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by dhugiaskmak 4658 days ago
http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/09/the-food-lab-drinks-ed...
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This is a really wordy article to express very simple ideas. The author is trying hard to dismiss those of us who prefer the non-corn-syrup taste, but I don't think they've succeeded here.

At best they've shown some combination of:

* It's a minority of people who prefer the non-corn-syrup taste.

* Some people prefer glass bottles.

* Most people aren't that conscious of the difference.

As to this suggestion to Coca-Cola:

> Bottle American HFCS-sweetened Coke in Mexican Coke bottles, and just tell everyone it comes from Mexico.

They do sell corn syrup coke in single-serving glass bottles at some places. I have sometimes bought them mistakenly thinking it was the Mexican one. When this happens I taste the difference and don't like it.

Corn syrupy beverages just taste unpleasant to me. It took me a while to realize this, but once I did I found I can consciously discern the taste of corn syrup. I have the same objection with bottled sweetened tea, for example. Some brands have corn syrup and some brands have sugar. I tend to like the latter and dislike the former. This has happened to me even when I wasn't aware of the ingredients.