• vga@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    I’ve stopped buying Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Plenty of locals make similar products.

    Neither of those companies left Russian market even though they seemed to promise to do that. That should’ve been enough reason to avoid them.

    Also, if it’s a cold beverage with coffeine you want, making your own cold brew tea is trivial: just put some tea into a container and put it in the fridge for 12-24 hours. Then remove the tea leaves and consume within 3 days. Bagged tea doesn’t taste as good but is obviously easier to filter out.

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      19 hours ago

      Most any cold, nonalcoholic drink at a restaurant is going to be owned by Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Even the iced tea. Coke and Pepsi have started disguising their soda fountains with “bespoke” brands that use real sugar. For example, Stubborn Soda is owned by Pepsi. Coke recently bought Topo Chico. Pepsi owns “Bubly” and bought out Soda Stream. Chances are you are drinking a Coke or Pepsi product without realizing it.

      Snapple group in the US owns Keurig and Dr Pepper, so I guess you could drink that or 7-up if you wanted to avoid Coke or Pepsi.

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        17 hours ago

        Even the iced tea.

        Yeah, that’s why I suggested making it yourself instead. Besides, those shop iced teas almost always have a shitload of sugar.

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      1 day ago

      Agree. It is not that difficult to make correct moves. Coop Trading cola (Made by Olvi in Finland) and Nocco from Sweden are the ones my boys have to be satisfied with (previously Coca-Cola and Monster)

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        9 hours ago

        Hmm I gotta try Coop cola, the orange is good. A lot of the cheap brand colas are just awful IMO

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        17 hours ago

        I just removed an empty Coop cola and a Nocco off my desk. Can confirm they are superior