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[–] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 18 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Part of it is just getting used to it. I used to hate the no sugar versions of Coca-Cola®️. Other than the taste the viscosity is also ‘wrong’ in Coke zero. The sugary versions is much thicker.

I switched anyway because I was drinking too many calories.

Strangely though, real Coke now tastes weird to me. There is this strange aftertaste that I never noticed before switching to zero.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

im the same with diet "soda", now the sugary ones is just too sweet and you know you feel bad drinking it. i think mexican coke, aka cane sugar is the best one from what ive heard.

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 9 points 13 hours ago

It also helps with the Zero-style ones that they use a couple of different sweeteners.

One of the tricks I found is that when I occasionally want sweet tea, I'll take a packet of Equal, sucralose, and stevia and add to my glass. You get more of the sweet but without enough of each one that the bitterness or other weird taste you get when you use enough to make it super-sweet doesn't happen. It just tastes sweet.

[–] GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca 2 points 11 hours ago

I cut back my regular Coke addiction with Coke Zero, and was not happy. I found Pepsi Zero tastes closer to what I like than Coke Zero does. And if I add a teaspoon of sugar, it's almost pleasant to drink.