Hey Hipsters! Mexican Coke might be a myth...

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i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:16 (fifteen years ago)

Mexican Coke, which people thought to be superior to American Coke because it uses real cane sugar in place of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS)

I do not understand this line of reasoning at all

kind of folksy and very down-to-earth (crüt), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:23 (fifteen years ago)

all sugars are equally "bad" for you iirc

kind of folksy and very down-to-earth (crüt), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:23 (fifteen years ago)

^skinny dude

dronestorm (electricsound), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:24 (fifteen years ago)

omg i have been here like five seconds and all i hear abt is this hfcs

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:24 (fifteen years ago)

also bpo

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:24 (fifteen years ago)

all sugars are equally "bad" for you iirc

― kind of folksy and very down-to-earth (crüt), Friday, October 29, 2010 1:23 AM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark

this is what they say in the new corn syrup "corn sugar" commercial

sour posse (J0rdan S.), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:24 (fifteen years ago)

uh bpa

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:25 (fifteen years ago)

it's not about whether it's better for you, it's that it tastes better out of a glass bottle

156, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:27 (fifteen years ago)

"superior" b/c it tastes better not cuz of mommy health bs

max, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:28 (fifteen years ago)

it's not about whether it's better for you, it's that it tastes better out of a glass bottle

otm - anybody who bakes many cookies/cakes can tell you that while the nutritional value of corn syrup and sugar may be the same, their uses with regard to taste & texture are not

guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:36 (fifteen years ago)

lol w/e u need to find another way2 subsidise ur corn farmers

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:41 (fifteen years ago)

build those cool corn mazes then forbid ppl entry

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:41 (fifteen years ago)

big budget Carrie seq.

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:42 (fifteen years ago)

build those cool corn mazes then forbid ppl exit

kind of folksy and very down-to-earth (crüt), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:42 (fifteen years ago)

i like pineapple jarritos

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:42 (fifteen years ago)

i had a mexican coke 50 hours ago this thread title is a fucking lie

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:43 (fifteen years ago)

big budget Children of the Corn seq.

kind of folksy and very down-to-earth (crüt), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:43 (fifteen years ago)

oh man what i am gonna do w/o aguas frescas

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:43 (fifteen years ago)

btw turns out i like root beer

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:44 (fifteen years ago)

do u miss the pint of harp

max, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:44 (fifteen years ago)

i have no idea what it is tho

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:44 (fifteen years ago)

i think the real myth if that ppl like tamarind that stuff tasts like garbage

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:44 (fifteen years ago)

harp is shit u kno yhat right

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:44 (fifteen years ago)

harp is less weightwatchers points otherwise it would no longer exist

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:45 (fifteen years ago)

if it was zero weightwatchers points wld it still exist?

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:47 (fifteen years ago)

was when we went to Chipotle the first time you had root beer plax?

corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:47 (fifteen years ago)

if a tree has zero weight watchers points does it make a fat

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:48 (fifteen years ago)

fact, if somebody doesn't like tamarindo jarritos they are going to hell when they die

guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:48 (fifteen years ago)

i dont believe in hell

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:49 (fifteen years ago)

p sure u just wander around an endless corn maze in the midwest/bulgaria until u collect enough power ups to get another life

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:50 (fifteen years ago)

ok fine i will just pour tamarindo jarritos out on the curb in memory of lamp and the ineffable essence of yr spirit will be like "oh fuck this"

guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:51 (fifteen years ago)

i have no idea what any of you are going on about but am amused nonetheless

dronestorm (electricsound), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:52 (fifteen years ago)

still feel like the most slept-on jarritos flavor is the jamaica flower one... 'jamaica'

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:53 (fifteen years ago)

I just always get horchata

corey, Friday, 29 October 2010 06:54 (fifteen years ago)

jamaica say you will (not be made with hfcs)

richard move (buzza), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:55 (fifteen years ago)

p sure this is the ineffable spirit of lamp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hil1F2T19GY

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:55 (fifteen years ago)

fact, if somebody doesn't like tamarindo jarritos they are going to hell when they die

― guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, Suggest Ban Permalink
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uncolombian wife (The Reverend), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:04 (fifteen years ago)

for posterity

uncolombian wife (The Reverend), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:04 (fifteen years ago)

still feel like the most slept-on jarritos flavor is the jamaica flower one... 'jamaica'

― if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 06:53 (10 minutes ago)

i will build u a memorial statue for this post

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 October 2010 07:05 (fifteen years ago)

Hey Mexicans! Hipster Coke might be a myth...

sour posse (J0rdan S.), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:06 (fifteen years ago)

Hey Coke! Mexican Hipsters might be a myth...

sour posse (J0rdan S.), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:07 (fifteen years ago)

have heard about Mexican hipsters w a coke habit - not a myth

admin loghorrea (sarahel), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:09 (fifteen years ago)

Mexican Hipsters might be a myth...

