Its weird… I like the sweet/sour taste of soda once the CO2 is gone. People find me very weird for this
Nah, flat soda tastes nasty. The carbonation helps with reducing the intensity of the sweetener in the soda. It brings a bit of bitterness and acidity that you lose once flat
Sounds like you should have something with less sweetener in general if you need something to reduce the intensity of it…
ive taken to just drinking seltzer water when i realized i didnt care for the sugariness. Add a little lemon or lime juice for variety and im set.
Fizzy drinks are intentionally made sweeter because the CO2 adds sourness. They like the drink as it was intended to be drunk.
I drink carbonated mineral water after its almost flat but still has a bit of a ‘buzz’, this way it feels sour and sharp enough, but doesn’t upset the stomach much(which carbonated water does).
The heathen that is my wife.
If anyone sick enough to like flat soda reads this: The Pepsi Nitro tastes like flat Pepsi as soon as you Crack the can open. Maybe you’d like it. I’ve drunk other nitro carbonated drinks before and none tasted so flat as Pepsi’s.
Are you a serial killer?
My partner is like this. She also prefers it at room temperature.
As someone who loves her soft drinks cold and fizzy, things can get tense ;)
Oh yes, I love it when the drinks are flat. I find the carbonation kinda burns so having less of that makes the drink better.
Also, you don’t get it back up the nose when you burp.
I really hate it when that burp happens, it hurts.
Daniel…is that you? 🧐
For me the carbonated kick is what makes these types of drinks stand out… without it, personally I find most taste a bit like an underwhelming squash (kool aid for those in NA)
I just add carbonated water to squash. Usually tastes better and doesn’t have the slimy mouth feel most soft drinks have.
I often shake a new bottle to let the co2 upfront. I know, I’m a monster.
Same. Never knew it’s such a common thing lol
Must be a common habit among us cosmic people
Not for cold cola, but if it’s lukewarm I actually don’t mind
Ever try a hot cola?
I once drank a Coke that had been sitting in my car console for a day during the summer.
It was a revelation.
this is something people do in hong kong on purpose! it’s usually done by boiling with ginger and lemon so it’s even sweeter and herbal almost. really tasty!
A revelation of why they’re served cold? Or do you still heat up your Cokes when you enjoy them?
Nah, perfectly normal. Some people don’t like carbonation.
I’ve known a guy who mixed red wine with flat diet coke at business dinners and conferences, deliberately. That was weird.
Now that… I’m speechless lmao
Red wine and coke is sth i have seen croatians and Portuguese drink
Consider me uncultured
My wife does this. It’s very weird.
My wife does that. I’ve been wondering more than once if I need to get her brain checked.
I used to prefer Coke after it goes flat. Or mostly flat. I still don’t mind flat soda. Perfectly happy to keep drinking it long after all of the carbonation is gone.
Meanwhile, I discovered that you could get A&W root beer versions of those little flavor packs that you dump in a bottle of water. Yeah, no. Horrendously disgusting without carbonation. I’ll stick with pink lemonade.
