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Totally expected to see an article about a white form of carbon (which would have been fascinating!) but this is a decent second option! http://en.wikipedia.or

Totally expected to see an article about a white form of carbon (which would have been fascinating!) but this is a decent second option! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coke_%28fuel%29

mcv 13y ago
I thought it was about coke, which is normally white, as far as I know. (No personal experience.)
prof_hobart 13y ago
Do you mean like this (http://www.shrinivasagro.com/whitecoal.html http://www.shrinivasagro.com/whitecoal.html)?
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sageikosa 13y ago
I thought it was the street name for some new drug, which I had some cognitive dissonance on, since coke is already white.
VLM 13y ago
I was expecting an article for the youth pretending they don't know about the "new coke" debacle and/or possibly a new product "white coke" being released as a repeat of "new coke". Personally I'd rather have the choice to buy HFCS free soft drinks rather than carmel-4 free soft drinks. Completely sweetener free, both natural and artificial, would be a unique experience, probably taste much like tea.
- nealabq 13y ago
  I've occasionally wondered what food would taste like if you could selectively (and temporarily) disable the sweet taste-buds on your tongue. Same with salt taste-buds. Perhaps numbing your tongue would work? A dentist could do that, but you'd only want to numb the surface. Is white coke (the illegal kind) a topical anesthetic?
  - DanBC 13y ago
    You can buy topical anaesthetic for mouth use from most pharmacies. Have a look at for example "oragel" (http://www.orajel.com/ http://www.orajel.com/) There are "miracle berries" that make sour foods taste sweet. It'd be fascinating to try something that took the sweet out of sodas. Someone posted a link to the OpenCola project in this thread. It's probably possible to make a batch with no, or much less, sugar than regular coke.
  - spqr0a1 13y ago
    There are compounds that specifically inhibit sweetness perception: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactisole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactisole
- fusiongyro 13y ago
  Both Mexican Coke and kosher-for-passover Coke are made with sugar instead of HFCS. If you're in America, one of the two is probably available near you.
  - vxNsr 13y ago
    The kosher-for-passover stuff is only available in the weeks leading up to passover, and I've only really seen it in areas where there are large Orthodox communities. I do have some friends who will stockpile it for a year so that they don't have o drink the 'swill' that the rest of us enjoy.
    - fusiongyro 13y ago
      I live in NM and it's one of the few KfP products I can get fairly easily. The folks around here are so incompetent at Jewish matters they tend to either have nothing or stock KfP stuff year round. No significant Orthodox community in the state.
  - Noted 13y ago
    If there's a Costco near you, they normally stock Mexican Coke. I'm not affiliated with Costco in any way, that's just where I purchase my real sugar Coke

mcv 13y ago

I thought it was about coke, which is normally white, as far as I know. (No personal experience.)

prof_hobart 13y ago

Do you mean like this (http://www.shrinivasagro.com/whitecoal.html http://www.shrinivasagro.com/whitecoal.html)?

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sageikosa 13y ago

I thought it was the street name for some new drug, which I had some cognitive dissonance on, since coke is already white.

VLM 13y ago

I was expecting an article for the youth pretending they don't know about the "new coke" debacle and/or possibly a new product "white coke" being released as a repeat of "new coke". Personally I'd rather have the choice to buy HFCS free soft drinks rather than carmel-4 free soft drinks. Completely sweetener free, both natural and artificial, would be a unique experience, probably taste much like tea.

nealabq 13y ago
I've occasionally wondered what food would taste like if you could selectively (and temporarily) disable the sweet taste-buds on your tongue. Same with salt taste-buds. Perhaps numbing your tongue would work? A dentist could do that, but you'd only want to numb the surface. Is white coke (the illegal kind) a topical anesthetic?
- DanBC 13y ago
  You can buy topical anaesthetic for mouth use from most pharmacies. Have a look at for example "oragel" (http://www.orajel.com/ http://www.orajel.com/) There are "miracle berries" that make sour foods taste sweet. It'd be fascinating to try something that took the sweet out of sodas. Someone posted a link to the OpenCola project in this thread. It's probably possible to make a batch with no, or much less, sugar than regular coke.
- spqr0a1 13y ago
  There are compounds that specifically inhibit sweetness perception: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactisole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactisole
fusiongyro 13y ago
Both Mexican Coke and kosher-for-passover Coke are made with sugar instead of HFCS. If you're in America, one of the two is probably available near you.
- vxNsr 13y ago
  The kosher-for-passover stuff is only available in the weeks leading up to passover, and I've only really seen it in areas where there are large Orthodox communities. I do have some friends who will stockpile it for a year so that they don't have o drink the 'swill' that the rest of us enjoy.
  - fusiongyro 13y ago
    I live in NM and it's one of the few KfP products I can get fairly easily. The folks around here are so incompetent at Jewish matters they tend to either have nothing or stock KfP stuff year round. No significant Orthodox community in the state.
- Noted 13y ago
  If there's a Costco near you, they normally stock Mexican Coke. I'm not affiliated with Costco in any way, that's just where I purchase my real sugar Coke