sugar-sweetened Squirt :thumbup1:), but the smaller one's paper label read "HFCS," while the larger, yellow capped bottle - which I'd heard is the Mexican HFCS blend - said "sugar." Exactly the reverse of how I thought this was set up. But the clerk knew what I wanted and handed me the bigger of the two, insisting this is what I wanted if I wanted sugar ("See, senor?" he pointed to the label, "S-U-G-A-R.") So I said ok and bought it.

I about poured the bottle out the window on the way home. It was NOTHING like the other Mexican Cokes I'd had last week; in fact it was exactly like our usual domestic swill, right down to the metallic, oily aftertaste in the back of my mouth which is still there 30 minutes later.

In short, it was mislabeled "sugar" when I know it was HFCS. I'd swear it to a judge.

So what the heck is going on now? Are they playing hanky panky with the Coca Cola down Mexico way now? If you can't trust your Mexican grocer, who CAN you trust?!

PS I also just learned that around Passover, Coke and others make a yellow capped domestic that is sweetened with sugar, as corn is not kosher at that time. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled - anyone tried that version?

[DonOhio]

To even my day out, the Shaving Gods told Quetzalcotl to quit jerkin my chain and allowed me to fine a primo '72 Slim Adjustable for $3. So there's that.

[Bubarubu]

PS I also just learned that around Passover, Coke and others make a yellow capped domestic that is sweetened with sugar, as corn is not kosher at that time. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled - anyone tried that version?

It's basically the same as the sugar-sweetened Mexican Coke, but it's also only available in markets with a denser Jewish population, and even then its spotty. Parts of NYC, Baltimore, Cleveland, St. Louis, Chicago, Miami, LA, maybe Omaha would be some likely targets. Find the collection of shuls (they're almost always in the same basic area) and go to the nearest grocery stores.

[jchennav]

PS I also just learned that around Passover, Coke and others make a yellow capped domestic that is sweetened with sugar, as corn is not kosher at that time. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled - anyone tried that version?

The Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola is definitely the real thing. It doesn't have the cloying aftertaste that you'd get from regular Coca-Cola Classic.

Chicago residents can buy them in cans. It is normally not recommended stock up the 2-litre bottles for the Coca-Cocalypse since the drink will go flat in a few months.

Note that certain bottlers in Mexico (cough, cough, FEMSA) have switched over to the dark side of HFCS. Blame NAFTA and the American agribusiness interests for this one. Just look for the ingredient label and make sure it does not contain the words "High Fructose Corn Syrup or Sugar".

[Windwalker]

I found this in Abilene during the summer, much better than the HFCS kind. It was tasty!! :001_tongu I really liked the MD throwback while it was available. :sad:

[benvh]

Went to grab a burrito in San Fran and they had them in the case. Glass bottle + real sugar = yummy!

[Euclid]

I can't remember exactly where you are, but you're probably close enough to get Dublin Dr. Pepper, too, right?

Ah Dublin Dr Pepper just cant be beat, its just amazing stuff.

[Tobacco]

Local mexican grocers carry it here in Chicago/NW Indiana. Great stuff; I won't drink regular coke but will drink Mexican Coke.

[ratcheer]

We bought a case of Mexican Coke at our Costco, this past weekend. It is definitely better. While the flavor is still very close to domestic Coke, the taste is lighter and brighter. The flavors "sparkle" more in your mouth.

It was very expensive, though - we paid over $18 for the case.

Tim

[Big_Fuzzy]

It never occured to me that coke is different around the world... strange.

In australia I would say the coke has quite a strong bite, but I have nothing to compare it to! Not untill I visit the USA that is.

[Casey]

Look around before Passover, and you can get 2-liters of real sugar Pepsi. Apparently HFCS is not kosher for Passover.

There's a Dr. Pepper throwback this time. Incredible stuff.

[kopio]

My wife is a total nut for Mexican coke. We just moved to West Texas, and she was freaking out because she couldn't find it....then we got a Sam's Club membership and whaddaya know....$16 per case! That's two bucks less than the Costco in Washington!

Needless to say....she's been drinking it like crazy. I have one every once in a while, but I'd rather have a good cold glass of water usually.

[cim_can]

I had some Coca Cola Mexicana the other day from a taco truck near my building. Good stuff, and at $2, expensive. But, it went perfectly with my chile verde tacos!

