Talk about Southern Coke

[W3WN]

(No, not the white powdery stuff...)

So Little Miss Field Day & I are at the supermarket last night, we're taking a look around for anything interesting, when I spot a display of old fashioned bottled Coca Cola and Fanta Orange. Haven't seen the green glass bottles in a long, long time.

Pick up a bottle to look at it... something looks strange... it's all in Spanish.

Mexican Coca Cola.

Now this may not be a big deal to you guys in the South and West (and even the SouthWest) but it's not something you see here in the Land of Taxes every day.

Bottle is complete with a stick-on label with bar code and nutrition information. Biggest difference? No high fructose corn syrup, this has real sugar in it! My gahd, it's the real original formula!

$1 for each 355 ml bottle ... that 16 ounces to us non metric types, so it's a bit more expensive than an equivalent can.

Had one with lunch today. Tastes a touch sweeter than "our" Coke, and the after bite isn't there, but otherwise, it's just what I expected.

I'll try and get a picture of it. LMFD has already confiscated the one empty for her collection (this goes well with baseball bobble heads? Sure), but I still have one more in the fridge...

[KG4CGC]

We have that in the "boutique" drink section. I was just commenting on that yesterday to the YL while shopping.

[NA4BH]

I have two 6oz Cokes from the '60s in my cabinet. They will never be opened. They are in the old bottles with the raised glass name and not painted. They still have fizz when shaken.

[W1GUH]

I have two 6oz Cokes from the '60s in my cabinet. They will never be opened. They are in the old bottles with the raised glass name and not painted. They still have fizz when shaken.

What cities are on the bottom? Those are the real deal. What's the matter with Coke, anyway? All of the so-called "vintage" glass bottles aren't really. Sprite bottles had National Parks on the bottom.

All this talk of vintage soda. My favorite vintage soda (pop) machine was the one where you lifted the top, put in a nickel? dime? and ran a hanging bottle through a slot til you got it to the gate, then you pulled it up.



And, sigh, motels don't always have a bottle opener on the wall in the bathroom anymore.

[NQ6U]

My favorite vintage soda (pop) machine was the one where you lifted the top, put in a nickel? dime? and ran a hanging bottle through a slot til yo got the gate, then you pulled it up.

Those were the best--filled with ice-cold water which gave you the coldest possible drink.

[kc7jty]

Those were the best--filled with ice-cold water which gave you the coldest possible drink.

Beech when it didn't work though.

[kf0rt]

What cities are on the bottom? Those are the real deal. What's the matter with Coke, anyway? All of the so-called "vintage" glass bottles aren't really. Sprite bottles had National Parks on the bottom.

All this talk of vintage soda. My favorite vintage soda (pop) machine was the one where you lifted the top, put in a nickel? dime? and ran a hanging bottle through a slot til you got it to the gate, then you pulled it up.



And, sigh, motels don't always have a bottle opener on the wall in the bathroom anymore.

College buddy of mine had that exact machine in his parent's garage. The coin part was disabled, so you didn't have to put money in. It was always full of beer. :)

[W1GUH]

College buddy of mine had that exact machine in his parent's garage. The coin part was disabled, so you didn't have to put money in. It was always full of beer. :)

Outstanding! There's a rehearsal studio here with a soda machine with beer in it to buy.

[kf0rt]

Outstanding! There's a rehearsal studio here with a soda machine with beer in it to buy.

Man, the time we spent in that garage.... Fond memories. He also had another Coke machine in the garage -- it was the vertical "old style" bottle machine with the ramps and gates. Looked something like this:



As I recall, that actually had Coke in it. 1975-76 or so; bottles were already pretty rare then for soda. Most soda was already sold in aluminum cans with the "new" attached pull tab that didn't contribute so much to roadside litter. Remember pull-tabs?

[NQ6U]

Mexican Coke actually tastes better than the U.S. type because it's made with cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup. I don't drink soda pop often but when I get my occasional craving, I go down to Gonzales Northgate Market and pick up a six.