Coke vs Pepsi

[Spyhop]

Originally Posted by Little Mike

I don't like any, they both suck actually, healthy food and drinks ftw

While I agree healthy food is better, you gotta treat yourself. I have maybe 3-4 cokes/pepsis (355ml) per week. The problem is that many people will have 3-4 per day, or more.

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Where is the option of "I'll take water or juice please".

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[koko-goal]

Neither.

I like to drink 7up from time to time.

[masta.g.86]

Originally Posted by capo_2k

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Yes: 11 votes - 100%

That's interesting. I also had the opinion that coke was better than pepsi for a long time, and until very recently it was always my preference. However, I heard of something called the pepsi/coke challenge which claimed that once you take regular coke and regular pepsi out of the packaging, it was virtually impossible to tell the difference between taste. (Based on the results of 10,000 test subjects apparently.) I wasn't sure, and neither were my friends, so I tried this with two of them a couple weeks back - and found it to be true (for us at least). Once out of the packaging, neither of them could tell the difference. They were just as surprised as me. Consequentially I've been buying pepsi ever since instead (because it's cheaper) and to me it now tastes just as good. I invite you to try the same test yourselves and see what you find. (Regular pepsi and regular coke, same temperature of course.)

Apparently coca-cola tastes better to many people because of the psychological effects the advertising (and therefore the packaging) has on the consumer. I hear coca-cola are one of the very few companies in the world which conduct research into this area.

Opinions?

Completely wrong.

A classmate of mine did a blind study back in high school. Random students were polled by giving them 2 unmarked soft drinks; one was Pepsi, the other was Coca-Cola. All students were able properly identify when the 2 drinks they were given were different brands (i.e. Coke first, then Pepsi) and when given the same drink twice in a row (i.e. Pepsi and then Pepsi again). Most (>96%) of the students were able to properly identify which soft drink was which.

I find that Pepsi is sweeter and uses less carbonation. The carbonation is what especially gives it away to me. Pepsi "feels" smoother when you drink it and also seems to use a lighter but sweeter corn syrup sweetener.

Originally Posted by koko-goal

Neither.

I like to drink 7up from time to time.

I find that Arabian 7-up, Sprite, and Mountain Dew all taste better than their state-side counter parts.

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Why would I lie? I'm telling you - that's what happened, but whatever, believe what you want. I still can't tell the difference between them.

[Mdkcheatz]

Originally Posted by Little Mike

I don't like any, they both suck actually, healthy food and drinks ftw

Then why the hell are you living in a place full of the most horribly processed, non-healthy foods????????????

You were better off in England if you're so worried about food

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I cook food myself actually (I work in Subway tho, I still take my own food with me )

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[Mdkcheatz]

Unless you by from WholeFoods, which is greatly overpriced, it wouldn't matter if you cooked your own food as even raw materials in U.S. grocery stores are made from horribly cheap materials...

Also, why would you work at Subway and NOT eat it???? Not that Subway is gourmet, but they at least use the better of the crap materials :P:P:P

[Cheesus]

Coca Cola. When I'm out I'll take whatever is available, but when given the choice, I'm a Coke man myself. The taste is more defined.

What I also find really interesting is how different Coke tastes based on the country/location you're in. Honestly, I think the quality of the water has alot to do with which is superior. Compared to England and Northern Italy the Coke/Pepsi here is noticeably inferior.

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[Exodus]

Why don't the poll and first post in this thread match? The poll is asking if you can tell the difference, and the post is asking which you prefer. A better poll would have been to ask which you prefer since if you have a preference, you can tell the difference. It would have been implied in the question.

Anyways... coke is better, but I don't really drink soft drinks.

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[Spyhop]

Originally Posted by Mdkcheatz

Unless you by from WholeFoods, which is greatly overpriced, it wouldn't matter if you cooked your own food as even raw materials in U.S. grocery stores are made from horribly cheap materials...

This is a bunch of BS.

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Originally Posted by capo_2k

Current poll results:
Yes: 11 votes - 100%

That's interesting. I also had the opinion that coke was better than pepsi for a long time, and until very recently it was always my preference. However, I heard of something called the pepsi/coke challenge which claimed that once you take regular coke and regular pepsi out of the packaging, it was virtually impossible to tell the difference between taste. (Based on the results of 10,000 test subjects apparently.) I wasn't sure, and neither were my friends, so I tried this with two of them a couple weeks back - and found it to be true (for us at least). Once out of the packaging, neither of them could tell the difference. They were just as surprised as me. Consequentially I've been buying pepsi ever since instead (because it's cheaper) and to me it now tastes just as good. I invite you to try the same test yourselves and see what you find. (Regular pepsi and regular coke, same temperature of course.)

