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This reminds me of the Pepsi challenge. They blindfold you and have you take a sip of Pepsi then a sip of Coke. The results usually have Pepsi wiping the floor

• Avshalom 10y ago
  No Pepsi just tastes better. The whole people prefer coke when drinking a whole can comes from Blink where a Pepsi scientist throws out three or four different reasons why kiosk testing might not reflected by consumer purchasing. It ends with both the scientist and gladwell saying "brands are powerful".
  • Declanomous 10y ago
    Coke has a slight vanilla flavor that Pepsi doesn't have. I generally prefer Pepsi to Coke, but sometimes I have a taste for Coke because of that slight vanilla flavor. On the other hand, I tend not to drink pop for long periods on end. My first pop in a long while always tastes incredibly syrupy, to the point where it's borderline unpalatable. If I have more than a couple of pops in a short period it starts tasting like what I 'remember' it tasting like.
  • splawn 10y ago
    Whoops.. thank you for pointing that out. I have in fact read Blink, so that is probably where I picked up this dubious factoid. I need to read it again to refresh my memory so I don't find myself unknowingly quoting it.
    • Avshalom 10y ago
      It's one of those things I tracked down after seeing one to many people say it as if it was a settled fact (never mind of course that there isn't really reason to assume people wouldn't prefer an entire can of the sweeter cola)
  • na85 10y ago
    Pepsi tastes like sweetened dishwater.
    • RHSeeger 10y ago
      To me, Diet Coke tastes "crisp", while Diet Pepsi tastes "slimey". I can tell the difference in a heartbeat and I dislike Diet Pepsi (while I drink a lot of Diet Coke).
  • vinceguidry 10y ago
    I prefer Coke, and I used to like Pepsi better. When I was a kid I loved Dr. Pepper. Coke has a more complex flavor, in my opinion.
    • goldenkey 10y ago
      Right, Pepsi is kids' soda. It's a candy pop. There's no point in sipping it chilled, because there's no complex flavor to appreciate. Coke on the other hand, goes well with alcohol, and also has a very nice mix of spices like nutmeg, vanilla, and bitters, with greater carbonation, for a very nice slow sippable drink when chilled at the right temp. Coke is a mans' drink. Pepsi is for slobs who drink soda, period. For someone who rarely drinks soda, a coke is acceptable whereas a pepsi is just gross.
      • vidarh 10y ago
        I'm exactly the opposite. I'll sip Pepsi chilled, but when I drink Coke, I'll chug it to satisfy a thirst, never stop to sip it - if I do, I generally don't enjoy the taste, while with Pepsi I enjoy the nuances of the flavour. I don't get why you say it has greater carbonation. The carbonation in Coke gives a harsher feel, which I tend to dislike other than when its hot and I'm very thirsty. Pepsi gets frothier, and is more mellow, but in overall levels of carbonation I don't think there's much difference. The only other cola than Pepsi I'll sip is RC, which has a strong caramel undertone.
        • JoeAltmaier 10y ago
          As Berkely Breathed had Milo Bloom say, "They all taste like malted battery acid"
        • goldenkey 10y ago
          This article gives some insight as to why Pepsi is for plebians: http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/06/jamie-johnson-rich-people-coca-cola-coke-pepsi-soft-drinks http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/06/jamie-johnson-rich-pe...
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• dgudkov 10y ago
  Coke and Pepsi seem to have the same amount of sugar according to WolframAlpha: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sugar+per+100g+of+pepsi+vs+100g+of+coke https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=sugar+per+100g+of+peps...
  • steve-howard 10y ago
    Pepsi has slightly more. http://www.coca-colaproductfacts.com/en/coca-cola-products/coca-cola/ http://www.coca-colaproductfacts.com/en/coca-cola-products/c... http://www.pepsicobeveragefacts.com/Home/Product?formula=35005*26*01-01&form=RTD&size=20 http://www.pepsicobeveragefacts.com/Home/Product?formula=350... Be sure to click the 20 oz button on the Coke page (can't deep link to a particular size).
