Subj : soda pop To : Dave Drum From : Ruth Haffly Date : Fri Aug 26 2022 15:35:35 Hi Dave, RH> Have you seen the machines Coke has out where you can get your choice RH> of Coke products? Around here, Wegman's has one in their food court DD> I have seen them but straight up Coke Zero or Diet A&W work well for DD> mt. And, if I can find it the Zero Sugar Dr. Pepper w/Cream Soda is DD> very nice. RH> So often, Diet (or Zero) Coke, or diet pepsi, is the only diet drink RH> available at many places to eat. That's why we so often order water RH> with lemon in restaurants. Sometimes I'll splurge on a Diet Coke, rare RH> but known to occaisionally happen, a diet pepsi. DD> I gave up on Burpsie Cola (Pepsi) years ago. Their colas are so tooth- DD> achingly sweet ... even their diet stuff. Back around the turn of the Years ago my mom inherited some stock in Coke. Before that, I'd had one or the other on a more limited basis but then my folks strted buying all Coke products and I went with that in other places. Pepsi became too sweet so I pretty much gave that up, except on rare occaisions and its continued to be my norm. DD> century Pepsi came out with a "diet" product called Pepsi One - DD> claiming but a single calorie in a 12 oz. serving. And it was pretty DD> good tasting a lot like Coca Cola. But it was hard to find and the gas DD> station where I worked at the time could not get the route driver to DD> leave more than It was the same with "New Coke" in our area of central Texas (Fort Hood) until Coke pulled it. Could get it in commissaries in Germany in the late 80s for a while, then it was pulled also. DD> minimal amounts of product - which always sold out quickly. Then Pepsi DD> started promoting the "Pepsi One" and lots of product was available. DD> Sadly they had reformulated it away from the original taste. It did DD> not sell well. RH> We've bought flavored sparkling water during the summer for several RH> years now. Depending on the brand you buy, the flavoring is either very RH> subtle or more pronounced. Also, last time we made a major Sam's (or RH> maybe it was Costco, I forget which) run, we found a box of 3 dozen RH> Zevia sodas. They're made with stevia, no artificial colors or flavors. DD> I use the flavoured seltzers in my rotation of canned soda. And DD> sometimes just plain ol' Club Soda. The flavours are usually very DD> subtle. But it's all right-proper Belch Water. Bv)= Belch water fits! I don't burp as much with Coke as I do the sparkling waters. RH> sometimes 6, but Wegman's has stayed with a dozen. They've got a good RH> assortment of flavors to choose from as well; ginger is one that both RH> Steve and I like. We tried their lime ginger but it wasn't as good as RH> the straight ginger. DD> Haven't seen ginger. I like grapefruit, cranberry and cherry flavoured DD> seltzers though. It's a Wegman's own flavor, not seen it in other brands. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... If you think you are confused now, wait until I explain it! --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .