Okay, If You Say So
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (62145)
United States
February 13, 2018 10:14am CST
One of the more enjoyable things here is the frequent product reviews that @JohnRoberts posts after he tries something (usually procured from the 99c store). Usually I'll review something if it's really good or really bad.
This falls into the latter category.
While grocery shopping Sunday I saw single cans of flavored Diet Coke for sale, cheap. One of the flavors intrigued me: "ginger lime." I picked up a can of it.
Ginger lime flavor? Okay, if you say so.
I've often considered Diet Coke the tofu of diet drinks. By that, I mean it has NO flavor at all. This can showed that, unlike tofu (that will absorb the flavors it's prepared with), adding flavor doesn't help alleviate that situation at all when it comes to Diet Coke.
No taste. None. I couldn't even taste ginger or lime.
I'll say this: the new Coke Zero is fabulous. I hope Coca-Cola puts its effort into that and discontinues Diet Coke, because it's a waste of everything.
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12 responses
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Feb 18
I can't remember the last time I had a soda of any kind @FourWalls . I had a friend who couldn't even live through one day without consuming several 40 ounce Dr. Pepper's. And the sugar count in those? OMG!!
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Feb 18
I love Dr. Pepper but not 40 ounces at a time.
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@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
13 Feb 18
@JohnRoberts It was crazy. Most people have that cup of coffee first thing in the morning. Not her. She would go to the nearest 711 and head straight to the soda machine.
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
13 Feb 18
I don't drink much diet soda but I do like diet Coke
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@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
13 Feb 18
My favorite restaurant started carrying Coke Zero, so I get that now instead of Diet Coke. I really like Coke Zero; in fact, I wish they made it in a caffeine-free version so I could drink it at night.
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@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
13 Feb 18
@JohnRoberts — like Gallagher said, “Pepsi Free” is COKE if it’s free of Pepsi! 
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Feb 18
@FourWalls Is there anything in the can? It is Coke Zero after all.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Feb 18
I don't like anything diet which leaves a tinny aftertaste. I do like regular lime Coke. Ginger lime? What were they thinking?
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Feb 18
I don't care much for Diet Coke as it is. Thanks for confirming that I wouldn't like this, either. I do love Coke Zero, though.
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@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
14 Feb 18
Oh, me too. The first time I tasted the new Coke Zero it tasted so much like Coke I had to ask to make sure it was Coke Zero.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
14 Feb 18
@FourWalls - I buy it over regular Coke every time.
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@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
I love the taste of Coke Zero, but my intestines don't. 
I haven't tried the new formulation, so maybe they improved that.
I haven't tried the new formulation, so maybe they improved that.2 people like this
@spiderdust (14741)
• San Jose, California
13 Feb 18
That doesn't even sound like a good flavor to add to a cola! 
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
13 Feb 18
Ha Ha Ha ....Im liked the discussion...please could you kindly change your conclusion as one of my best friends is VP in Coca Cola in sales division...he may get a heart attack if tell thing to him1 LOL! Thanks dear @FourWalls! 
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@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
13 Feb 18
I'll give Coca-Cola credit: they do listen to the public. We had "new coke" inflicted upon us in the mid-80s, and the outcry was so great it was pulled before the commercials finished.
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@AKRao24 (27424)
• India
13 Feb 18
Ha ha ha ... what a way of playing with words dear @FourWalls ! i appreciate your skilol along with your sense of humor! Thanks! Have a great time!
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@RasmaSandra (73444)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
13 Feb 18
I no longer drink any Coke because here on this side of the world even though they supposedly sell the real thing Coca Cola it is much too sweet for me. Even the diet kind seems syrupy.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
14 Feb 18
I don't drink diet soda, I did once upon a time when Dr Pepper had Choc covered cherry Diet dr pepper and it was amazing but the aspartame in it was causing major issues with my organs and I had to stop. No taste on the Diet Coke you bought was probably why it was so cheap
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@FourWalls (62145)
• United States
14 Feb 18
I’ve noticed that some soft drink manufacturers are getting away from aspartame. My main beverage is Diet Rite, because it has no aspartame and no caffeine (no sodium, either).
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@renicemae (4883)
• Philippines
23 Mar 18
Diet Coke? That's interesting. I guess we dont have a flavor like that yet in my country. I hope i can find one soon though 
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