Thread 21637962

How did such a unique, polarizing flavor become the second most popular soda in America? Even in the US I know people who say it tastes like cough syrup and hate it. But the people who like it are autistically die hard about it. What went right for Dr Pepper?

>>21637962 (OP)
>second most popular soda
it’s a spicy alternative to cola

>>21637965
It's not spicy

Well your options for big name drinks other than Coke and Dr Pepper are Pepsi, the drink with an identity built off of being an inferior alternative, Sprite which is marketed towards blacks, Mt. Dew towards gaymers, then a bunch of niche drinks.

>>21637962 (OP)
because they actually use real ingredents instead of corn syrup, it is used but not as bad as coke

>>21637968
okay I’m not fanning my mouth either after a sip but it’s called “Dr. Pepper” for a reason

>>21637962 (OP)
bored op? or just a troll.

I feel like you can imagine the taste of Dr Pepper more clearly than other brown sodas besides maybe root beer. So people crave it more frequently, it just has a more distinct flavor in your minds eye.
But after saying all this, Dr Pepper hasn’t been tasting as flavorful as I remember it tasting as a kid and it’s pissin me off

>>21637965
I wish it was spicy. Spicy soda mogs every other flavor. Dr Pepper just tastes a little different than regular cola while still mostly tasting like HFCS or cane sugar.

>>21637962 (OP)
has no skin in the coke vs pepsi game
it's just a sodur that tastes good

>>21637962 (OP)
I just think it's neat.

>>21637973
HEY! I prefer Pepsi

Simply the best drink to ever exist

>>21638969
jfc

>>21638969
you have the most recognizable hand on 4chan

>>21638969
where are you finding this in sweden?

>>21638974
Try some shitty places like Go Banana, arab bodegas/kiosks etc. No regular grocery store chains will have any flavors aside from the original

>>21638969
take the bee syrup by force pooh

>>21638972
I urge you not to feed the kid’s ego in any way

>>21639006
the swede doesn’t seem egotistical, just absolutely autistic, probably just a compsci tranny/twink

>>21638969
is dr pepper cream soda actually better than just regular cream soda? does it taste like dr pepper, or is it just cream soda made under this brand?

>>21639012
Yes it actually tastes like dr pepper. I haven't tried other cream sodas since they aren't sold in Europe afaik
>>21639011
I'm not trans

>>21637962 (OP)
I remember one time in 10th grade I was walking alone to class and a cute girl who sat infront of me in math class was with her friends and she asked me if I liked Dr Pepper and I said yes and they all laughed. I was also fat in 10th grade for context.

>>21639037
Don't worry, Anon. Nothing you could have said wouldn't have made them laugh.

cream soda blows gorilla dick

>>21637962 (OP)
Dr pepper is soda. Soda is for the weak.
Drink wellwater.

>>21639086
i like it, so you're wrong

>>21639120
Imagine having a dr pepper well, that would be incredible

>>21638969
Bro what is with your hand? Go LIFT

>>21638969
i need that moomin mug, how the fuck did you get this year's one? i was watching the website and it sold out before you could even enter shipping info. would you be willing to sell it?

>>21639121
blows gorilla dick implies something good

>>21639191
I had to pull some strings.. they sold out in 20 seconds. I'm not willing to sell it though, sorry friend

>>21637962 (OP)
Cream Dr. Pepper is great
I bet most sales for it total are nit even half the regular version

>>21638969
Actually what I picture cream soda fans to looks like

This thread should be about Moxie.

>>21639006
Nah he's alright, he just likes cucumbers and Dr. Pepper.

I've only tasted it once 20 years ago and it had the exact same taste as my projectile vomit a few days earlier.

>>21639212
would you sell it for 500 euros hypothetically?

>>21640998
I'm sorry fren I'm not really in need of money

>>21640998
>offering 500 euros to a guy with almost 10 grand just in thinkpads

lol ur gonna have to try harder to compete with swedish welfare

>>21638969
>that hand

>>21637962 (OP)
General soda drinking decline as a mix of "healthier" alternatives come around, but as said in this thread already it's got a solid and memorable taste.
Pepsi which is the sweeter cola needs to appeal to youth and they really fucked themselves with a stupid ad a few years ago and never found that Michael Jackson/Britney Spears moment they had gotten with Gen Xers and Millennials.

I had a dream that people would do this thing called "the fireball" where they would fill their mouth with dr pepper and run up to people and spray it all over them.

>>21637962 (OP)
Actually fruity and reminiscent of rum, as Coke once was before Corn Syrup Antichrist. Mr. Pibb is even better.

>>21637962 (OP)
Maybe it's cough syrup that tastes like dr pepper, did you ever think of that?

>>21637962 (OP)
Really? It's like 7th tier here in Australia, most places don't even carry it.
It deserves to be more beloved though

>>21638063
Covid

>>21638969
Ayy belta loada bratna! Sasa ke tha best drink, ya!

>>21637962 (OP)
He has a doctorate

>>21639016
>I'm not trans
twink it is

>>21638969
a fucking rectangle

>>21643452
do not reference the vineswede

>>21643452
Yeah? Do you have a problem with this particular shape as opposed to, let's say, a square?

>>21638193
Throw some fucking cayenne pepper in there duh

>>21642908
Blanda upp???

>>21637962 (OP)
>tastes like cough syrup
This is not an insult and I am tired of pretending it is. Do you fuckbags think honey is a cough syrup flavor and therefore terrible? FUCK NO YOU DON'T, despite it being all over the medicine section. People love honey and are all "save the bees" and shit. Not going "I hate it because it tastes like cough syrup".

