Has anyone had COKE imported from Mexico?

zarrdoss

I got some of this the other day in some Mexican food resturant in a bottle and WOW! It tasted like Coke used to taste years ago, Before the "New Coke" controversy. Much better than its chemical cousin theyre passing off as Coke over here, and no HFCS.

SolidSqual

I had some in China made from the old sugar cane recipe. It was amazing. In fact, I think it was at a McDonalds over there.

blakeh

It tastes so much better! I get it here at a grocery store called Valli Produce. As far as cola is concerned, I drink it exclusively now. Once you get used to it, the Coke that restaurants serve tastes like syrup!

disneyjoe7

Damn what I'm I missing.

MrNightly

SolidSqual wrote: »

I had some in China made from the old sugar cane recipe. It was amazing. In fact, I think it was at a McDonalds over there.

MMMmmm China coke IS fantastic!

lunazul

single bottles on grocery shelves here in central Texas
$1.29 a bottle 12oz of pure joy

F1nut

I prefer the Columbian stuff that's pale yellow and smells kinda like cat piss over the Mexican fluff.

Oh wait, were you talking about the Coke that you drink?

Toolfan66

F1nut wrote: »

I prefer the Columbian stuff that's pale yellow and smells kinda like cat piss over the Mexican fluff.

Oh wait, were you talking about the Coke that you drink?

:eek: now that was funny.

Rivrrat

It's not hard to find here in Tucson, and it is much better.

nooshinjohn

OMFG!!! this was my secret and has been for almost a decade! I buy it by the case for 20 bucks... takes me right back to the old "I'd like to teach the world to sing" commercials...
The glass bottles they use are the same as they show in our commercials! and yes they are the best cokes you can buy. Maybe somebody from Coke will read this and give us back the REAL THING!!!

danger boy

why then if other countries use the real deal Coke can't we in the US? So many laws now against real Coke or what? What the FDA said bottles are a hazard or what?

nooshinjohn

long story on that one but the short is that you can blame bad economy, in 1981, a few very bad years for sugar production and about 1.2 billion chinese

LessisNevermore

I think just about any grocery store with a decent ethnic foods section will have the Mexican Coke. Damn good stuff.

criteriadan

nooshinjohn wrote: »

OMFG!!! this was my secret and has been for almost a decade! I buy it by the case for 20 bucks... takes me right back to the old "I'd like to teach the world to sing" commercials...
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Maybe someday they'll get back to the old formula and it will be then the NEW Coke.

bobman1235

danger boy wrote: »

why then if other countries use the real deal Coke can't we in the US? So many laws now against real Coke or what? What the FDA said bottles are a hazard or what?

$$$ of course. High Fructose Corn Syrup is cheaper than sugar.

Jstas

bobman1235 wrote: »

$$$ of course. High Fructose Corn Syrup is cheaper than sugar.

Add to that the cost of shipping glass bottles is considerably higher than plastic and you have the reason that Coke is done different here.

It's not laws, it's not marketing, it's money.

Personally, I'd pay a higher price for the old stuff and glass is way more environmentally friendly than plastic.

Besides, glass bottles would do way more to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. What you lose in shipping fuel would not come anywhere close to the amount needed for plastics production.

jdhdiggs

I believe we can thank the wisdom of our great imperial leaders for having the crappy soda while the rest of the worls enjoys the real tasty treats. On a similar not, Budwieser in Ireland is quite good and drinkable, unlike it's American namesake.

PhantomOG

They sell cases of them at my Costco. I pick one up every once in awhile. Definitely can taste the difference.... much better.

Sami

Welcome to the "free" country where government controls how your coke tastes. It's ironic that the rest of the world gets the real thing while we have to settle for a substitute.

It all dates back to 1982 and to a company called ADM that created HFCS. It's not that HFCS is cheaper than sugar as it is not, but there is a quota limit on how much sugar can be imported to US. That of course jacks up the price to artificially high, too high to be used on soft drinks.

BIZILL

Rivrrat wrote: »

It's not hard to find here in Tucson, and it is much better.

we have roach coaches that come to our work that carry it. been too scared to try it.

Danny Tse

SolidSqual wrote: »

I had some in China made from the old sugar cane recipe. It was amazing. In fact, I think it was at a McDonalds over there.

Oh yes....it was so good that I kept the glass bottle, which contributes to the great taste IMHO.

george daniel

LessisNevermore wrote: »

I think just about any grocery store with a decent ethnic foods section will have the Mexican Coke. Damn good stuff.

I prefer the South American brand, thank you.

Lowell_M

Hmmm.... I'll be in China in 5 days, so I'll check out the Coke there. I don't remember it being different than in the US. In Mexico, though, even the diet Coke rocks! I like diet Coke in Mexico better than regular Coke here.

Systems

Here you go.....

http://www.drsoda.com/mexicancoke.html

heiney9

What can't I read anything after post #16 in this thread? My browser doesn't even show anthing at the bottom of the page

H9

LessisNevermore

george daniel wrote: »

I prefer the South American brand, thank you.

I'm not picking up what you're laying down here, friend.....

Systems

heiney9 wrote: »

What can't I read anything after post #16 in this thread? My browser doesn't even show anthing at the bottom of the page

H9

I'm getting a no script block on my firefox browser on that post....

bobman1235

I've said it before : every post by criteriadan on this board contains a hidden embedded script to some random website. Ban the guy.

ttomp

LessisNevermore wrote: »

I think just about any grocery store with a decent ethnic foods section will have the Mexican Coke. Damn good stuff.

It's made with real sugar.

zarrdoss

Also Jones cola is made with real sugar and tastes alot better than regular Coke

BrettT1

I didn't like the Coke from Mexico. Yeech.