[Gunky]

I've been a fan of Mexican Coke for a couple years now, here in Brooklyn I know of many Latino based grocers that carry it. Also during passover Kosher Coke is easy to find all over NYC. I really wish the local Costco would carry it, but I think it's only a west-coast/south west Costco trend to carry Mexican Coke. I haven't had soda in a few months, trying to be healthier but man sometimes you just can't help that crave for REAL sugar Coke in a classic glass bottle.

[jjjackso]

The Mexican coke is better because the sugar doesnt leave the sticky mouthfeel that HFCS does. Also a glass bottle holds enough cold to keep your coke cold for as long as it takes you to consume it. Not to mention here they have liter glass bottles of coke. :)

[Sueto]

Love the Mexican Coke. Buy right off the shelf about a block from my house. Dublin Dr. Pepper is available from the fountain right down the street. Once in awhile I can swing by the gas station and roll out with a 44oz Dublin Dr. Pepper. It's a pretty rigteous day when that happens. These two and Jaritos are the only sodas to get stocked at my fridge at work. I don't drink soda often, usually it's my Friday treat, when I do it's gotta be one of these.

Dor the Dublin Dr. Pepper fans, if you get the syrup from the web site you can pretty much make heaven in your mouth when you use it to make a Dr. Pepper float.

[Monkeydad]

While talking about Mexican beverages, is this a related story?

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/01/08/soda.fountain.bacteria/index.html

[Sueto]

I dont think so. Just seems like a story put up by someone with incomplete facts that wanted to hype up something for a deadline and create an oversensationalized article to put on the internet to cause some people's undies to get up into a wad.

Same study was done with breath mints are most restaurants. Same story, different medium.

[WhosYerBob]

Anyone seen the Mexicoke in the DC metro area? I've noticed not many of these posts are from East of the Mississippi.
CostCo is now carrying the Mexicoke in the DC area - I just bought some at the Frederick location a couple weekends ago.

[blackfoot]

I am currently sipping on a Mountain Dew throwback. My wife found it at the pizza place we ordered dinner from. It is pretty good. Now, I am excited to try the Pepsi!

[funkyb]

It's too bad HFCS and beet sugars have over
taken the market. Cane sugar is just better in every respect.

I want to try it so bad.

The takeover by HFCS isn't an accident, we produce a crapload of corn in the US. It only makes sense to have policies in place that support using one of our core products.

In my day-life in early 2009, I worked with a few guys from a Tel Aviv based company that makes telecommunications monitoring equipment . These guys did a lot of business with Coca Cola, and this is total hearsay, but they mentioned their contacts at Coke had told them the whole fiasco in the early 80s when they switched to 'New Formula', which tanked and lead to the reintroduction of "Classic Formula", was engineered to make the transition to HFCS less noticeable (i.e. the return to classic was planned, but the 'new' classic would use HFCS). I can't vouch for whether there's any truth to their story, but thought it interesting.

[D.B. Rieley]

Yes. I have had it it is much better than american Coca Cola. Mex- coke does not load it up with high fructose corn syrup. Mexican Orange crush is the best. I remember when I was a teenager a Mexican store carried Crush in art deco bottles. It was the best. I hate, hate, HATE high fructose corn syrup. If I had my way I would have HFCS banned.

[Gunky]

i cant even have it....it gives me bowel attacks doc told me it's crap, your body just can't handle it not, not your fault just normal

[FiXXXer]

I've been looking for Mexican Coke for several months, and after checking several Costco and BJ's locations, I came up empty. I finally found it this weekend when my girlfriend and I went to Sam's Club. Totally worth the membership fee just for the Mexican Coke. :thumbup1:

[The Knize]

I've been looking for Mexican Coke for several months, and after checking several Costco and BJ's locations, I came up empty. I finally found it this weekend when my girlfriend and I went to Sam's Club. Totally worth the membership fee just for the Mexican Coke. :thumbup1:

Costco around Wash, DC hs just started carrying Mexican Coke. About $19.95 a case as I recall.

[dpm802]

but they mentioned their contacts at Coke had told them the whole fiasco in the early 80s when they switched to 'New Formula', which tanked and lead to the reintroduction of "Classic Formula", was engineered to make the transition to HFCS less noticeable (i.e. the return to classic was planned, but the 'new' classic would use HFCS). I can't vouch for whether there's any truth to their story, but thought it interesting.

Let's start a rumor that the Mach3 and Fusion are a diversionary tactic, in order to engineer a re-introduction of "Classic Shaving."

[Solemnsaint]

Try the Mexi Fresca. That stuff tops any citrus soda we got here! I used to drink it at the little Taco-stands in Tiajuana. I loved that stuff. But since the border got really bad I havn't had good Fresca in a coupla years now. :mad3:

[TravelingMan82]

Mexican Coke is the best. :thumbup:

[BrSpiritus]

I buy MexiCoke when I'm visiting dad in Jax, otherwise here in the Philippines I drink the Philippine bottled version in 1L GLASS bottles. Yep it's made with real sugar grown locally it still misses some of the tangyness I hear old timers talk about. My personal preferance when I'm in Jax is for Moxie... now there's an old time beverage!

BrSpiritus

[The Knize]

Just got back from Costa Rica. My Spanish is not great, but as far as I can tell from the label ingrediant list all of the non-diet soft drinks there are sweetened with sugar--I would assume cane sugar.

I was hoping that the Coca-Cola would be a standout like the Mexican Coca-Cola is and that the Pepsi would at least strike me as much better than the US high corn syrup version as the Throwback version here does--although the first blue can version seems better than the red, white, and blue can version now out in the States.

I was surprised though. I would say that the Coke and Pepsi there were marginally better than the US HFCS versions, but nothing very dramatic, and certainly not up to the wonderful quality of the thick glass bottle 100% sugar Mexican Coca-Cola Costco has been selling around here lately.

Also, I have had more experience now with the sugar version of Mountain Dew being sold in the states. I usually drink diet MD. Tasted head to head against the HFCS version I do not find much to get excited about re the all sugar MD.

I am puzzled.

[AdrianR]

I'm kinda' of confused here...all this talk of 'Mexican Coke' has to be taken in context...or it gets misleading.

The Coca-Cola Corp in Atlanta sells concentrate to its licensed bottlers - who hold territorially exclusive contracts - these can be one per country (as in the UK) or many (as in Mexico).

Each bottler adds filtered water and sweeteners as per local market preferences. Here in southern Tamaulipas, our bottler is 'Grupo Tampico' - who produce Coke only in plastic bottles using HFCS. One can buy glass-bottle, cane sugar coke but it is not easy to find...generally, only the smaller food stalls and stores carry it. My guess is that it is produced by another, non-local bottler and is becoming less-profitable to produce. Additionally, the local bottling group offers free refrigerated displays as long as you do not use them for other products - including, presumably, cane sugar coke.

Indeed, "All of your sodas are belong to us" is the case - Coke has taken over 'Escuis' brand sodas and 'Del Valle' brand juices and juice-based drinks. 'Jarritos' is a hold-out and excellent soda.

Mandatory shaving content: Anyone want to buy some Gillette Super Mejorada blades? :-)

[The Knize]

Thanks. I think most of us have been assuming that the Mexican bottled Coca-Cola that we are able to get in the States is sweetened 100% with sugar rather than HFCS.

The Mexican Coca-Cola sold by Costco is certainly labelled as such--or at least the signage Costco has with that product so states. I am not sure what is actually on the bottle or the carbboard boxes the bottles come in.

But your point is an excellent one. I think I have seen thick bottled Coca-Cola from Mexico in other geogrpraphic parts of the US that were actually labelled on the individual bottle "contains sugar and/or HFCS," which seemed confusing to me.

[Kouros]

Passover Coke is almost here...

[ouch]

Passover Coke is almost here...

:ouch1::ouch1::ouch1:
Thank you for reminding me.

[akw]

Costco around Wash, DC hs just started carrying Mexican Coke. About $19.95 a case as I recall.

Wegmans also carries it.


+1 to coke in a class bottle and ++1 to Mexican coke

[Hammer]

WallMart carries it here as does just about every grocery store. Prices run from a buck to about 1.25 a bottle. Great stuff, now my grandkids know what real Coca Cola is supposed to taste like. Darned corporate greed.

[cheerwind]

If you like Mexican soft drinks, you should try the Jaritos, they have it in lots of flavor, it's well know in Mexico since a lot of years.

Jarritos kick ass! Anyone know where to find it around Toronto other than marked up 400% at those burrito places?

[Hairy Callahan]

I get this stuff at Sam's for 18 bucks and change for a 24 bottle flat. When I go to Sam's (which is very rare), I go big. So last trip I bought so much of this that it went past the expiration date before I could get it all drank. While there was no appreciable decline in quality or taste, I was looking forward to getting some more. So this last trip to sam's, I bought five flats. Sadly, they are due to expire in mere DAYS. March 24th in fact. Now mind you, there's no appreciable decline in quality or taste. But here I sit with five flats of expired Mexican Coke that will take the better part of the summer to drink. And it cost twice as much as American corn sweetened Coke. It was a bummer. But there's no way to see that tiny ink-jet date on those glass bottles thru that shrink wrap. You just have to load it into the cart and take your chances. But even in it's expired state, it's ten times better than whatever that crap is with the red label that says made in usa on it. Yak!! :w00t:

[kmez]

i brought some back for the nephew before we got home it was gone great stuff

[Confuzius]

Jarritos kick ass! Anyone know where to find it around Toronto other than marked up 400% at those burrito places?

Loblaws and IGA carry it here in Montreal, you'd probably be able to find it there too. I think they run around $0.99-$1.39/bottle Tamarind soda is odd stuff...

[The Knize]

Hope everyone is stocking up on the all sugar Coca-Cola for Passover with the yellow caps--at least that is the way they sell it around here. Well worth it in my opinon to grab some up as it will not be here for long.

[blackfoot]

Hope everyone is stocking up on the all sugar Coca-Cola for Passover with the yellow caps--at least that is the way they sell it around here. Well worth it in my opinon to grab some up as it will not be here for long.

I don't think they sell it around here. :sad:

[The Knize]

I don't think they sell it around here. :sad:

You are in the Fort Wayne area, right? I would think it was there some place.

You might try calling the local Coca-Cola bottler. There seems to be one in Fort Wayne.

It is not so easy to find in the Washington, DC area and it seems very hit and miss as to which stores have it. Two Safeways I was in had it, but only the 2 liter bottles, for $1.25 each, not too bad, but another Safeway in a very similar area and a Giant Food did not seem to have it that I could find. I would pefer smaller can or bottles but have not seen them anywhere yet.

I do think this is a product worth seeking out!

[Kouros]

Can we petiton Coke to use real sugar?

[The Knize]

Can we petiton Coke to use real sugar?

Seems to be a useless act for reasons that are not altogether clear.

A run on Passover Coke might help get Coke's attention. But Coke already knows that folks are going to a lot of trouble to obtain and pay $1 or more in case lots 12 oz bottles of imported Mexican Coke, so one would think would Coke would already have the idea that this is a product that would sell and even sell at a premium.

[mhuelskamp]

:a17:
I found some at my local ACME when I went shopping this week ... $1.79 for a 500ml size. I bought a bottle to see if its all its cracked up to be. I appreciate the fact that its packaged in a glass bottle with the traditional hoop-skirt design.

I haven't tried it yet, its still in the fridge. Maybe I'll crack it open tonight and give it a go.

+1
I remember when my brother and I were kids in Florida... We would take our wagon, and pick the bottles up from the side of the road, and take them to the store for the bottle refund. Then we would use the $ to buy a cold Coke and a candy bar. Man -- something about that glass bottle on hot summer days made the Coke taste better! It just had more "bite" back then. It gave you those burps that burned your nostrils!

[The Knize]

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I found these interesting photos comparing the foaming on the sucrose-sweetened Passover Coke to regular HFCS Coke. It is actually more dramatic in person, with the Coke poured over ice cubes in a glass than the photos.

The "head" on the sugar-sweetened Coke nearly as fine as nitrogen-dispensed Guinnes, and is much more petsistnent that the HFCS Coke, which has a very large bubbled, short-lived "head," which can hardly be called a "head" at all. The bubbles in HFCS Coke dissipate very quickly. I suspect that the HFCS Coke is not holding the carbornation very efficiently and I do not see how this foaming difference would not create quite a different mouth feel.

[noxlord]

Did you guys know that Canadian Coke is also made of real sugar ? I can attest that it tastes much better than the American one. :001_smile

For some reason, there is a lot of products in the states that are made with corn syrup but are made differently in Canada ...

