I was on Yahoo the other day when I saw a very interesting article comparing and contrasting American and Mexican Coca-Cola. The difference between the two is that American Coke comes in aluminum cans and plastic bottles, and is made with corn syrup; Mexican Coke comes in glass bottles and is made with sugar.
One key factor here is that the brain can fool one's taste buds. If you take two packs of identical carrots, label one pack organic and the other pack conventional, people are more likley to pick the organic carrots even if they had tasted both packs.
An experiment was done to see which brand was better. There was Fresh ice cold Coke placed into cups and would be given to blindfolded test subjects known as 'the Tasters'. Another group of test subjects called 'the Feelers' were given glass bottles and aluminum cans of Coke.
At the end of the experiment, a great majority of the Tasters prefered American Coke over Mexican. But, a great Majority of the Feelers prefered the glass bottle over the aluminum can.
I't seems that this experiment ended with a draw, with American Coke winning the taste test and Mexican Coke winning the feeling test.
I thought this was a very interesting article that takes a look into the world of artificial beverage products.
An experiment was done to see which brand was better. There was Fresh ice cold Coke placed into cups and would be given to blindfolded test subjects known as 'the Tasters'. Another group of test subjects called 'the Feelers' were given glass bottles and aluminum cans of Coke.
At the end of the experiment, a great majority of the Tasters prefered American Coke over Mexican. But, a great Majority of the Feelers prefered the glass bottle over the aluminum can.
I't seems that this experiment ended with a draw, with American Coke winning the taste test and Mexican Coke winning the feeling test.
I thought this was a very interesting article that takes a look into the world of artificial beverage products.
I say that Mexican Coca Cola tastes better, mostly because in Mexico they use sugar and glass bottles preserve taste better than aluminum cans, hence their use in beverages such as wine and ale.
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