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Honeymoon last day: Coke world Las Vegas

November 1, 2011 Travel 1 min read

For our last day honeymooning we drove up to Vegas but more on that in a bit. One of our first stops once we started exploring on the Vegas Strip was Coke World. I didn't want to tell the polar bear I'm actually a Pepsi fan. The best thing if you get to Coke World is they offer a flight of Coke from around the world. In order of personal preference, I liked: Stoney Tangawizi from Tanzania, the Sunfill Blackcurrant from Mauritius, and the Inca Cola from Peru…

What happens to your body when you drink a Coke

March 15, 2009 Cooking/food/health 3 min read

A Minute-by-Minute Breakdown of the Effects The Sugar Shock 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don't immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor allowing you to keep it down. Blood Sugar Spike Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (There's plenty of that at this particular moment) Caffeine Takes Control Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate,…

Coca-Cola’s revolutionary freestyle soda fountains

February 21, 2009 Cooking/food/health 15 Comments 3 min read

One Machine, Over 100 Flavors Coca-Cola is debuting a new soda fountain that can hold more than 100 sodas. That's ten times more than current soda fountains. Currently, fountains work through syrup bags. The restaurant buys a bag (actually, a bag in a rectangular box) from Coke or Pepsi, hooks it up to a soda line and then the fountain combines the carbonated water with the syrup to create your soda. The machines are limited by soda lines, which tend to gunk up with sugar mold, and by…

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Mexican Coke

May 4, 2008 My blog posts 1 min read

Mexican Coca-Cola with real sugar To celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early, I am drinking Mexican Coke we found yesterday. It has real sugar and not high fructose corn syrup. According to Coke, you aren't supposed to be able to tell the difference between Coke sold in the US and Mexico, but the Mexican Coke seems less sweet. Your Thoughts? Have you tried Mexican Coke? Can you taste the difference between cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup?