Another new soda pop

[Driddle]

I like the holiday mix. It's a nice change.

As for the generic: On first reference, I usually cite the specific product I want by name. If I don't have a preference, I might ask for "a Coke or something." Otherwise it's "soft drink." (I've lived in Oklahoma most of my life.)

 

[Pseudonym]

I tried the cranberry one at Panera a while ago. It wasn't too bad, but a poor choice to go with broccoli and cheddar soup.

 

[Scribble]

I tried it this weekend. I am of the: That substance is VILE. Camp.

But then again, I also am not a huge soda fan.

Now that cheese and broccoli soup mentioned earlier... mmm

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

I don't really like it... but, it becomes more tolerable when mixed with rum.

 

[Laurel]

Well, here in upstate NY, in Syracuse, Rochester, and Albany, it tends to be called soda. But in Buffalo it gets called pop more often. Going south, Binghamton tends to call it soda, but in Pennsylvania it gets called pop. So I don't know what's up with the naming thing. I'm wondering if it has to do with how early carbonated beverages were marketed, and whatever they called them stuck.

In Chanooga, TN and Atlanta, GA areas everything is Coke. No soda, no pop, no soda pop craziness, it's all coke to us But that's could just cause it started there. A case of there was no other soda around, so it became a generic and specific name.

As for the holiday spice, it tastes like Pepsi with cinnamon and possibly a hint of nutmeg.
Personal vote -I didn't like it. But I have one friend who LOVES it, and adding a splash of rum does tend to help a little. hmmm... have to try it with spiced dark rum....

 

[Ranger REG]

Personal vote -I didn't like it. But I have one friend who LOVES it, and adding a splash of rum does tend to help a little. hmmm... have to try it with spiced dark rum....

Isn't that a spice overkill?

Gotta get me a bottle of rum ... yo-ho.

 

[Laurel]

Isn't that a spice overkill?

Gotta get me a bottle of rum ... yo-ho.

I would be hoping the sugar and different spices would overload the actual taste of cinnamon in the pepsi. One never knows with a new mixed drink though! Half the battle is knowing, the other half is just doing it

Since it's not a rum and coke and it's not simply a rum and pepsi, what should it be called?
A Caribbean Holiday on the rocks

 

[Ranger REG]

Rudolph's Loogie.

 

[dontpunkme]

Aside: It must be a regional thing -- I find calling soda "pop" to be kind of quirky, kind of like calling a water fountain a "bubbler" or a sub sandwich a "hoagie". Is that a Northeastern thing, a Midwestern thing, or other? I don't hear "pop" much down South.

In response to this I know at least in Jersey its soda, a water fountain, and a hoagie. In all truth a hoagie is different than a sub. We have subs here and let me tell you they pale in comparison to a good hoagie.

And to set the record straight only idiots call them grinders.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

Perfect for a Vampire LARP.

Hehehehehe... that made me giggle (no offense to any LARPers). There's just something funny about a gothic wine glass filled with blood-red pop.