Nooooo! Not my vanilla coke!

[dr4b]

omg_its_rob just ruined my day:

Coke is phasing out Vanilla Coke in the US :(

This is almost like when I couldn't find any birch beer anywhere in Philadelphia, but on a much larger scale. Goddamnit.

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[nickjong.livejournal.com]

Now you've ruined my day, too. :o(

[skie.livejournal.com]

yeah, i have that effect on people :(

[proz.livejournal.com]

Bummer. Cuz Vanilla Coke & Rum/Whiskey is a great combination. :p

[captain-squid.livejournal.com]

I think somebody needs a little eyedropper medicine vial full of vanilla extract. Put it on your nondenominational winter solstice holiday list!

[dr4b]

Back in college, my friends and I used to always ask for soda with crazy syrups in it when we went to Eat'n'Park, to mess with the waitstaff. (And we went to Eat'n'Park *way* too much.) A lot of people would ask for vanilla in their Coke, but I'd always prefer strawberry syrup in Sprite.

So I just have to find a similar crappy hangout in Seattle, I guess. I sort of miss smiley cookies anyway.

[zannah.livejournal.com]

I used to date a guy who constantly asked for vanilla in his Coke when we went to Denny's/Shari's/etc.

[mh75.livejournal.com]

I was gonna suggest carrying a bottle of vanilla in your bag. =)
I can not think of an eatNpark like place in Seattle, can you? Needs to be one around 85th and greenwood.......

too bad that aurora diner (the green building with the funky roof) isn't too good.

[jacquilynne.livejournal.com]

Ugh. Vanilla coke was revolting anyway.

I'm enjoying Coke Zero, though, so yay for that.

[proz.livejournal.com]

.. tastes like flat coke yet I can't stop drinking it.

[dr4b]

Coke Zero actually doesn't suck, but I really do like Vanilla Coke. Sigh.

[jacquilynne.livejournal.com]

It's possible that Canadian Vanilla Coke and US Vanilla Coke aren't the same formula.

[dr4b]

They're not -- Canadian Vanilla Coke uses sugar instead of corn syrup, and I actually think it tastes better :)

[discofish.livejournal.com]

Now everyone knows how I felt when they took away Crystal Pepsi in 1993. I made a movie for English class in which Crystal Pepsi had a focal point in the plot... only to have someone take that nectar of the gods off the market. Grrr.

Incidentally, 1993 was also the year I met dr4b for the first time.

[dr4b]

The Philly RHPS group used to yell "You WILL like Crystal Pepsi! You WILL like Crystal Pepsi!" when Rocky's getting threatened with the candleabra. That's honestly my best memory of the drink.

Mmm, 1993. That was a good year.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Ewww, I was in high school in 1993. Yucko. Although I think that's the year I taught myself pascal, and possibly when we discovered Tropicana (or rather, when it discovered our town).

[dr4b]

I was in highschool too, but I spent the 1993 summer at Governor's School, and that turned my life around (and caused me to end up in CMU CS). Also, the Phillies got to the World Series, only to be beaten by Toronto. BLAME CANADA!

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Hmm... and I was in Canada and it sucked.

Yup, I concede, it's all Canada's fault.

[genericman.livejournal.com]

/me orders you a case of Fox's U-Bet® Vanilla Syrup for a comparable substitute

<snob>You haven't had a Vanilla Coke until you've had a real one at a coffee shop or ice cream shop / soda fountain.</snob>

[dr4b]

Great! Your mission is to find a real Vanilla Coke for me before I get to Pittsburgh. You have about three weeks.

[bhudson.livejournal.com]

Does Pamela's do this?

[genericman.livejournal.com]

Done. (warning: sound)

[dr4b]

Oh, I've been to Klavon's once or twice back in the day. That's the place that has a marking about a foot below the ceiling saying "This is where we got flooded up to in 1919" or something, right?

I meant more like, "hopefully we'll get a chance to hang out while I'm around," though. I promise not to diss the Yankees too much. Really.

[genericman.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Klavon's has a marker denoting the high-water mark during the infamous floods (1936, I believe).

I will be in NY for Thanksgiving but will return to Pittsburgh on Saturday the 26th.

[ssaiscps.livejournal.com]

boo!

[nykkel.livejournal.com]

Can't say that I'll miss Vanilla Coke -- at least in the diet version, the Vanilla seemed to overwhelm the Coke flavor. The article says Diet Coke w/Lemon is also going away... I think that got supplanted by Diet Coke w/Lime, for some reason.

And for those who laugh at Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper, the article mentions Diet Black Cherry Vanilla Coke is coming. Heh.

[dr4b]

Diet Vanilla Coke IS actually pretty nasty, I'll agree with you there.

[jacquilynne.livejournal.com]

Ya know, maybe that's my problem. I was probably drinking diet.

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

I find myself wondering (1) if cherry and vanilla are already part of "cola" flavor, and they're just increasing the proportions; and (2) if so, if we'll eventually just wind up with "double cola" - same mix, just twice as much syrup per volume.

(Nah, because soda companies are stingy.)

And lime was trendier than lemon, so it won.

[danno-san.livejournal.com]

Vanilla Coke is fantastic only if you don't drink it on its own. Vanilla Coke and Pizza is wonderful, but I can't drink just a bottle of Vanilla Coke without something to go with it.

[sleeplessone.livejournal.com]

I disagree.

[fuj.livejournal.com]

Does this mean I have to bring you the stuff down when I visit next time? :o

[sleeplessone.livejournal.com]

I guess I'll have to go back to buying Vanilla extract.