By way of an example, I was eating a salad which had raw onions in it. I then took a sip of Coke. The combination of the two flavours was amazing, but I know that if someone handed me an onion-infused Coke, I’d find it horrid.

What the hell is the difference?

  • Darkassassin07
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    11 months ago

    With pre-mix you’re getting a continuous flow of the same ratio of flavors. No variation.

    Mixing yourself, you have control over which flavor you want to be more prominent when.

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    Things like acid and salt act as flavor enhancers but the don’t enhance all flavors equally so you perceive less flavors you dislike in proportion to the flavors you enjoy.

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      11 months ago

      Makes sense, maybe if the oniony flavour was in little clots floating within the Coke it would work better (just realised how profoundly gross that sounds).

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    11 months ago

    How do you know you’d hate onion coke?

    Soak a couple onion slices in coke for five minutes and then try it.

    Sweet and spicy do go together. For example, general tso chicken or Al pastor.

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    The same reason that a salad with a bunch of different vegetables is better than blending them all into a consistent slurry. Or how some soups are far better chunky than blended into a smooth consistency.

    When the flavors are mixed none of them stand out and you lose the associated textures. That can work in some cases, but not all.

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    11 months ago

    I mean eating onnions and then sipping on a coke isn’t exactly the same as an onnion INFUSED coke :-/