Apparently coca-cola tastes better to many people because of the psychological effects the advertising (and therefore the packaging) has on the consumer. I hear coca-cola are one of the very few companies in the world which conduct research into this area.

Opinions?

Nope I can taste the difference without the packaging. When me and my dad (well me and my entire family but this just relates to my dad) were visiting in Germany and ordered a coke from the Restaurants we encountered along the way all of which classed both coca-cola and Pepsi as Cola we could always tell whether we had been given Coke, or Pepsi or perhaps even something else, whenever we asked (and we always did as my dad hates Pepsi) we were right.

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I don't really like the taste of either Coke or Pepsi and are lucky to have a can of each maybe a few times in a year if there is nothing else to drink, but I would have to say *flips coin* Coca-Cola.

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Coke and Pesi are completely different falvors. Pepsi is much sweeter than coke.

I prefer coke.

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[cottonvibes]

coke is alot better than pepsi.

back in my highschool statistics class, we did a blind taste test with coke VS pepsi.
i never had compared them side-by-side till that day.
thats when i learned how much better coke tastes (before that day i was under the assumption that i liked pepsi better).

pepsi is more watery and coke is more flavorful.

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[masta.g.86]

Originally Posted by capo_2k

Why would I lie? I'm telling you - that's what happened, but whatever, believe what you want. I still can't tell the difference between them.

I'm not calling you a liar nor am I saying these things just to spite you. I and nearly everyone I know can tell the difference. Perhaps the difference is less obvious in GB?

Originally Posted by cottonvibes

coke is alot better than pepsi.

back in my highschool statistics class, we did a blind taste test with coke VS pepsi.
i never had compared them side-by-side till that day.
thats when i learned how much better coke tastes (before that day i was under the assumption that i liked pepsi better).

pepsi is more watery and coke is more flavorful.

Ah, see? My high school wasn't the only one that took the Coke/Pepsi challenge.

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[koko-goal]

Originally Posted by masta.g.86

I find that Arabian 7-up, Sprite, and Mountain Dew all taste better than their state-side counter parts.

Interesting

[capo_2k]

Originally Posted by masta.g.86

I'm not calling you a liar nor am I saying these things just to spite you. I and nearly everyone I know can tell the difference. Perhaps the difference is less obvious in GB?

No worries. Yeah, perhaps it is - perhaps coke or pepsi taste different depending on where they're produced. Who knows? However I did find the source of my information again, and the tests are performed in America. It's from a documentary called 'Dispatches - Mark Thomas on Coca Cola'. You can find more information about it here.

Here are some quotes from the programme:
MT -> Mark Thomas
RM -> Read Montague - Prof. Neuroscience Baylor College of Medicine

MT: "They (Coca-Cola) even had a campaign called 'H2No', and more recently 'Cap The Tap' where Coca-Cola guides restaurants on how to suggestively sell fizzy pop over water. The company uses its $2,000,000,000 a year advertising budget so you can't escape its logo. From outer space to the London underground, it's everywhere. It was even painted on the Himalayas, for which they were fined for environmental damage. So I'm on my way to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas to have my head tested. This is where scientists have been studying consumers emotional response to brands. First of, I'm doing the 'Coca-cola/Pepsi Challenge'."

RM: "You've just done the Pepsi challenge."
MT: "And how did I come out?"
RM: "You came out square in the middle, just like everybody else. You had cups lined up in front of you. There was Coca-cola in one and Pepsi-cola in the other. You weren't told which was which, you tasted both and voted with your behaviour; I like the one on the right, I like the one on the left, etc. And although as I know because we've had a conversation earlier that you like Coca-cola, and would trade your money for it in a store, you came out absolutely neutral. Your nervous system couldn't tell the difference between the two."

MT: "It turns out I can't taste the difference between Pepsi and Coca-Cola, just like the scores of others Dr. Montague has tested over the last three years, yet I say I prefer coke.”

MT: “Brands actually have a taste?”
RM: “Brands have a taste.”

MT: “This kind of brain scanning to test the efficacy of advertising is called neuro-marketing. Advertising folk call it 'The Buy Button'. When it was revealed that some American companies were conducting just these kind of experiments, it caused a furore, because it suggested advertisers could insinuate messages into a person's brain. Coca-cola has refused to confirm or deny it was one of those companies involved.”

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[Mdkcheatz]

Originally Posted by Spyhop

This is a bunch of BS.

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