― sour posse (J0rdan S.), Friday, October 29, 2010 7:07 AM (5 minutes ago) Bookmark

yo

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 29 October 2010 07:13 (fifteen years ago)

BIG HFCS aka the cokedrinker

richard move (buzza), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:15 (fifteen years ago)

http://i54.tinypic.com/11l4yvn.gif

admin loghorrea (sarahel), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:18 (fifteen years ago)

^^ gif not myth

admin loghorrea (sarahel), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:18 (fifteen years ago)

jamaica jarritos is ok but not as good as plain jamaica

actually ok wait that is true w/all aguas frescas vs. jarritos, I am dumb

guess I'll just sing dream on again (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:22 (fifteen years ago)

aguas frescas are way better than jarritos

admin loghorrea (sarahel), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:24 (fifteen years ago)

yah well your mum says she prefers the salty tang of my semen to both

if you had this display name you'd have been finested by now (Lamp), Friday, 29 October 2010 07:26 (fifteen years ago)

ive had dr thunder, mr pibb...

Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:08 (fifteen years ago)

Dr. Becker is lulz.

Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 18:12 (fifteen years ago)

Also, Dr. Cheaper.

Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 18:13 (fifteen years ago)

Dr. Kidney Stones

dude (del), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:16 (fifteen years ago)

Doctor Whatever

http://tinyurl.com/beaaarrr (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:16 (fifteen years ago)

feel bad for those who have to go with dr. cheaper

naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:17 (fifteen years ago)

"sam's choice southern lightning" seems to have been included only due to can color racism

naked human hands and a foam rubber head (contenderizer), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:18 (fifteen years ago)

Does that 2lt bottle say Dr. Gulpster?

Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 18:19 (fifteen years ago)

There are two Real Dr.s! Which is the real Real Dr.?

17th Century Catholic Spain (Abbbottt), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:20 (fifteen years ago)

xp Southern Lightning was their Dr. Pepper knockoff for a while. MOUNTAIN Lightning is their Mountain Dew knockoff (which actually tastes like a little bit of Mountain Dew with a whole lot of Sprite in it).

Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 18:20 (fifteen years ago)

THREE Real Dr.s!

Johnny Fever, Friday, 29 October 2010 18:20 (fifteen years ago)

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http://tinyurl.com/beaaarrr (Pleasant Plains), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:21 (fifteen years ago)

fingers crossed that Jarritos switches to HFCS so I can drink them again (can't have sucrose)

hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:24 (fifteen years ago)

According to my brother, who was very stoked to drink lots of cane sugar Jarrito's when he learned he was going on a church mission in Mexico, Jarrito's in Mexico comes in a can and has HFCS. So maybe pick one up down there?

17th Century Catholic Spain (Abbbottt), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:26 (fifteen years ago)

um its not made w hfcs in europe i think

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:28 (fifteen years ago)

idk i cant verify

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:29 (fifteen years ago)

at least here, the mexican coke in bottles is labeled, and you can usually see if it's sugar or HCFC, i've seen it both ways on labels

underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2010 18:33 (fifteen years ago)

btw i still have no idea y u give a shit

plax (ico), Friday, 29 October 2010 21:08 (fifteen years ago)

you can also get kosher coke during passover some places, which is sugar

underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

European Coke is made with glucose from sugar beets. HFCS is not much of a "thing" over here.

enuff snorts fer ever'body (CONGO, M.D.), Friday, 29 October 2010 21:14 (fifteen years ago)

if you want to know what mexican coke tastes like, imagine making a super-sweet cup of earl grey tea, with like three or four teaspoons of sugar. now transfer that sweet-sugar aftertaste to a coke. it's mostly the aftertaste that's different.

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 29 October 2010 21:44 (fifteen years ago)

it really does taste like someone dumped white c&h cane sugar powder into your coke. i think shit's nasty but ymmv.

moonship journey to baja, Friday, 29 October 2010 21:47 (fifteen years ago)

SIDRAL MUNDET UBER ALLES

Ryan, Friday, 29 October 2010 21:58 (fifteen years ago)

i noticed a metallic aftertaste, but it tastes cleaner than regular coke otherwise. less waxy buildup.

