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Anecdotal, I don't know a single person who likes McDonalds (or any other fast food's) sodas. I'm not in the US, if that makes a difference

The consensus among close to a 100% of people I know is glass bottle > can > plastic bottle > fast food dispenser

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I prefer the fountain. Canned or bottled coke is too carbonated, too acidic, and too sweet. It tastes corrosive, gives me hiccups, and hurts my teeth.

Cola from the fountain tastes more interesting, like the other flavours are more prominent over the raw acid and sugar flavours.

Anyway I prefer Pepsi :)

For me it depends on how well maintained and cleaned the soda fountain is.

Yeah that's my preference too! I think it has to do with gas pressure, with glass bottles and cans able to hold more CO2. The more CO2 in the soda when you drink it, the better it tastes! That's because the CO2 lowers the pH of the drink, giving it a sour taste which offsets the large amount of sugar in it. Everyone knows how disgusting and cloying flat soda tastes and that's why!

A few bars in America do coke with ice exceptionally well. Not sure what the trick is but it's always from that multibutton nozzle liquid delivery device.

> Not sure what the trick is

The 'trick' is, more often than not, simply a slightly higher syrup to water ratio. Or, alternately, the proper ratio while everyone else is running a slightly lower than proper ratio to further increase the already huge profit margin on soda fountain drinks.

Funny because I only drink coke if it comes from McDonald's. I always thought it tasted a little different but didn't know why.

I prefer can first, especially cold.

Same. The syrup in fast food soft drinks is weak as hell. I read this article headline and said "wtf?" out loud. It makes no sense to me.

The exception is Chick-Fil-A and a small handful of chipotles.

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