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Never heard of this guy (Kevin Strahle) until I linked the video; but apparently if you are religious about Crystal Pepsi, then this dude is your messiah. Either way, I'm happy for you man. I'll probably be picking up some myself once it goes on sale. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Crystalpepsifan
This stupid thread is all in good fun. My username here, like the ones I use elsewhere, was just the stupidest name I could think of at the time. Crystal Pepsi was just a slightly more terrible version of the already terrible Pepsi. I am gonna pick some up for nostalgia purposes though. Oh yah, and, the LA Beast really is a bloody retard. Cheers gents.
Well, when its re-launched I might just happen to import me a bottle to see if it tastes as foul as the regular shit.
Soft drinks really are an unhealthy addiction. I don't drink them anymore. But this thread inspired me to buy a Vanilla Coke can yesterday, since it was a fave of mine. And I could barely finish it. So I just dumped it on the side of the road and tossed the can in a recycling bin. Just goes to show once the addiction is out of your system and you've experienced much better drinks in the meantime, that finally see how terrible these drinks taste too.
I don't drink a lot of soft drink, but here in South Australia we do like our flavoured milks, especially of the iced coffee variety. No country I've been to has the range of iced coffee that SA has, and it's pretty safe to say I'm addicted, as are a lot of other people around here.
There's a lot of sugar in it for sure. For me, this stuff is worse than coke. and by that I mean cocaine.
Nah, many of them taste good. But if you don't drink something for quite some time it tastes VERY different. And depending on what you have gotten used to drinking, it can taste pretty nasty until you get accustomed to it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thief
Of course, not having the desire to drink soda isn't a bad thing. Even the "best" of it is only going to be not immediately terrible for you.
lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by OverDrone
So you don't think any addiction has anything to do with it? I mean, at the moment beer is the only thing that pops in my head for the same thing. And I can't think of anything more natural at the moment that requires re-adjusting to again?Quote:
Originally Posted by EclecticGroove
And hasn't the sugar levels in soft drinks risen a lot more then their original release too?
I also currently have two couples on the same floor and I noticed they always have coca cola cans in the fridge, and when I brought it up, apparently one of them is addicted to it.
You can certainly get addicted to it. But it's not a "hard" addiction like some illegal drugs. The caffeine in some soft drinks is like drinking coffee (or even more), and you can absolutely go through some serious withdrawal.
But that has nothing to do with the actual taste of it, just your craving and reaction to it.
I love soda... Loooove it. It's the one major vice I have, and I know it's terrible across the board. I love a good deal of different soda's out there... but as someone that hasn't quit it completely, if I don't drink it for awhile the taste is overpowering and off-putting. I have to drink a few of them before they taste "normal" again.
But if I was someone that didn't care for it that much to start with? Yeah, I'd have no reason to want it to taste better... there's way better stuff out there to drink than soda. I just wish Perrier water didn't upset my stomach... used to itch the fizzy drink cravings for me really well.
Not sure how available Mexican soda is in the rest of the states, but in the west it is prolific and highly delicious. The combination of real sugar and glass bottles makes such a huge difference in taste.
The one thing that worries me about visiting America is that HCFS crap.
It's very easy over here to just find Coke in glass bottles and it's glorious.
It does, but it's still terrible for you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crystalpepsifan
It honestly depends where you are. My store sells them in a small section of the beverages isle along with the other "real sugar" and specialty drinks. I've seen the "ethnic foods" section of some stores carry them as well.... so not as widespread as the normal HFCS Coke by any means, but also not impossible to find in most regions.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gogogadget
Yes, glass bottles make a world of a difference.
“I smoke, I drink. A lot of you don’t drink, don’t smoke. Some people here tonight, they don’t need butter, no salt, no sugar, no lard. Because they wanna live; they give up that good stuff, neckbones & pig tail. You’re gonna feel like a damn fool laying at the hospital dying from nothing"Quote:
Originally Posted by EclecticGroove
Some people never aspire for anything greater than the extra value meal menu.
The amount of people that love to tell you smoking kills.
I know, it says right there on the packet.