1985: New Coke

Amy · Post by **Amy** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:49 am

Some of you may remember back to 1985 when CocaCola changed flavors and introduced the New Coke. Well, I stumbled upon the website, and you should read some of the trauma people went through because of the changed taste!

New Coke

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:55 am

I miss cherry coke.....you can still get it, but doesn't taste the same

When I was younger I lived on cans of cherry coke

"Chief Dodo" --> a guy wanted his signature just so he could say he has the sig "of one of the dumbest executives in American business history", which would be worth a fortune............

hehe

Ratpack101 · Post by **Ratpack101** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:01 am

kenc51 wrote:I miss cherry coke.....you can still get it, but doesn't taste the same

When I was younger I lived on cans of cherry coke

hehe

Cherry Coke FTW

I also miss Vanilla Coke all i can find is that black cherry vanilla crap now

Dragon_Slayer · Post by **Dragon_Slayer** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:22 am

I hate coke all together, every coke product is gross, beside fanta.i love fanta...

but,
I'm a Pepper!!!!

Dr. Pepper thats is. LOL

Drink it at 10-2-4

A True Texas Original!

Dublin Dr. Pepper = LEET

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 11:22 am

drink pref is Dr. pepper -> kool aid -> water

bigblockmatt · Post by **bigblockmatt** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:51 pm

coke and D.P. are neck and neck for me.

I would like to try some of the "new Coke" though, just to taste how it was.

Nobahar · Post by **Nobahar** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:45 pm

I wonder what the old taste was

bubba · Post by **bubba** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 4:01 pm

its what is now called classic coke.

first there was 'coke', then someone thought hey lets remake it. Thus 'new coke'. well it sucked bad. so they went back to the old coke. so not to confuse cases of 'new coke' with that of the new old coke they called it 'classic coke'. been that way ever since.

T-Shirt · Post by **T-Shirt** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 3:39 am

classic coke IS not the same as old coke.
The difference is the type of sugars used.
The do still make the sucrose kind for some religous diet (kosher?) at some times of the year/very limited distribution.
I was an "Old Coke" drinker, but after the new coke thing I switched (didn't taste right) to diet.
now I'm a aspartame addict (some studies have shown that your body, tastes the sweet, but since if recieves no calories, you crave MORE sweet)

Dro · Post by **Dro** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 10:15 pm

I hated that they advertised "new coke" as the real thing. Even Bill Cosby went on TV with that commercial. I didn't buy that for a second. I called Coca Cola and told them that the new coke did not even come close to measuring up to the original and real thing. I even felt sadness that I would never be able to taste that drink again.

I wished I had stored a lifetime supply!

Then they came back with the original formula and called it classic coke.

It seems pretty close to the original to me. Anyway, I am glad they did. I hate when companies go and change things that are loved by many folks. What were they thinking?

Mortious · Post by **Mortious** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:53 pm

Dro wrote:Anyway, I am glad they did. I hate when companies go and change things that are loved by many folks. What were they thinking?

What were they thinking? It was marketing genious. Think about it, over 20 years later we are still talking about it.

nightblood · Post by **nightblood** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:45 pm

coke used to have cocaine in it. Thats how it coke got its name

smack323 · Post by **smack323** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:26 pm

Nightblood- you must be really smart to know stuff like that! did you also know that wax weens fry beens?