[The Knize]

Did you guys know that Canadian Coke is also made of real sugar ? I can attest that it tastes much better than the American one. :001_smile

For some reason, there is a lot of products in the states that are made with corn syrup but are made differently in Canada ...

I suspect that Canada does not impose the high tariffs on sugar imports or provide the major government subsidies for corn production that the US does, but I could be wrong.

I wonder why we seem to be able to get Mexican coke at Costco now but not Canadian coke. I wonder if there are greater barriers to imports of Canadian products than of Mexican products. Maybe Mexican Coke is cheaper at the point of production. I would not be surprised to see Coke attempt to prevent significant imports of any of its products made in another country into the United States. Maybe Canadian makers are more willing to go along with such restrictions than are Mexican makers.

It would be interesting to know.

[blackfoot]

You are in the Fort Wayne area, right? I would think it was there some place.

You might try calling the local Coca-Cola bottler. There seems to be one in Fort Wayne.

It is not so easy to find in the Washington, DC area and it seems very hit and miss as to which stores have it. Two Safeways I was in had it, but only the 2 liter bottles, for $1.25 each, not too bad, but another Safeway in a very similar area and a Giant Food did not seem to have it that I could find. I would pefer smaller can or bottles but have not seen them anywhere yet.

I do think this is a product worth seeking out!

Fort Wayne does not have a very high population of Jews.

[Alacrity59]

Did you guys know that Canadian Coke is also made of real sugar ? I can attest that it tastes much better than the American one. :001_smile

For some reason, there is a lot of products in the states that are made with corn syrup but are made differently in Canada ...

I'm told there is less HFCS in Canadian Coke but it is still an ingredient albeit under the name "glucose-fructose". So while it tastes better it is not the same as the Kosher passover Coke.

[DE Shaver]

I remember drinking a can of Coca Cola while flying to Brazil. When I arrived, I just finished a can and decided I wanted another cola (it was really hot). I purchased another can of Coca Cola in Sao Paulo and drank it down. The difference was plain and obvious to my palette, the can in Sao Paulo was clearly better tasting. This left no doubt to me that sugar is superior to HFCS as a cola sweetener when it comes to Coca Cola.

[noxlord]

Just found a recent and interesting article relevant to the thread :

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain (http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/)


Posted March 22, 2010; 10:00 a.m.

A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same.

In addition to causing significant weight gain in lab animals, long-term consumption of high-fructose corn syrup also led to abnormal increases in body fat, especially in the abdomen, and a rise in circulating blood fats called triglycerides. The researchers say the work sheds light on the factors contributing to obesity trends in the United States.

[garyg]

I found Hecho en Mexico Coke today at Busch's, a local chain here in Michigan, for $1 per 12 oz glass bottle, plus the 10¢ deposit. Chilled it, and today at least, it didn't seem any better than the HFCS version. Certainly not for the price differential, but to be fair I bought 4 bottles & will taste again in a couple days when the need for a Coke comes upon me again.

[blackfoot]

Just found a recent and interesting article relevant to the thread :

A sweet problem: Princeton researchers find that high-fructose corn syrup prompts considerably more weight gain (http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S26/91/22K07/)

I am no scientist and have no edumacation, but I have been saying this for years. :thumbup1:

[Kouros]

I'm on my third 2 liter bottle of Passover Coke in three days. Man, I don't normally drink much Coke, but this is definitely the stuff I remember as a kid. Great mouth feel. Tomorrow I'm going out to the Glatt Kosher supermarket near me to buy a whole bunch more. :001_tt2:

[Lynchmeister]

I just arrived in Boulder on business. Anyone know where to get the Passover Coke in the area?

[AdrianR]

I found these interesting photos comparing the foaming on the sucrose-sweetened Passover Coke to regular HFCS Coke. It is actually more dramatic in person, with the Coke poured over ice cubes in a glass than the photos.


As a former Service Tech for PepsiCo, I would be wary of such a comparison. We used to determine the level of carbonation in dispensed soda by means of a 'Bomb Test' - a sample of soda was drawn into an airtight vessel with a pressure gauge attached, and the pressure was read after 10 seconds of agitation and again after 30 seconds.

The rate of CO2 solubility in water is dependent upon temperature, as well as initial injection pressure and volume of the gas itself - more gas injected at higher pressures results in a finer 'head' (to use your word) and slower dissolution and dissipation, resulting in soda staying 'gassier' for longer.

[The Knize]

As a former Service Tech for PepsiCo, I would be wary of such a comparison. We used to determine the level of carbonation in dispensed soda by means of a 'Bomb Test' - a sample of soda was drawn into an airtight vessel with a pressure gauge attached, and the pressure was read after 10 seconds of agitation and again after 30 seconds.

The rate of CO2 solubility in water is dependent upon temperature, as well as initial injection pressure and volume of the gas itself - more gas injected at higher pressures results in a finer 'head' (to use your word) and slower dissolution and dissipation, resulting in soda staying 'gassier' for longer.

So why would the sugared Coke and Pepsi have a finer head and stay gassy longer? Because they really seem to. Why would these be sold with more carbonation.

[AdrianR]

So why would the sugared Coke and Pepsi have a finer head and stay gassy longer? Because they really seem to. Why would these be sold with more carbonation.

Good question - I refer back to my earlier point in that the individual bottler in a given territory is the one whom decides how much gas to add, what kind of sweeteners to add to the syrup concentrate etc etc.

All this explains why Coke or Pepsi from different places can taste different. Again, from my earlier post, our local Mexican bottler - Grupo Tampico - uses HFCS and plastic bottles, and there is nary a whiff of this mystical "Mexican Coke" to be found.

[Uncle Erik]

I cut soda and HFCS out of my diet almost two years ago to great effect. It really took the weight off and I won't go back.

Still, when I visit Mexico (I go to Arizona frequently) I usually have a bottle or two. There's a huge difference in taste and it doesn't leave a film in my mouth the way HFCS does.

[The Knize]

Good question - I refer back to my earlier point in that the individual bottler in a given territory is the one whom decides how much gas to add, what kind of sweeteners to add to the syrup concentrate etc etc.

All this explains why Coke or Pepsi from different places can taste different. Again, from my earlier post, our local Mexican bottler - Grupo Tampico - uses HFCS and plastic bottles, and there is nary a whiff of this mystical "Mexican Coke" to be found.

Bought a case of Mexican Coca Cola at the locale Costco today. $18.45 for 24 brand new thick glass, returnable-type 355 ml bottles in a cardboard base with a clear thick plastic sheet tight ly wrapped around the cardboard over the top of the bottles. Sign in the store above the cases of Cokes described it as all cane sugar. Last time the individual bottles did not have an ingredients list. This time each bottle had a sticky white paper label applied with various information including ingrediants in English and Spanish. English says "sugar." Spanish says "azucar." No HFCS listed anywhere, but no reference to "cane" on the bottle or on the box.

Bottled by Beridas Mundiales, S.A. DE C.V., MONTERREY, N.I. C.P. 64290

I have not tasted it head-to-head against the Kosher for Passover Coca Cola, but I will. I would say it tases at least as good. Similar tiny-bubbled, lingering head. Absolutely the same immediate sense that this is what Coke tasted like when I was a kid and what it would taste like now if the American consumer had any say about it at all.

I predict that if Coca-Cola does not stop representing that HFCS sweetened Coke and cane sugar sweetened Coke taste the same and does not start making a sugar-sweetened version reasonably available in the US within a year, polls will start showing big drops in consumer confidence in Coca Cola as a company.

Whether it will matter, I have no idea. Somehow Coke has managed to out manuever Pepsi as the "hip" regular, as opposed to diet, cola, so I assume that all those Coca Cola drinkers out there will keep consuming massive quantities of the HFCS version of Coke whether they are happy about it or not, and whether they are angry at Coca Cola or not.

What will be interesting to see is whether Coke USA will try to further clamp down on the importation of sugar sweetened Mexican Coke as it apparently already has by threatening suit against the mail order soda companies.

Or perhaps Coke will simply insist that all Mexican Coke be sweetened with HFCS.

[Omnichron]

Coca Cola in Mexico is still made with Sugar Cane, whereas here in the U.S. it's made with high fructose corn syrup. they say people cannot taste the difference. I can.

[icedoverfire]

Love Mexican Coca Cola.... I have a taqueria near my place that sells it!

- ice