  • orbitur 10y ago
    "Sweeter" is also a subjective term. They might have the same amount of sugar, but Pepsi definitely tastes sweeter than Coke when just opened. To me, for lack of a better word, Coke has "harsher" bubbles that somehow drown out the sweetness. Which is why a can of Coke that's been open for an hour is way too sweet to me.
    • willismichael 10y ago
      The bite from the carbonation is the flavor of carbonic acid, which is unstable and will resolve back to H2O and CO2 when not under pressure. A heavier carbonation ends up having a higher concentration of carbonic acid when you first open it up, but as the bubbles burst the concentration goes down.
  • wlievens 10y ago
    A kiwifruit contains a lot more sugar proportionally than a strawberry, yet the latter is usually considered sweeter.
    • nkurz 10y ago
      While it differs for different cultivars, I don't think "a lot more" is true in general. For the best tasting commercial varieties, I think they are roughly comparable. Hayward Kiwi (the most common commercial variety in the US) are harvested fairly hard at about 6 Brix (approximately percent dissolved solids assuming those solids are sucrose) and ripen up to about 12-14 Brix.[1] Strawberries are usually 8-10 Brix, but a peak of the season fully ripe (and delicious) modern variety like Seascape or Tristar might be 12-14 Brix[2], the same as a fully ripe kiwifruit. [1] https://thebenjamin.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/harvesting-kiwifruit-at-cal-poly/ https://thebenjamin.wordpress.com/2013/11/15/harvesting-kiwi... [2] Sorry, I'm not immediately finding a good cite for this one. I've personally measured a bunch, though.
• wolrah 10y ago
  ...and then it's still better when drinking the whole can. Coke is bitter in the wrong ways. I can't describe it any better than that, I love IPAs so it's not like I'm against bitter drinks but give me a Pepsi any day. I mean I truly don't care that much in the end, I'm definitely not one of those silly who will refuse one or the other, but it's not just about the initial sip being better.
  • manyxcxi 10y ago
    I'm one of those silly- I truly prefer Coca Cola vs. Pepsi and just won't drink a soda if it's only Pepsi they have. I do it for two reasons: I don't really like any Pepsi products, Sierra Mist is ok, I guess. I shouldn't be having soda anyway. So on the very rare time I order a Coke and they say they only have Pepsi it's my excuse not to have it at all.
  • vidarh 10y ago
    I prefer them in different instances. I can enjoy Pepsi at any point - the sweetness lets me sip it and enjoy it whether or not I'm particularly thirsty or feel a particular desire for something sweet. While with coke I tend to need to be thirsty or really have an urge for something sweet to enjoy it, but in that situation I tend to prefer it. I'll chug Coke but sip Pepsi. It's very possible that's down to brand presentation - e.g. the Coke association to the "bottle opening sound" is very real - their marketing is so extremely ingrained in modern culture.
• gmarx 10y ago
  Coke outsold Pepsi (back then, not sure if this is still the case) because they had stronger restaurant sales. In the grocery store Pepsi outsold Coke
  • Drdrdrq 10y ago
    Apparently not in NZ and AU, not sure about elsewhere: http://economicstudents.com/2012/10/coca-cola-vs-pepsi-the-economics-behind-cokes-dominance/ http://economicstudents.com/2012/10/coca-cola-vs-pepsi-the-e...
• lunchTime42 10y ago
  Could you rejuvinate this effect, for example let a movies colours and 3dness fade out before a dramatic plot point brings it back to full colour?
  • warfangle 10y ago
    The Matrix kind of did this, with the switch in color saturation & tint between "inside" the matrix and "outside." Inside was desaturated and tinted green; outside was desaturated and tinted blue. At the time it was considered a nuanced way of exaggerating the difference between the two.
  • Cerium 10y ago
    The Wizard of Oz used this in the sense that they saved the change (from black and white to color) for a later point I the movie (about 7 minutes in, iirc). Rather than the movie starting in color the transition was used to ad splendor to the world of oz.
  • wlievens 10y ago
    Sunshine did that, by depraving you of red and yellow for a while and then panning out of the ship to show you our sub in all its glory.
• ashark 10y ago
  I've never understood this. I'm not a huge soda drinker, but I can tell the difference between at least Pepsi, Coke, and Dr. Pepper, by smell alone, no tasting required. One sip and I can tell you Diet or Regular, on top of the brand. I have not observed that I've got an above-average sense of smell or taste. What good does the blindfold do?
  • mediocrejoker 10y ago
    You might then be surprised to learn that many people cannot tell the difference, even from taste, between coke and pepsi. Dr. Pepper I think has a more distinctive taste but my point is that your experience may not line up with what most people expect and you may in fact have an above average sense of smell and/or taste.
    • ars 10y ago
      That would certainly surprise me. Coke tastes sour to me and Pepsi sweet. I can't imagine confusing them. (If you couldn't tell, I hate the taste of Coke.)
  • rconti 10y ago
    Dr Pepper is obviously different. I used to drink a ton of Coke and I guarantee I could tell the difference between Coke and Pepsi. These days I rarely drink soda, and while I think I could tell the difference, I could probably be fooled.
  • solipsism 10y ago
    First, have you actually tried it blindfolded? If you know what you're smelling the test is completely invalid. Second, assuming you can indeed tell the difference, you're assuming smell and taste are one single axis. You might be good at differentiating only certain kinds of molecules.
    • ashark 10y ago
      Not literally blindfolded, but with cups of soda with no information about which was which. Not something I've practiced, but I've tried it out a couple times after I noticed by chance I could do it. Definitely works, not even difficult. And I say "what?" to the question "do you smell that?" often enough that I doubt I've got any general special ability in that department. > Second, assuming you can indeed tell the difference, you're assuming smell and taste are one single axis. You might be good at differentiating only certain kinds of molecules. So possibly I'm a soda-only super-smeller/taster. Ha, there's a handy skill. :-(
• goldenkey 10y ago
  According to these claims, Pepsi was served chilled, while Coca-Cola was served at room temperature, thus making the Pepsi more appealing. So that anecdote is bullshit. Everyone with refined tastebuds knows that Pepsi taste like sweetened dishwasher liquid and Coke is much more spiced and refined with notes of bitter vanilla, nutmeg, and pepper. Pepsi is what people who eat Doritos and Mountain Dew prefer, ie. they don't care what they consume.
  • draugadrotten 10y ago
    > Coke is much more spiced and refined ... Pepsi is what people who eat Doritos and Mountain Dew prefer, ie. they don't care what they consume. I think I see what you did there.
    • goldenkey 10y ago
      If you are already eating junk, soda is not appreciated, it's consumed rapidly. All soda is going to be similar in that vain. The point of coke is that you can put a glass on ice, and drink it very slowly for the flavor. Drinking soda in any other capacity doesn't make much sense, and is poor decision healthwise.
• vacri 10y ago
  The Pepsi Challenge doesn't really work in Australia, because Pepsi here tastes like the HFCS Pepsi in the US (yergh), whereas Coke here is made with sugar and is much nicer. I never really understood the point of the Pepsi Challenge until I went to the US and had HFCS Coke, which tastes much more like Pepsi. The same is true of Coke Zero, which the ads here loudly proclaim "tastes just like regular Coke". Yeah, regular HFCS Coke, not sugar Coke. Yuck.
  • cpwright 10y ago
    Interestingly enough, when I used to drink Coke Classic, and tried a Mexican Coke which uses real sugar I did not like the taste compared to HFCS coke. Now I prefer Coke Zero, which tastes very similar, but when I would go back to Coke Classic I would find it too sweet. I think a lot of it is just which taste you're accustomed to.