Apparently, Pepsi realized that people love soda made with cane sugar, and would rather drink these types of variants than the mass-market versions made with high-fructose corn syrup. While more expensive to produce, there’s clearly a market for this, which is why people seek out Mexican Coke in the States when possible, despite the cheaper canned or plastic versions being more widely available. Heck, we even stopped drinking Coke once we couldn’t get the cane sugar version on the east coast.
Pepsi apparently intends to release Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback in the States soon, but whether these will be limited-run sodas remains to be seen. Hopefully this move will wake Coca Cola up, because we’re tempted to jump back on the soda bandwagon, siding with Pepsi, should Coca-Cola sit idly by. At least, until we find a local, direct-from-Mexico source of Coca Cola.
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Looking forward to it.
Consequently, Dublin Dr. Pepper has been around for a long time. This is Dr. Pepper made with real sugar, not corn syrup.
http://www.dublindrpepper.com/
The fact that one can order Dublin Dr. Pepper online is great – if we could do the same for Mexican Coke, we’d be ecstatic!
Are you high? Why would you EVER give yourself over to Pepsi? You commie traitor! Really? PEPSI? I don’t care if Coke doesn’t jump on the bandwagon, and in fact, I’m disappointed to hear that you’ve abandoned Coke just because of the sugar content. This is ridiculous. You used to love the Coke at Chipotle. “It’s the best Coke in the city.” What happened to that? Omg… have you become a hippie? I think I may puke. When did you become a hippie? NooooO!!!!!!! What happened to the anger, the hate, and plan to shoot hippies with tranq darts? what happened to the ovens? Do I even know you anymore?
Omg…I may be ill. what happened to my friend? not drinking Coke… why it’s… it’s… UNAMERICAN!!!!
We don’t know where you’ve been, Aelel, but we stopped drinking regular Coke ages ago. Admittedly, the Coke mix at Chipotle was better than elsewhere as far as fountain soda goes, but we’ve concluded that it’s partly because the mix is designed to go best with the food served there – on its own, it’s not fantastic.
In any case, after Mexican Coke, everything else is sad.
Did I mention that you can buy your precious Mexican Coke through Amazon.com and it’s free shipping if you order over $25 worth? Just saying. This stuff can make it to you wherever you happen to live.
As to where I’ve been, well, let’s think about how much time we actually spent in proximity to one another before you moved. Working in different cities meant I didn’t hang out with you at lunch on a regular basis any more, so I wouldn’t really have an idea of your regular drinking habits.
I will tell you something, however, that I recently learned that will help support your argument (although I still think entertaining Pepsi is downright unpatriotic). I was informed that the sweetner used in diet sodas actually leads to a fatty liver. The fatty liver makes it harder to process things, including fat, so ironically, diet sodas, consumed on a regular basis, can actually lead to weight gain rather than reduce it.
Oh yeah. FYI, I saw Mexican Coke at Costco today. A little over $18 for 24 bottles.
We used to buy Mexican Coke at Costco on the west coast, but east coast stores don’t carry the product, sadly.
Our quick scan on Amazon shows a 24-pack for $36, which is about what Mexican Coke retails for in various west-coast stores when one does a by-the-bottle breakdown. If there’s no shipping costs involved at Amazon, then it’s a reasonable deal.