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From: waters@viking.DEC (Lester Waters  PCSG)
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Subject: Classic Coke vs. Original Coke
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Date: Tue, 30-Jul-85 21:40:21 EDT
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Well, I finally got some Classic Coke!

I brought it home and immediately did a warm taste test against old
original (pre-new-Coke) Coca-Cola.  The result: well, the tastes were
very similar, but there was something slightly different. I wasn't sure
what, so I began to assume it was psycological.  I contacted a friend
to tell him the news and he told me to look at the ingredients (which
he heard had changed for the Classic Coke). Sure enough, there was
a difference:

	CLASSIC COKE			ORIGINAL COKE
	------------			-------------
	Carbonated Water,		Carbonated Water,
	High fructose corn syrup	sugar, caramel color,
	and/or sucrose, caramel		phosphoric acid, natural
	color, phosphoric acid,		flavorings, caffeine.
	natural flavorings, caffeine.

The difference is in the sweetener. The taste difference is only slight,
but I think the Classic Coke 'feels' heavier in the stomach. I still
will drink it of course.  There is one other difference that I noticed
in appearance: when Classic Coke is poured into a glass, the foam goes
away quickly. In old original Coke, the foam does not fizzle out as
quickly -- this was quite noticable.

All in all, I think the old original Coke is (was) the best -- the
sweetener makes a difference, though minor.  Classic Coke is good.
I don't like the new Coke at all.

				Lester Waters
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