I used to prefer Coke after it goes flat. Or mostly flat. I still don’t mind flat soda. Perfectly happy to keep drinking it long after all of the carbonation is gone.
Meanwhile, I discovered that you could get A&W root beer versions of those little flavor packs that you dump in a bottle of water. Yeah, no. Horrendously disgusting without carbonation. I’ll stick with pink lemonade.
Nah, flat soda tastes nasty. The carbonation helps with reducing the intensity of the sweetener in the soda. It brings a bit of bitterness and acidity that you lose once flat
Nah, as the other guy mentioned, its known that the carbonation brings a bit of bitterness, so sodas are intentionally formulated with that in mind. Flat sodas taste overly sweet because of that. Even more so when they’re warm, too, as cold tends to subdue sweetness.
I drink carbonated mineral water after its almost flat but still has a bit of a ‘buzz’, this way it feels sour and sharp enough, but doesn’t upset the stomach much(which carbonated water does).
If anyone sick enough to like flat soda reads this: The Pepsi Nitro tastes like flat Pepsi as soon as you Crack the can open. Maybe you’d like it. I’ve drunk other nitro carbonated drinks before and none tasted so flat as Pepsi’s.
Yep, I hate getting gassy after drinking carbonated soda, so I give it a little shake to release some of the gas. I also pour it into a glass from high up so it gets all fuzzy and releases more gas before I drink it.
Personally, it’s not so much a flat/unflat absolute stance. Some flavors IMO only work carbonated. Like plain coke is WAY too sweet when flat, IMO (40 grams of sugar in 12oz), but some other sodas can taste better flat than carbonated.
this is something people do in hong kong on purpose! it’s usually done by boiling with ginger and lemon so it’s even sweeter and herbal almost. really tasty!
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