Coke Vs Pepsi - A Taste Comparison

My husband and I have had an ongoing discussion about the differences of Coke and Pepsi throughout our 32 year marriage. Sadly, neither one of us have won the debate.

I have watched a number of taste tests on TV and marvel at the response of anyone picking Pepsi over Coke. My husband is a Pepsi lover, and I am a true blue Coke fan, but I have to admit I was not always a Coke fan.

Coke and Pepsi tasted much different when I was younger. I can remember playing very hard, on the playground at the end of my street, on a hot sunny summer's day. Fortunately for me, across the road from that playground was a little party store, which we, the neighborhood kids, called the candy store. I would go into the candy store and had to stand on my toes to be able to reach into a cooler, that required us to slide the bottle across a metal slot and down the side of the cooler to a spot where the opening was large enough for the bottle to fit through, to get the pop out. The bottles were all glass at that time and the caps did not twist off, they required a bottle opener. I was little so the store owner always helped me.

When you opened those bottles, you got a whiff of that wonderful coke smell. Coke and Pepsi both had a great smell in those days. Your mouth watered before you ever got the drink to your lips. Mmmmmm, What a great memory! Another great memory from my youth, about Coke and Pepsi came from the day's when my mom took us downtown Detroit to go shopping. She always took us for a treat at one of the fountain counters in Kresges or a great soda shop that was just off Woodward Avenue. Fountain Coke and Pepsi was really a taste delight. The proprietor mixed the drinks themselves, and in those days no one was skimpy with the coke syrup. You would get a drink that even filled with ice was a rich dark brown color, and the smell of Coke circled your head and you could take in the aroma all the way down through your lungs. There was no doubt about what you were about to drink.