January 10, 2007

Accounting for taste  

I have to say I'm a little shocked at Raffi Melkonian's nonchalant statement (compounded in the comments) that he can't tell the difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke. The difference is huge, and I'd expect Raffi, who's enough of a foodie to have taken classes in Paris, to be able to quantify it. The one clearly attempts to approximate the flavor of Coke Classic in an artifically sweetened drink (and for the most part succeeds), while the other is its own animal.

Notwithstanding the fact that of course Raffi's right about C-2 being a monumental failure, the product was absolutely crucial to me as the crib I needed to get from Coke to Diet Coke. Now I'm not sure my current massive Diet Coke intake is a good thing -- I don't seem to have suffered any neurological damage yet, anyway -- but it's surely better than the same quanitity of HFCS-sweetened Coke I was drinking before. So publicity stunt or no, I'm appreciative.

Comments
barrett  {January 10, 2007}

You know, I taste the difference, but I don't really prefer one over the other so I drink them interchangably.

The Redhead hates Coke Zero. I do dislike the other other Diet Coke (sucralose Diet Coke?), and avoid it.


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