Miss Peregrine Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dd works at a local coffee shop and a girl came in and asked for a bottle of Coke. The guy taking her order asked if she wanted Mexican Coke. She replied, "You really shouldn't call it that. That's stereotyping." :huh: :lol: I guess she was really perturbed about it and kept talking about how wrong it was. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Did she explain or just let her go? I'm sure they were LOLing too! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Oh my! A friend and I were chatting the other day and she mentioned that she'd picked up a case of coke in bottles. I asked if they were Mexican or American, you know, because of the HFCS thing. Thankfully she knew exactly what I meant and didn't accuse me of stereotyping or *gasp!* racism. Sadly, though she thought she'd gotten Mexican coke she was completely bummed to find she had American coke. Ooh, maybe I should be saying USAan instead. :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiguirre Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Did the centavo drop when she saw the bottle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Yeah, they sell Mexican Coke, with real sugar. She thought it was racist. Or something. Like the word "Mexican" is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbeym Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 This sounds like a bad blonde joke. :lol: We drink Mexican Coke all the time. Mexican Sprite, and Mexican Fanta too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Mexican coke is better than American coke. There are a few hole in the wall restaurants around here that have them and we love it! When my brother and I go on training hikes we always stop at the same tiny Mexican restaurant and get an icy cold Mexican coke with lunch. He and I are big coke drinkers. The only American cokes that are better are the cans at the store in Supai in the Grand Canyon (a 10 mile hike in) or 2.5 miles later at the camp ground where the native kid is cooking Indian Fry bread for $5 and selling cans of coke for $3. The best of all isthe can of coke at hilltop when you hike from your campground at Havasupai Falls and out of the canyon for a grand total of 12.5 miles-the last 2 straight up. Soooooo gooood. Easily worth the $2 for the can because the next store is more than 75 miles away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I had no idea about this. I guess there is no Mexican coke in the mid-Atlantic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I've seen Mexican coke in the DC area. Does Mexican Coke taste the same as kosher for Passover Coke. I have a friends who buys up specially labeled kosher for Passover Coke every year because it is made with sugar too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I much prefer Mexican coke, although growing up, it was just called Coke and was bottled in East Africa, where we were. :lol: Maybe we should have called it East African coke. We had 5 sodas available: Coke, Sprite, Pepsi, Fanta, and Bitter Lemon. Coke finally came in Diet too by the time I graduated from High School. And it was always in a bottle, always. I much prefer soda with real sugar and in a bottle. It is the right and true way after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I had no idea about this. I guess there is no Mexican coke in the mid-Atlantic. I live in the Philly 'burbs. One grocery store here has carried it for years. Recently I saw it at Costco, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Costco carries it during Passover season. I have a friend who stocks up for the whole year on Mexican coke in glass bottles. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Our Costco and Sam's Club regularly carry it…. as well as Sprite and Fanta Orange too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 I don't drink soda but now I want to try a Mexican Coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkyandtheBrains. Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I don't drink soda often but I like splurging on it when I find the ones made with sugar not corn syrup. They taste like I remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I don't drink soda but now I want to try a Mexican Coke. The difference is flavor is very slight, in fact I have seen taste tests that people have not been able to pick out the difference between Coke in a bottle made with HFCS and cane sugar. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I have bought it for years when you had to get it in small 4 packs in the Passover section or in the Mexican food aisle of grocery stores. For the past couple of years, I have been able to get it in 24 packs at Costco or even in loose bottles at Walmart. It is very common here now. I am happy to see the 'throwback' (cane sugar) versions of sodas showing up in cans. It is less expensive and easier to store and handle than in glass bottles (house of teenagers). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brehon Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Aaaahhhhh!! Mexican Coke. Nothing like it on a hot, sweltry day. I prefer it ice cold and straight out of the bottle. It's my treat to myself when I'm at work and having a bad day. LOL about the racist thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I thought they did a taste test and people couldn't tell the difference? http://drinks.seriouseats.com/2011/09/the-food-lab-drinks-edition-is-mexican-coke-better-than-regular-coke-coke-taste-test-coke-vs-mexican-coke.html We have 'mexican coke' in my little upstate supermarket, but this is a foodie town and we have all that stuff, lol. I've never tried it because don't drink soda in general. I doubt I could tell the difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 The difference is flavor is very slight, in fact I have seen taste tests that people have not been able to pick out the difference between Coke in a bottle made with HFCS and cane sugar. I I generally don't drink coke (or any soft drink) so if I taste it I can't tell the difference between any cola products. But I know people who can tell the difference between coke and pepsi, and between regular coke and Mexican coke. We call it Mexicoke. Is that racist? I grew up in San Jose CA and as a white girl, was a minority in my high school; the majority population was people from Mexico or whose parents were from Mexico. Those people called themselves Mexicans. Other people called them Mexicans without trouble. There were racist terms, but that was not one of them, at least at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink and Green Mom Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 We have Mexican Coke, Sprite, Fanta and Mars bars here at Publix in FL all the time. I think the glass bottles are about $1.25 each. I never saw them when we lived in VA. I did see a 12 pack of cans of "throwback Pepsi" made with real sugar. I wish Coke would do the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dd works at a local coffee shop and a girl came in and asked for a bottle of Coke. The guy taking her order asked if she wanted Mexican Coke. She replied, "You really shouldn't call it that. That's stereotyping." :huh: :lol: I guess she was really perturbed about it and kept talking about how wrong it was. :lol: What about Hungarian Goulash? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I've seen Mexican coke in the DC area. Does Mexican Coke taste the same as kosher for Passover Coke. I have a friends who buys up specially labeled kosher for Passover Coke every year because it is made with sugar too. I don't know if they taste the same, but I would guess they do. I think the kosher Cokes have yellow lids (vs. the standard red lid) so they're easy to spot if you want to find some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneStepAtATime Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 What about Hungarian Goulash? :lol: I have never had this but have heard of it all my life. What is it made of? And did it really originate in Hungary? Do Hungarians really eat it? Would they be offended if I ordered it this way in a restaurant? What about Swedish Meatballs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I can always tell the difference between Coke bottled in the states vs. Mexico. The acidity, carbonation and type of sweetness is different to me. Yes, I've tasted it blind. I can also tell the cans from the plastic bottles and a fountain one. The fact that my palette is so attune to differences in cokes is probably a bad sign... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Mexican coke is sooo much better. :001_wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I have never had this but have heard of it all my life. What is it made of? And did it really originate in Hungary? Do Hungarians really eat it? Would they be offended if I ordered it this way in a restaurant? What about Swedish Meatballs? Yes, it's really Hungarian. It's a beef stew with Hungarian paprika. "American" goulash is more like ground beef with macaroni and tomatoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I had no idea about this. I guess there is no Mexican coke in the mid-Atlantic. Or here in my part of the NE. If I drank soda I'd prefer the Mexican variety though... always prefer regular sugar to substitutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Dd works at a local coffee shop and a girl came in and asked for a bottle of Coke. The guy taking her order asked if she wanted Mexican Coke. She replied, "You really shouldn't call it that. That's stereotyping." :huh: :lol: I guess she was really perturbed about it and kept talking about how wrong it was. :lol: Oh, for pity's sake. Mexican Coke--expensive, but worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debbi in Texas Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I can always tell the difference between Coke bottled in the states vs. Mexico. The acidity, carbonation and type of sweetness is different to me. Yes, I've tasted it blind. I can also tell the cans from the plastic bottles and a fountain one. The fact that my palette is so attune to differences in cokes is probably a bad sign... I can tell the difference in the Mexican and states version too. And I actually prefer the HFCS one. My sense of taste is extremely sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 I don't drink soda but now I want to try a Mexican Coke. Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks alot! Now I want a Coke. Mexican or otherwise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Mexican Coke is in most of the stores, kwik stops, etc. up here in eastern Colorado, western Kansas and southwestern Nebraska, too. I don't know if it was the Mexicans who got the import started or if it was the gringos, but it's everywhere… (as well as Fanta) Add me to the list of people who can tell the difference. Pepsi and MtDew have ThrowBack, but Coke has to be imported from Mexico. Why is that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Now if someone can tell me where to get melon Fanta (which I lived when I lived in Japan)? It's green. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erin Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 7-11… It's on the second to bottom shelf. ;) There are about 5 different flavors of Fanta. Melon has always struck me as disgusting, but this is a must-try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Melon has always struck me as disgusting, but this is a must-try? Maybe it's one of those flavors that has its fans while most everyone else would rather go thirsty. I remember a co-worker trying to convince me that peach Nehi was The Best! Eww! I love real peaches but hate peach flavored foods and, yep, I did not like that soda at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 thanks for posting this. dh needed a good laugh. he prefers mexican coke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 I can always tell the difference between Coke bottled in the states vs. Mexico. The acidity, carbonation and type of sweetness is different to me. Yes, I've tasted it blind. I can also tell the cans from the plastic bottles and a fountain one. The fact that my palette is so attune to differences in cokes is probably a bad sign... It's a fabulous sign. You can brag to people that you're a Coke Connoisseur. Helpful tip: If you have business cards printed up, you might want to specify that you're talking about the beverage. Assuming you are, of course. Maybe you could get even fancier and hire yourself out as a Coke Sommelier. People would actually pay you to drink their soda, what with you being such an expert and all. That could be GOOD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhanaBee Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Our local Kroger grocery stores carry Mexican coke and have discovered it's a big seller in our area. Have yet to see it at Costco, but probably because I'm not looking too hard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Mexican Coke is in most of the stores, kwik stops, etc. up here in eastern Colorado, western Kansas and southwestern Nebraska, too. I don't know if it was the Mexicans who got the import started or if it was the gringos, but it's everywhere… (as well as Fanta) Yup. Very common around here. You can even get Mexican Coke and various other flavored sodas (pineapple, apple, coconut) in the refrigerated section of the grocery store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 My granddad was the manager of a grain elevator. Whenever we went to visit him at work, he would unlock the pop machine and give us each a bottle of Coke—which didn't happen often. Even Mexican Coke doesn't taste as good as my memory of how that Coke tasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umsami Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Today when I saw this thread, I thought it said Mexican Cake. Then I thought…why are they torturing me???? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucyStoner Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 It's a fabulous sign. You can brag to people that you're a Coke Connoisseur. Helpful tip: If you have business cards printed up, you might want to specify that you're talking about the beverage. Assuming you are, of course. Maybe you could get even fancier and hire yourself out as a Coke Sommelier. People would actually pay you to drink their soda, what with you being such an expert and all. That could be GOOD. Sadly my sommelier career is over before it even started as coke might as well be my crack and thus I am on a self imposed strict coke abstinence program. I should start a 12 step program for coke (the beverage.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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