About 2 months ago or so I saw this new Coke in the store. Coke Zero. Had never seen this before so naturally my curiosity got the best of me and I decided to check it out. Turns out it’s basically Diet Coke that tastes good. Now don’t get me wrong, Diet Coke is perfectly drinkable but it just doesn’t have as much flavor as regular Coke. This new Coke Zero stuff is 0 calories and tastes like regular Coke. I can’t complain about that.
It’s funny though, because most Diet Coke drinkers that I have talked to that have tried Coke Zero say that they don’t like it because it’s too sweet. It’s like they drink Diet Coke because of the flavor and not the lack of calories. The lack of calories was always my main reason for drinking Diet Coke over regular Coke. I know, I know, people say it’s just as bad to drink Diet Coke (and now Coke Zero) as it is to drink regular Coke because of all the artificial stuff in it. This doesn’t make too much sense to me and for now I’ll choose to stick with the 0 calorie drinks.
The only problem I have found with the Coke Zero is that now whenever I go somewhere that doesn’t have it, I have to get regular Coke because I am no longer used to drinking the less sweet Diet Coke. If you drink Diet Coke for long enough you eventually become used to the flavor – or should I say lack of flavor. But if you switch off Diet Coke and go back to regular Coke you need to go through the whole process of getting used to Diet Coke again. Well, at least I do. And since I don’t plan on switching back to Diet Coke anytime soon I would rather not drink it anymore. Even if it is only a few times a week. Right now I'll stick to my 2 (OK, 3 if I'm really tired) Coke Zeros a day and enjoy the flavor.
Yeah I just realized this sounds like an ad for Coke. Whoops.
-DCR
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