Mexican Coke

I'm from what I like to consider the North East and I grew up drinking coke. That bubbly, syrupy, caffeinated drink that we all know and some love (some are addicted to it and just can't stop drinking it even though they don't really like it and know it's rotting their teeth). I used to be one of those can-a-day habitual coke drinkers, but at some point I realized that that's kind of, well, not just unhealthy but kind of gross. I switched to water and tea, allowing myself to drink coke only in restaurants, and eventually restricting myself to one coke a week.

The reason I allow myself the one coke a week is because of the deliciousness known as Mexican Coke. This is something I'd never really encountered in my native habitat. In the more Jewishy neighborhoods, before Passover they would sell cokes that can compare to Mexican Coke - these sodas sell out like hotcakes. I didn't grow up in a Jewish neighborhood and my family doesn't follow the tradition of abstaining from corn products during Passover, so I'd never encountered this phenomenon until moving to the South.

The secret to Mexican Coke's deliciousness is that it has no corn syrup. It's sugar, like the good old days. It tastes less sticky, if that makes sense. Plus! It comes in these awesome glass bottles, so it has that retro feel to it that makes the experience just that much better.

I have to say I feel much better after weening myself off of my caffeine addiction. Now I can drink a small bottle of coke because I like the flavor and I like the experience, not because I am exhausted and need my fix. But I don't like the flavor of most sodas anymore, now that I don't feel like I need to drink one to stay awake. Hooray for Mexican Coke!