Thank you lindstrom! You're very considerate!
Here are the articles you asked for:
I found a few articles for you:
Press Enterprise, Inland California (You may need to sign up - its
free, to read articles here)
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_NEWS_nacoca10.57b24.html
The Philadelphia Inquirer
http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/6949405.htm
This site claims Mexico and Iceland have the highest per capita
consumption of Coke:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4269/history.html
According to this site, the different taste of Coke in different
countries, may also be attributable to the regional water differences.
http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/9137/faq.htm
According to Food and Drink Weekly, Jan. 2002, the use of corn syrup
in soda may dwindle, due to falling sugar prices and tax on corn
sweeteners. (I don?t know where they are going, but I see many trains
with tankers of corn syrup going south through my town, 2 hours north
of the Mexican border.)
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0EUY/2_8/81826774/p1/article.jhtml
and
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0EUY/3_8/82105431/p1/article.jhtml
Off topic:
The Essence of Vanilla, on this page discusses the effect Vanilla Coke
has on the Mexican vanilla industry.
http://www.mexicanwave.com/
I found a few more references for you:
This writer conducted her own Coke taste test, while traveling around the world.
http://www.bigel.net/seastories/coke.htm
Near the bottom of the page, another person concurs that Mexican coke
tastes better!
http://www.chowhound.com/southwest/boards/texas/messages/9487.html
Message Post:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/zeppo/98379.html
Hope this helps, and Thank You!
Regards, crabcakes-ga |
