Mexican Coke
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UPDATED: Monday, April 7, 2008 07:47
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All of the large supermarkets I frequent have at least a small section of mexican foods, and usually include sodas, often in glass bottles. The Sprite is wonderful, haven't seen Coke but not normally a fan. Royal Crown always seemed better to me than Coke. I wish I could find more Montain Dew with cane sugar in a bottle.
RW Knudsens has a carbonated juice spritzer without high fructose corn syrup, the Red Rasberry is fantastic. A new propduct, switch is also great ( www.switchbev.com) no sugar or preservatives, just fruit juice reconstituted with carbonated water.
Hanks premium Root Beer and Cream Sodas also use cane sugar.
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Austraian coke is even better still!.
I had Mexican coke (in a can) while on the BC Cruise - it was certaiunly better than the horrid stuff they force on you in the US
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Originally posted by Stoweaway:
Here is SC we have a chain of Mexican supermarkets -- Compare Foods. They carry an entire aisle of Mexican sodas including cane sugar Coke. It's a half liter in a recycled glass bottle. They go for $1.39, not too bad.
My husband is in love with them. He always reminds me to grab one (and an Argentinian empanada) while I'm there.
Oooh, sounds great! Do they happen to have the Topo Sabores brand fruit-flavored sodas? Their Pineapple is really good. Not Jarritos.
For root beer, you can go to www.rootbeerbarrel.com. Besides for giving some pretty good reviews, he lists the type of sweetener used. In particular, I have to agree with his review of Boylans Natural Root Beer (sugar), Bulldog Root Beer(sugar, honey, maltodextrin), and Boylans Creamy Red Birch Beer.
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Originally posted by ncbrowncoat:
My grandfather had a small department store here in the small town of Washington, NC. He kept the small bottles of cane sugar Coke in a refrig next to his office upstairs with a small plastic box with a slit in the top for payment. Honor system of course.
My greatest pleasure as a small child was to put my coins in the box and pull out a bottle that was so cold that it had ice crystals around the glass lip.
Reminds me of my soda-pop memories...
My grandpa had a huge tin garage , and from somewhere acquired an ancient Coke machine that he put just inside the doorway...
My task was to stay sufficiently stocked with nickels , so that I could drop one in the slot , pull on the lever , and liberate a bottle from its captivity behind the narrow hinged window...It was tricky , 'cause I was little , to reach the lever , basically hang on it with my right hand , and , with my other hand , pull with sufficient force to extract a bottle from behind the glass...
There were basically two sizes of bottle then...The little 6-1/2 ounce size and the standard 8 Oz. size...Later , competition from other brands caused a move to larger bottles like the 10 ounce...
I had a lot of ways of collecting coin in those days , but a walk to the store was an opportunity to look for bottles on the roadside and down in the ditches...We'd get 2 cents for each pop bottle that we returned at the store , which really helped stretch the budget , 'cause a soda was a nickel , as was a candy bar...
The store wouldn't accept bottles for return if they were too nasty , so a lot of times , we'd have to leave the 'ditch' bottles for the walk home...
Then , when we got home , we'd take the garden hose and blast the mud and gunk off 'em , and set 'em in an old crate for a 'cash advance' toward our next store visit...That was what passed for a 'Coke Rewards' incentive in those days...We could see all our 'assets' at a glance !
Not so many years ago , I was passing through a little town in eastern NC , and stopped to ask for directions at a little corner store...The place had already seen its 'Better Days' , and was all but defunct...Seemed like it was a rummage sale more than a store , and a place for the locals to congregate...
I noticed a couple of 1-Gallon glass bottles that had the Coke-syrup labels , 'cause they were left over from when the store had a 'soda fountain'...There was a dark pool of Coke-syrup left in the bottom of each bottle...It was a little surprising that the stuff was still liquid , but more surprising that it wasn't growing mold or anything...Apparently , the phosphoric acid in Coke precludes that kind of problem...
I bought the Coke-syrup bottles and later sold them to a collector friend .
I know what you mean , NCB , about the old Dr. Pepper...That used to be a special treat , 'cause I couldn't get it just everywhere...
They don't make 'em like they used to...
Nowadays , if I travel through rural South Carolina , I'm always looking for a place to get a 'Blenheim' Ginger Ale . It's sold in 3 basic levels of 'heat' , and I like the hottest (and , scarcest) one...Not every place will carry the hottest one , 'cause a lot of folk won't drink it !
You only tip back one of those if you're going for 'Hard Burn' !
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I have been to some Mexican restaurants that have rice milk. That was some good stuff. Also helped the burning sensation in the throat.
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MMMMM Dublin Dr Pepper.....crap now I have to head to the store....thanks!!
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You may want to call first.
I should have clarified; that's the bottler, not a store. They may not sell direct. Further, if you're in the area, probably all of your Dr Pepper comes from them.
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Originally posted by deadlockvictim:
... oh yeah.... the cola.... right..
cause the mexican dirt weed is crap
i lol'd :)
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Originally posted by jewelstaitefan:
RW Knudsens has a carbonated juice spritzer without high fructose corn syrup, the Red Rasberry is fantastic.
You also might want to try the Strawberry and Jamaican Lemonade. When I was younger, I was almost freebasing that stuff. Very yummy indeed.
I don't know for sure about the ingredients, but here in Michigan (and a few surrounding states) there's a pop we drink called Faygo. On the rare instances I drink pop, I'm likely to reach for that stuff. The Rock & Rye is excellent.
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Dublin Dr. Pepper from Dublin, TX still us glass bottles and Imperial Pure Cane Sugar. They have been since Dr. Pepper was created in 1800's. Dr. Pepper is older than Coke or Pepsi. Tastes better too, and I don't have to cross the boarder.
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