It tasted like Pepsi, it had that cloyingly sweet taste to it. Pepsi always won in taste tests against Come, so it tracks that New Come won taste tests against classic Coke. What they failed to take into account is that people like ,eh and my family love that battery acid taste of Coke, it’s why we in fact drink it and not Pepsi. I’m sure it had lots of fans. The big problem was trying to REPLACE the original.
I have done it many times. You have to be careful not to splash it anywhere else because it probably could corrode just about anything else under the hood, 😂
It beat the original formula like 2 to 1 in blind taste tests. Objectively, people liked it better than the original. What they didn't like was an effort to rebrand an institution. If they had introduced it as a new product alongside the original it probably would have eventually outsold it. Even if not, combined sales of the original and new formulas would have kicked Pepsi's ass, which was what the whole thing was about anyway. But by trying to change the original they just ended up pissing people off.
It beat the original formula in one sip taste tests. Humans typically on first taste will choose the sweeter drink in one sip but will often tire of it over a larger volume.
They’ve redone these tests with larger amounts and found the opposite that people actually do prefer the taste of original coke.
Unrelated to the actual topic—with the plethora of people I’ve seen incorrectly putting the dollar sign at the end of numbers, this is the fist time I’ve seen a % at the BEGINNING of a number…
And yet it stuck around for way longer than most people realize. It continued to be sold as New Coke for 5 years when it was rebranded as Coke 2. Then Coke 2 was on the market for another 12 years, not getting officially discontinued until 2002
KevDub81@reddit
It was definitely no Crystal Pepsi. That stuff was awesome. Which I had some Right Now! It's my tomorrow.
Arrakis-Witch77@reddit
It tasted like Pepsi, it had that cloyingly sweet taste to it. Pepsi always won in taste tests against Come, so it tracks that New Come won taste tests against classic Coke. What they failed to take into account is that people like ,eh and my family love that battery acid taste of Coke, it’s why we in fact drink it and not Pepsi. I’m sure it had lots of fans. The big problem was trying to REPLACE the original.
dumbass_sempervirens@reddit
Funny enough, you can use Coke to clean the battery terminals of your car.
Arrakis-Witch77@reddit
I have done it many times. You have to be careful not to splash it anywhere else because it probably could corrode just about anything else under the hood, 😂
Treadingresin@reddit (OP)
Yes! I hate Pepsi cause its sweet. New coke was sweet with a hint of spice in it. It was terrible then and now.
jimicus@reddit
Taste tests are done with a small shot of the stuff, not a whole can.
A small shot is fine. The whole can rapidly gets sickly.
Arrakis-Witch77@reddit
Very much agree.
illinoishokie@reddit
It beat the original formula like 2 to 1 in blind taste tests. Objectively, people liked it better than the original. What they didn't like was an effort to rebrand an institution. If they had introduced it as a new product alongside the original it probably would have eventually outsold it. Even if not, combined sales of the original and new formulas would have kicked Pepsi's ass, which was what the whole thing was about anyway. But by trying to change the original they just ended up pissing people off.
shohei_heights@reddit
It beat the original formula in one sip taste tests. Humans typically on first taste will choose the sweeter drink in one sip but will often tire of it over a larger volume.
They’ve redone these tests with larger amounts and found the opposite that people actually do prefer the taste of original coke.
Voltage604@reddit
They did it on purpose so they could bring back Coca Cola classic and boost sales.
Middleage_dad@reddit
I believe the theory that they switched from real sugar to corn syrup during this manufactured marketing crisis.
illinoishokie@reddit
That's debunked. Coke had been using HFCS in place of cane sugar for 5 years before New Coke was introduced.
Middleage_dad@reddit
DONT RUIN THIS FOR ME. I HAVE VERY LITTLE TO LIVE FOR
NOW TURN ON MY STORIES
Everything_Xen_@reddit
Yeah I NEED this to be true to fit with my narrative about shady corporate profiting tactics! …Get outta here with your facts!
icy_sylph@reddit
Unrelated to the actual topic—with the plethora of people I’ve seen incorrectly putting the dollar sign at the end of numbers, this is the fist time I’ve seen a % at the BEGINNING of a number…
73-68-70-78-62-73-73@reddit
I see it every once in awhile. Dunno why it happens. "Percent 100" sounds silly, but so does "dollars 100".
FoppyRETURNS@reddit
In the 90s they brought New Coke/Coke 2 back and it SUCKED
Dahleh-Llama@reddit
There was a new coke?
jessek@reddit
I wish I’d tried it but I had a health food mom and the only soda I was allowed that wasn’t some weird shit from the food co-op was 7up
Blazenkks@reddit
It really was terrible.
CorgiMonsoon@reddit
And yet it stuck around for way longer than most people realize. It continued to be sold as New Coke for 5 years when it was rebranded as Coke 2. Then Coke 2 was on the market for another 12 years, not getting officially discontinued until 2002
xargos32@reddit
That's because it was actually pretty good.
xargos32@reddit
It was good.
muhredditone@reddit
Actually, it's really good. I tried it again when they released it as a Stranger Things promo. I'd drink one now if I could.
aerodeck@reddit
because
creddittor216@reddit