’’I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony. I’d like to buy the world a Coke and keep it company. It’s the real thing! What the world wants today!’’
Remember this jingle from years ago? I loved it. It seemed like everywhere you went, someone was singing this happy little tune. Coke was king!
Then, in the eighties, someone got a (not so)bright idea and developed the ’’New Coke’’ which tasted a whole lot like Pepsi. (ugh!) I guess someone thought that the old adage, ’’If you can’t beat’em, join’em’’ had a lot of merit.
Thankfully it didn’t work well and in a few months we had our ’’Classic Coke’’ back.
Years later, when I developed Diabetes and had to curtail my intake of sugars, I wondered how I could give up my beloved Coke. Enter, Diet Coke.
Even though Diet Coke was tasty, it still didn’t taste a lot like ’’the real thing’’. However, if I wanted Coke, the diet type was the one I would have to drink. Eventually, I came to prefer Diet Coke. Regular Coke now tastes much too sweet to me. Even my husband has come to prefer Diet Coke. It is the ONLY diet soda he will drink.
Diet Coke delivers the same bubbly, refreshment as Coke. It is light and tingly on your tongue. The perfect cooling drink on a hot summer day--or any other time you are parched and dry.
For a unique taste drink, try adding the juice of a freshly sliced lime. You can order a lime diet coke at many drive-ins too. Sometimes I like to drink a vanilla diet coke. Truly delicious! Use your imagination in devising flavor combinations. Remember though, that some flavors will also add sugar to your drink.
Thirsty? Sit back and relax with a DIET COKE!