[virometal]

I was just reading this page: http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/23785

Well, anyone have a definitive answer? And sweet gravy I luvs their Coke.

 

[enjoi_rootbeer]

probably cause they put beef in thier soda

 

[Idsynchrono_24]

Cause they never clean out their soda lines leading into the machine, thus the sugar buildup... I used to work for Jack in the box and 7-Eleven so consider that this is just me hypothetically speaking...

 

[Blitzula]

I totally agree on the McDonald's Coke tasting very good. I think it's because of the mix of syrup they use when they prepare it. You see it sometimes with diet sodas too at various places too...the mix can make them somewhat sweet or too bitter.

It's all taste though...I like sweeter, someone else may find McDonald's coke worse as a result.

 

[strid3r]

I used to work at a Mcd's when I was a freshman in high school. In the back, they used to have boxes of the syrup which would then mix into carbonated water and that would be the soda you get at the fountain. I guess it could be a certain mix/ratio of syrup + water?

 

[mr_baseball_08]

As a spin-off of the OP's question, why do McDonald's hamburgers make me feel like I've been hit by a train after I eat one? No other food (even other fast food) makes me feel like that, but whenever I've had a Big N'Nasty from McDonald's I feel like spending an hour or so in the bathroom..

JD

 

[virometal]

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Originally Posted by enjoi_rootbeer probably cause they put beef in thier soda

I wouldn't put it past them! Perhaps Soy would be more accurate?

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but whenever I've had a Big N'Nasty from McDonald's I feel like spending an hour or so in the bathroom..

Big N'Nasty, I like it!

 

[Rock&Roll Ninja]

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Originally Posted by mr_baseball_08 why do McDonald's hamburgers make me feel like I've been hit by a train after I eat one? ..... whenever I've had a Big N'Nasty from McDonald's I feel like spending an hour or so in the bathroom..

Its a psychosomatic reaction. Your brain is basically telling your digestive system "Hey! This isn't real food, but I'm eating it anyway." Then your intestines and liver are like "Awww Crap."

 

[daycart1]

Have you seen the movie, "Supersize me"?

There is no accounting for taste. I think the best Coke is from glass bottles--almost impossible to find nowadays. The next best is in the cans from the Atlanta plant (last time I checked--I usually do the diet stuff now where there isn't much difference).

 

[MuZI]

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Originally Posted by daycart1 Have you seen the movie, "Supersize me"? There is no accounting for taste. I think the best Coke is from glass bottles--almost impossible to find nowadays. The next best is in the cans from the Atlanta plant (last time I checked--I usually do the diet stuff now where there isn't much difference).

 

[mega]

I actually disagree...i think the McDonalds coke tastes worse...it tastes saltier to me if that makes any sense.

 

[some1x]

Many of the grocery stores around here sell Coke in glass bottles

But it is very expensive. Second best is properly mixed fountain!

 

[trains are bad]

It's funny, at work we sell coke, so my manger can have all the coke he wants for free, yet he goes to McDonald's and buys a fountain coke all the time, because it 'tastes better'.

 

[majid]

I don't drink Coke (or any soda for that matter), but I've read the best Coke is that found in Mexican groceries (yes, in glass bottles).

That's because it is gray market imported from Mexico or Canada, where they don't have protectionist tariffs (instigated by the lobbies of Texas sugarcane growers and Midwest corn processors like Archer Daniels Midland), and thus they can afford to use real sugar in their soda instead of corn syrup. The US price of sugar is about twice the world market price.

See http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/in...ose_corn_syrup

 

[redshifter]

it's because like fine wine, coke always tastes better when it is served to you in a restaurant.

of course i don't drink soda so i'll take the fine wine, thanks.