All tests were carried out completely blind. 'Mexican Coke = hard to obtain in NYC + costs $' the chef responded via Twitter. Coca Cola 11.5 oz Single serving of Mexican Coca Cola (slightly sweeter) made with real sugar. Sherry/Vermouth In a taste test conducted by a local Westchester, New York magazine, tasters noted that the Mexican Coke had "a more complex flavor with an ineffable spicy and herbal note",Mexican Coca-Cola is sold in a thick 355 ml (12.0 US fl oz) or 500 ml (17 US fl oz) glass bottle, which some have described in contrast to the more common plastic American Coca-Cola bottles as being "more elegant, with a pleasingly nostalgic shape". I mean, it's available, and it theoretically I did one more round of testing with a fresh batch of tasters to get to the bottom of it.This time, there would be no more trickery.

Mexican Coke—which is also widely available in the United States—has cane sugar to thank for its distinctive taste. Tasters were asked to pick their favorite from within each sample set of two.With this battery of tests—which pitted the most important permutations of American/Mexican and can/bottle/cup against one another—I was fairly confident that I should be able to tease out whether or not tasters could a) really taste a difference between the two products, b) whether they preferred drinking from a can or a bottle, and c) whether the difference a can or bottle makes is great enough that it trumps any perceived flavor differences.The spread of results I got from this initial testing was surprising to say the least, and answered one thing for sure: The first analysis I made was to tally up the scores between every test in which tasters had a choice between Mexican and American Coke (that is, tests 1 through 6).


A bottle opener is required to drink the bottle's contents. For the other half of the tests, I told a lie.

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No word yet on how this could potentially change the supply chain for Coca-Cola, or how it will affect the way its sources its ingredients. "Mexican Coke" as sold in America can differ from coke bottled and sold in Mexico; most of the Mexican Coke exported to the United States is made with cane sugar, while some Mexican bottlers may use high-fructose corn syrup for drinks intended for domestic sale in Mexico.Results from taste tests have been mixed.

And watch videos demonstrating recipe prep and cooking techniques. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking.

Learn more in the Comment Policy section of our the tasters unanimously picked Coke served out of a glass bottle as their favoritethe Coke labeled as Mexican was picked by the Mexico Boosters every time. The average taster picked regular coke two to one over Mexican coke!So that settles it. I feel pretty safe drinking either version (at least in moderation).At first glance, the labels on both bottles appear to be pretty much identical, except for their sweetener. At La Capilla, the drink is stirred with a long, wood-handle knife that was previously used to chop up limes, ingredients for guacamole, chiles for salsa and countless other common kitchen ingredients.

All are designed to wow your guests with mixocological magic. But its cousin to the South, Mexican Coca-Cola, can be harder to find, and for some, is … US Coke on the other hand, is made with high fructuose corn syrup. Signature cocktails are created by top-flight bartenders as well as the staff of Supercall.

Why is this such a tragedy? The result is something cold, refreshing and so much more than the sum of its parts.

See, I'm not so convinced that a lot of what's going on in your mouth isn't based solely on the packaging or presentation of the Coke product. Sucrose (or saccharose) is a disaccharide made of a single fructose molecule attached to a single glucose molecule.HFCS is a mixture of dissociated glucose and fructose molecules. $36.75. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too.

Ingredients: carbonated water, sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, natural flavors, caffeine. We may earn a commission on purchases, as described in our J. Kenji López-Alt is a stay-at-home dad who moonlights as the Chief Culinary Consultant of Serious Eats and the Chef/Partner of Comments can take a minute to appear—please be patient!