Originally Posted by
Beau Cassidy
You guys are making me feel like a young punk. The cheapest I remember seeing Coke machines was about 25 cents. When Coke changed their formula in about 1985 I was working at my first job in a grocery store in Jackson, Mississippi. There was dang near a riot with folks trying to get the last of the old formula. Now the sugar base is corn syrup or something else and it just isn't the same. Nothing could compare to a dang near frozen glass bottle Coke. They say the plastic bottles do not alter the change but I disagree.
As of late I have been consuming Throwback Forumula Pepsi. I find it doesn't give an aftertaste like the current Cokes do as it is made with real sugar. They say your taste changes some after having your gallbladder out so that may have something to do with it, too.
The Mexican Cokes are a good alternative but I have found them to be a little on the high side. There is just something about consuming a product made in Mexico that bothers me, too.