mmm sugar.
Yesterday, while out running errands, Andyl and I were at BevMo just across from El Mercadito Latino in Redwood City. I decided to go in to see if they stock Coke in glass bottles made with sugar (instead of corn syrup). They do. I bought 6 @$1.19. I now have 3 left.
It’s so good. I like the glass bottle. I like the way it feels in my hand— the cold glass with condensation. I like the way it feels on my lips. I like the way it tastes; it’s crisper and less syrupy. I like how it reminds me of cokes I had in bottles in South Africa (and, to a lesser extent, Germany and Tanzania among other places).
An article about Mexican Coke vs. American Coke.
Other things that I like in glass bottles or with sugar instead of corn syrup:
- Straus Family Creamery Milk (for my cereal at work)
- heinz organic ketchup (from Pittsburgh, no less!)
- Dublin Dr. Pepper. The holy grail of sugar sodas. I bought a bunch at the Dr. Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas on my last road trip across the country.
yes, to answer your questions, I am apparently a total hippie.