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I bought some yesterday in Southern CA and believe me it was priced around the $21, point at our Costco. I tried it and really can't tell the difference. I once had some in Granada and that was a different blend. in fact the person with me never drinks Coke and they had 4 without stopping. surely this is not the same formula.

wouldn't it be nice to buy the Coke blend for lots of countries in a store vs just the Mexican.

I'm in washington, and Costco has been selling the Mexican coke since last summer.

I just got 2 cases of it, and filled up the coke machine :)

Hopefully they keep selling it, I don't drink it all the time. I just like having the option :)

Adam-
Based on your post I went and joined Costco--the closest one to me is in Clifton, NJ. I was HUGELY disappointed to find there was NO MEXICAN COCA-COLA. I spoke to the warehouse manager who had no clue what I was talking about, but agreed to do a regional check and found that only the Costco's in Texas carried Coca-Cola de Mexicao. I am enormously disappointed. I see you are in NYC, so what Costco were you referencing? Where did you see Mexican Coca-Cola? And does anyone know where in Northern NJ I can purchase it? (After a visit to Mexico I have become addicted to the stuff. Other than a restaurant here and there a few bottles purchased on the web, I've had to go without. I'd love to buy a case. HELP!!!)

I live in New Jersey and have been buying Coke with heceo in Mexico for a few months now. I just started noticing an attached sticker on each bottle saying coke drink made in Mexico. It has a list of ingredients on it, one of them being high fructos corn syrup. Is this a diversion to keep the Coca Cola company off there back or is it truley made with corn syrup?????

@s.ray

Agreed.

Also, I'm generally concerned for the health of anyone who has 26 types of soda in their cupboard or drinks 12 bottles a day. Taste is one thing, and if you've got a sweet tooth okay, but how can you feel good consuming so much of a product that has zero nutritional value and bad effects on your diet/teeth besides?

Here's a fun game: swear off sodas for a week or two. Cut other sugary/sugar-substitutey things out of your diet too if you can. You'll likely find your cravings subside a lotover time, and you may feel generally healthier besides. Fun for everyone!

I love Coke, I drink almost a 12 pack per day, seriously... I'm not fat, I'm actually Skinny... Anyway my all time favorite has to be Faygo Rock and Rye in the glass bottles, hard to get anymore, but you can find it around and even order it online in plastic bottles anyway

Living in Arizona I am lucky to have easy access to Mexican Coke, all of the local Food City stores carry it. It is sold by the bottle for about $1.25 each. They all have an American ingredients label stuck on the side. A trip across the border yields even better access to HFCS free soda. On my last trip I purchased 6 cases of 9oz bottles of Coke (these were non recycle bottles), my kids love them, I like the fact that they are smaller servings without the HFCS.

Unfortunately I am pre-diabetic, so I must seek out sugar free soda, I only buy those that use sucralose (splenda) it is sugar based and tastes much better. The best that I have found (winner of my family blind taste test, beating out Mexican cane sugar coke and HFCS coke) is the Jones Sugar Free Cola, it is sold in cans only at Target stores. I have been clearing out Target stores in my area regularly as the only keep two half cases on the shelf.

Finally, Boylan suger free cream soda is to die for (available at Trader Joes).

http://www.boylanbottling.com/
http://www.jonessoda.com/

Sugared soft drinks rot your teeth and make you fat,

While they make mean you add fewer inches to your midsection, diet drinks are no better for your teeth (according to my dentist).

The reason sugar in your mouth causes cavities is that bacteria convert it to acid. This acid dissolves your tooth enamel (the white part on the outside).

Apparently the acid content of Diet sodas is quite a bit higher than their non-diet counterparts, so it doesn't help your dental health to drink diet, as there is now acid in your mouth even if you have no bacteria.

"Remember the "New" Coke formula?"

That's funny, I haven't heard they specifically did it to cover up the switch to HFCS. I wouldn't put it past them, but I also think that would have been a big risk to take with your brand if you were just doing it for subterfuge.

The official line is, in market research people preferred the sweeter taste of Pepsi to the tarter taste of Coke. So New Coke was intended to taste sweeter and more similar to Pepsi. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke

Sandro,

In principle I agree we shouldn't drink soda; I would expand that to diet soda. The phosphoric acid leaches calcium from your bones. And a study recently found diet soda drinkers tend to eat more. They hypothesized it was the participant unconsciously making up the calories they saved with the soda.

It is all in moderation. 99% of the time I drink water, which is the best.

But... I occasionally get a craving for Coke, and Diet Coke just won't do. It tastes disgusting. Aspartame tastes bitter, not very sweet, and has a long aftertaste t to me. Sucralose tastes sweet in a strange way with a subtle chemical aftertaste, and gives me stomach pains. Saccharin tastes most similar, but somewhat different, to sugar, but almost no one makes drinks with it anymore.

Drink a can of Coke a week if you like it, brush your teeth after, and don't overeat the rest of the time. Coke isn't evil if you don't abuse it.

I had Diet Coke in Iceland (there it's called Coke Light), and it was much better than US Diet Coke. Why is that?