I'm looking forward to trying this stuff. I have grown up on high fructose corn syrup, Nutrasweet, Aspertame and the like...so this
vintage idea of just using sugar, you know, that stuff that comes from the Earth without a lot of science involved, really seems interesting to me. I've heard that the Pepsi in countries like Mexico is still made this way, and is beyond tasty, and very different from our usual American Pepsi. I'm not sure why; why they feel we need the chemical concoctions here.
I remember a fellow from college (fellow art student Steve Banks, hi wherever you are!) who was telling of a trip to somewhere in Mexico. He was parched, and had finally found a place to buy a soda. He reached into a top load cooler and pulled out a Pepsi, the kind in those tall thin glass bottles with the pop top. (that's the noise of impending refreshment, not any of that silly aluminum can opening noise) As he drank, he realized it was the best Pepsi he'd ever had. Was it the cool refreshment in the hot sun? The glass bottle (any soda tasted better in those)? Or was it that natural sugar taste? Who knows, but he remembered that one soda years later, and was prompted to tell the story.
I've recently started just using regular old sugar in my coffee, instead of the Equal/Sweet'n'low stuff, or even the newer stevia extract products. That, plus cutting out some other sweets, has actually helped me curtail some appetite issues..PMS time excepted. I'm more willing to just have my one sweet coffee and move on. It's odd, maybe that real sugar satisfies the need for a sweet and my body can move on without the little voices saying "more, more, I need more of the precious!"
I know the Pepsi Throwback thing is just a gimmick, but I'm willing to give it a try. After all, they're throwing back to some awesome vintage era stuff. Now if they'd only put it in the tall glass bottles...or even the little short ones with the twist top. Ahhhh....
