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From: jer@peora.UUCP (J. Eric Roskos)
Newsgroups: net.misc.coke
Subject: Re: Classic Coke vs. Old Coke
Message-ID: <1572@peora.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 07:42:07 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 07:42:07 1985
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> Hmm, makes you think, doesn't it? Now, for the real shocker. The bottles of
> old coke for general enjoyment which were next to the taste test, were really
> filled with (you guessed it): PEPSI. And, NOBODY detected it.
>
> Comments, anyone?

Yes... the problem with these taste tests is that few people tasting the colas
seem to make an effort to SMELL the cola.  Classic Coke smells different from
New Coke, and it smells very similar (if not identical) to the original Coke.
Pepsi also smells different.

It's well known that people can only taste 4 different flavors.  On the
other hand, no such simple division of the sense of smell has yet been found.
People identify things by smell; "taste" per se is very misleading.
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