No one says this shit about ANY other soda, despite the other soda containing the exact same red 40 whatever and cherry artificial flavor crap they complain about. It's ONLY Dr. Pepper, and it doesn't even fucking apply because Cherry Dr. Pepper is only where it WOULD apply and people don't use the insult against that specific offshoot of the brand.

Get better insults. Like poor man's root beer, or some shit. Don't call it fucking medicine, because soda fucking originated in pharmacy shops AS MEDICINE, we fucking get it so use that label properly.

>>21644132
I like the minty raspberry "cough syrup" taste of dr pepper.

>>21637962 (OP)
Because Pepsi fucking sucks ass

>>21643642
Not like that goofy, spicy doesn't just mean hot sauce. I mean like raw ginger compared to watered down ginger ales that taste more like sugar than anything else.

>>21637962 (OP)
Coke and Pepsi have their own regional store brand derivatives which sort of creates a glut of perceived standard "cola" flavored drinks. Whereas Dr. Pepper, at least in my area, seems to be a 1 of 1 singular beverage that commands some respect and intrugue.

They never changed their recipe so it tastes the same as it did when people were kids
Coke, Pepsi, Mt. Dew, they've all changed their recipes
I don't know about Sprite I'm not allowed to buy it

>>21639086
I thought this gimmick got old by the sixth one

>>21644535
>Not allowed to buy it?
How come?

>>21637962 (OP)
Didn't it start as a kind of novelty health drink in drugstores ? Just like Cola and other root beer-like drinks.

>>21644728
I can't play basketball

>>21638969
thank you im gonna full screen that picture and laugh about it for a fair amount of time

>>21646103
I'm glad I can bring you such joy anon

>>21637968
the main ingredient for dr pepper is indeed pepper

>>21637962 (OP)
Is this a regionalism? It doesn't seem to be especially popular where I live. I think I only tried it once as a kid, maybe I should give it another chance. I do (vaguely) remember the flavor and it's interesting and unique. Other sodas like Sprite, Sierra Mist, 7-Up and Squirt and all occupy the same flavor space being lemon based so they compete against each other for the same customers. Yes they all taste different but they taste more similar to each other than they do with Coca Cola. I like 7-Up but I wouldn't be upset if someone gave me Sprite instead. Hell even Ginger Ale tastes pretty similar. If all but one of those lemon sodas disappeared whatever was left over would suddenly command a much larger slice of the soda pie.

For another soda to take off it needs a distinct enough flavor to stand out on the market. Honestly having a hard time thinking of what flavor could accomplish that (with good marketing of course).

>>21646580
OK thought about it a little bit more and came up with some candidates

>Tamarind
Jarritos makes a tasty tamarind flavored soda. It's a unique flavor, sweet and tart, that can be divisive. Divisive is good for memorability. At least in the US tamarind isn't used much for flavoring anything.
>Grape
I'd think most people will have tried a grape soda at least once. Grape soda is good and doesn't taste exactly like it's namesake. I think the flavor is distinct enough to be memorable.
>Apple
These can be hard to find but they are nice and refreshing. I could see a marketing push getting people to at least give it a shot, inoffensive and unique on the market.

>>21638969
A fucking skeleton

>>21637968
its cinnamon spicy, not red pepper spicy

>>21643452
OIOIOIOI

I like Dr. Pepper quite a bit, tastes really nice.

>>21638969
That hand...

Coke is just a worse dr pepper.
Dr pepper is just a worse vanilla coke.

>>21649437
>Vanilla flavored coke
That sounds repugnant

>>21638063
I remember drinking it at different times as a kid, when I drank less soda, and noticing different flavors standing out, depending on what I was eating with it. Mostly cherry (some restaurants will have Sysco deliver a generic "black cherry" syrup and call it Dr. Pepper/Mr. Pibb) but sometimes orange, and once, black pepper.

>>21638937
Commie.

>>21649500
When was this taken?

>>21637979
>sugar, grass
:)
>sugar, corn
:(

>>21637962 (OP)
>>21637981

It's a sham! He's not a real doctor, the period is missing! It would have to be Dr. Pepper"! Don't listen to his advice!

>>21637962 (OP)
Please make it available in India.

>>21650369
1983

>>21637962 (OP)
Rare and expensive in Finland :(

Yeah man, who the fuck wants an anise flavored soda anyway?

>still on sale 121 years after being introduced on the market and has been duped to death

>>21637962 (OP)
I think it's mostly because of Texans. They also drink Big Red which is fucking disgusting and their most popular dish is a deep fried steak covered in gravy. Nasty people.

>>21638969
dainty europeans must drink their dr pepper to grow up big and strong like us americans

>>21637962 (OP)
I prefer the taste over Coke. But I HATE how foamy it is.
I burp up foam for like 10 minutes after each sip. Its fucking ridiculous.

>>21650577
Brehznev times, fair enough.

>>21651233
Sounds hot

>>21637962 (OP)
>The thinking man's Dr. Pepper

>>21651714
No, that would be the birthday cake flavor

>>21651741
Incorrect

I kinda wanna get some mexican glass bottle Dr.Pepper on amazon
anyone on /ck/ drink it before? is it worth?

>>21651947
"mexican glass bottle" anything is a meme

>>21644535
>They never changed their recipe so it tastes the same as it did when people were kids
dr pepper isn't as spicy as it used to be

>>21653246
how so?
does it not have actual sugar as opposed to HFCS?

>>21653275
Unless you're literally going to Mexico to get it, it's corn syrup. They just put it in glass bottles to trick retards who think glass = sugar.