Philip Nunez, Friday, 29 October 2010 22:02 (fifteen years ago)

☃ pure as driven snow ☃

i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Friday, 29 October 2010 22:09 (fifteen years ago)

i had some mexican coke from a taco truck last saturday...it tasted kind of metallic and bitter

the waning trend (latebloomer), Friday, 29 October 2010 22:37 (fifteen years ago)

there's a lot of sugar-shaming going on right now

underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 29 October 2010 22:53 (fifteen years ago)

question for those not digging sugar in soda: do you drink a lot of soda in general? "a lot" being 1 or more cans/day. cause I rarely have it and HFCS soda is ridiculously sweet to me and sugar soda is just about right.

hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Friday, 29 October 2010 23:00 (fifteen years ago)

one year passes...

The World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta has Mexican Cokes for sale for like $2 per in the merch area.

Choad of Choad Hall (kingfish), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:15 (thirteen years ago)

what an entirely unremarkable fact

thomp, Saturday, 28 April 2012 10:56 (thirteen years ago)

you can also get kosher coke during passover some places, which is sugar

― underrated joe perry project albums i have sold (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, October 29, 2010 5:10 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Please read the labels carefully; supposedly some kosher authorities are OK with HFCS.

FWIW:

1) A couple weeks ago I had a Mexican coke (meh) at a taco place (A++++++, would eat again). Don't forget that other countries' Coke syrup formulas, apart from having different sweeteners, may have slightly different flavoring.

2) Upthread someone else claimed that glass bottles, as opposed to plastic ones, affect the flavor. Apart from any actual such effects, the experience of drinking Mexicoke from a glass bottle (especially if you've sought it out from a remote bodega versus a convenient grocery store) MAY affect the drinker's perception of what he or she's drinking.

challoped potatoes (j.lu), Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:14 (thirteen years ago)

containers definitely affect flavor. but you can get rid of that by pouring from a plastic bottle into a glass or ceramic cup. same with cans -> glass or ceramic cup.

dayo, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:16 (thirteen years ago)

I would be interested in trying regular coke from a glass bottle and comparing

iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:25 (thirteen years ago)

as dayo knows I am a skeptic on a lot of food snobbery otoh I do like mexican coke better or at least I think I do

iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:27 (thirteen years ago)

we'll do a blind taste test next time

dayo, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:36 (thirteen years ago)

hey hipsters

lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 17:37 (thirteen years ago)

Fact: Mexico has Coca-Cola, therefore Mexican Coke is real and not a myth. QED.

Aimless, Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:55 (thirteen years ago)

Home Depot here is selling cases of Mexican Coke and Fanta (labeled says no HFCS, at least) with a big sign that says "A LITTLE TASTE OF HOME"

Kiarostami bag (milo z), Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:42 (thirteen years ago)

HFCS coke in a can tastes amazing if you half-way freeze it so the remaining fluid is this concentrated coke serum.

Philip Nunez, Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:49 (thirteen years ago)

if you can't taste the difference between mexican coke and american coke you need to have your tastebuds checked, mexican coke tastes like sugar cubes

btw

diet coke >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mexican coke > american coke

the late great, Saturday, 28 April 2012 19:51 (thirteen years ago)

lol at someone repping for diet coke taking any stance whatsoever on tastebuds

Doctor Casino, Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:05 (thirteen years ago)

what can i say, i like bitter flavors

the late great, Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:08 (thirteen years ago)

i looove diet coke. i just got my hair cut, what do you guys think?

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HlZ1K9GjYKA/TPhyu12RTWI/AAAAAAAAEgg/KsXmdHwg79g/s400/christmasprofileblog.jpg

wraparound shades from pharmacy (Matt P), Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:13 (thirteen years ago)

compared to cane sugar mexican coke and other cane sugar colas i find real deal hfcs americana coke to be just crisper, somehow more complex, more of a caramel note, better.

i would probably rather drink a bottle of diet coke, too, though.

dylannn, Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:21 (thirteen years ago)

diet coke is like mineral water, bitter but no aftertaste, doesn't coat your teeth and kills salty greasy food flavors w/ the quickness

the late great, Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:25 (thirteen years ago)

i actually do love diet coke it's the only soda i crave besides pina jarrito

wraparound shades from pharmacy (Matt P), Saturday, 28 April 2012 20:28 (thirteen years ago)

hey hipsters
--lag∞n

correct

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Sunday, 29 April 2012 09:15 (thirteen years ago)

lol at someone repping for diet coke taking any stance whatsoever on tastebuds

^^^

cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 29 April 2012 12:34 (thirteen years ago)

one year passes...

refresco

no retornable

j., Wednesday, 17 July 2013 05:47 (twelve years ago)


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