Glass or Plastic?

Sun, 08/08/2004 - 12:16 — deadprogrammer

Why, glass, of course. I hate soda sold in plastic bottles. Hate it, hate it, hate it.

Here in New York in many restaurants you can find Coke and rarely Pepsi in glass bottles.  Yes, Coke in the original bottle shaped like the cacao tree seed pod instead of the coca seed. They are made in Mexico, I think found out the reason why they taste much better than the plastic bottled ones:
"She told me that they were bottled in Mexico and I nodded since I already knew that and said, "I think it is because they use real sugar."
She shook her head, "No, no, not the sugar. It's the water."
She leaned in like she was telling me a secret, "Mexican water is the BEST water in the entire world."
Just then a smaller woman leaned in beside her grinning with a single eyebrow raised and whispered.
"It's MAGIC water!"

Apparently it is not Montezuma's revenge that assails unsuspecting tourists, but the magic waters that sour in the bellies of the unimaginative, somewhere South of the border."

Remember I mentioned Pepsy Crystal?  People called it second New Coke, but I actually liked it. Well, these days it's a bit more expensive - single can sells for $20-25 on eBay. Overall "coca cola unopened" and "pepsi unopened" bring back very interesting results.

Apparently they still make Moxie and Diet Moxie. Yep, the drink that gave us a word for "ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage".

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