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re: 40 Years Ago, New Coke replaced Coca Cola
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:33 am to MorbidTheClown
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:33 am to MorbidTheClown
Knew a woman that reportedly drank a 2 liter a day. She wasn't hugely fat, but she died in her mid 50's.
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Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:34 am to The Quiet One
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"On this day in 1986, the Coca-Cola Company introduced New Coke,
No, this happended in 1985.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:36 am to Night Vision
Not sure how many of those glass bottle cokes back then would equal a 2 liter. But, I'm pretty sure she went over that.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:00 am to MorbidTheClown
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My aunt drank coke all day every day. When they announced the "new" coke, she went from store to store buying as much of the original as she could find. She had a closet full of those old wooden cases filled with bottles of coke.
Now that’s investing in a stock market.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:56 am to Split2874
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Coke reintroduced as Coke Classic
You couldn't find coke classic when it came out because people would snap it up.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:57 am to bad93ex
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Mexican Coke in a glass bottle is undisputed champ for colas
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:57 am to Stat M Repairman
Then Coke somehow sold millions of these coke shirts.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:59 am to The Quiet One
Ever since they switched from cane sugar over to high fructose corn syrup to satisfy the lobbying demands in Washington Coke has never been the same. In fact is so pathetic that the actual real authentic Coke is called Mexican coke.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:00 am to Split2874
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I was 12 when this happened and still remember the taste. It was like a bad Pepsi. Ii remember correctly, Coke sales were beinging cut into by Pepsi, so Coke decided to try to make Coke taste more like Pepsi.
But on the flip side when Coke reintroduced as Coke Classic, it was a huge seller.
Yeah, it tasted like flat Pepsi.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:09 am to The Quiet One
It happened in 1985.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:16 am to The Quiet One
And it was about money.
Corn syrup is cheaper than cane sugar so let’s take away the original made with cane sugar then bring it back with corn syrup after public outcry. Silly consumers will never catch the switch… until Home Depot starts selling Mexican coke.
Corn syrup is cheaper than cane sugar so let’s take away the original made with cane sugar then bring it back with corn syrup after public outcry. Silly consumers will never catch the switch… until Home Depot starts selling Mexican coke.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:22 am to The Quiet One
i remember doing a taste test at cortana mall and we weren't told what we were testing but i know i didn't pick the new formula coke
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:26 am to udtiger
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What a complete shitshow.
Everyone involved with the decision should have been fired
It was an intentional shitshow to hide the switch from real cane sugar to HFCS
Theg knew if they switched then people would notice
So they made new Coke which sucked then a few months later release old coke with HFCS instead of sugar and people wont know the difference because its so much better than new Coke
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:29 am to bad93ex
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Mexican Coke in a glass bottle is undisputed champ for colas
I've tried both bottled and they taste the same to me. You can score cool points for asking for a Mexican coke though.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 10:55 pm to HarryHoudini
I remember taking the Pepsi Challenge at the mall as a kid. 
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:14 pm to HarryHoudini
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Pepsi is terrible
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Ive been reflecting on my father getting obsessed with one thing, loving the heck out of it, and doing it over and over again. He did it with Playboy and he did it with Pepsi. He had about 14 pepsis a day when he started the company and then tapered off to a more reasonable amount. Still, i will always remember walking into his office and there being a pepsi right beside him. I just feel so frickin blessed to have that same mind, to enjoy mastering one thing. That way the layers are always unfolding deeper. - Marston Hefner
Posted on 4/23/26 at 11:59 pm to The Quiet One
New Coke only replaced old Coke becuase the patent was getting ready to expire. Introduce new Coke, wait a while, phase it out, come back with the old as Coca Cola Classic… voila…another 100 years on the patent ingredients.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 5:41 am to The Quiet One
It was '85 not '86.
Posted on 4/24/26 at 6:11 am to mikie421
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I’m pretty sure Diet Coke is based on new coke.
If this report from CBS is correct, it was. They used our friend HFCS as the sweetener instead of their diet sweetener.
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 6:13 am
Posted on 4/24/26 at 6:15 am to Coastal Tiger
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New Coke only replaced old Coke becuase the patent was getting ready to expire. Introduce new Coke, wait a while, phase it out, come back with the old as Coca Cola Classic… voila…another 100 years on the patent ingredients.
The coke formula was never patented. It’s protected as a trade secret.
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