Not I - I think diet coke tastes way better than coke zero - I only drink zero under protest (because regular coke actually makes me teeth hurt with how sweet it is).

In terms of a better bourbon - try Bookers - it is stronger than Jack's but far far smoother - and as an added plus, because it is stronger, you really can't glug it in the same way you might Jack's so you will also save on alcohol calories total!

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I'm with you. Count my vote for Coke Zero.

The boys at Coke have launched a new "diet" version of Coke down here in EZE... its called Coca Cola Life..... horrid green label. I think it has stevia and some other sweetener(s)..... is this stuff also available up North...???

Not around here yet, but I have tried Zevia cola which is sweetened with stevia. It tastes so gross that I won't be in a rush to try any other stevia-sweetened soft drinks. The stuff makes Diet Coke taste like candy.

Nope.

Diet Coke = single sweetener (aspartame), and formulated sweeter -- closer to the New Coke formula from the 1980s.

Coke Zero = mixed sweetener (aspartame + acesulfame), formulated closer to Coke Classic, although if you let it warm up there is a VERY strong "spice" note to it that isn't obvious when cold, and which is unlike either Diet Coke OR Coke Classic.

I much prefer the latter, although I'll take either one over diet pepsi. Then again, I'll take diet ginger ale (pretty much any brand) or diet root beer (ditto) over diet cola of any sort. The new Coke "Freestyle" machines are great!

Zevia and the other Stevia-based sweetened drink I've tried have both got a VERY strong licorice-like or maybe anise-like aftertaste. I can't stand the licorice/anise/fennel family of flavors, and I can't stand the stuff.

Ewww, good to know. I can't stand the licorice taste either. I'm surprised how many people like Jaeger

Putting any heavily-flavoured mixer in a spirit seems to me to negate the whole point of the spirit in the first place - rather like paying a fortune for a bottle of champagne then mixing orange juice with it.

However,I am very partial to a Maker's Mark Presbyterian - and JD is just as nice with it as well.

1-1/2 parts Jack
1/2 part club soda
1/2 part ginger ale

Switch to Guinness :)

I prefer Diet Dr Pepper but if not available, Diet Coke over the others

Same here! My wife got a huge box of Truvia and said she read that it is the healthiest sugar substitute.. I throw them all away after trying it a few times. :p

Diet Coke here. All the way. Love that chemically taste. I hate Coke Zero only marginally less than real Coke.

For an add-to-coffee sort of sweetener, you might try Nectresse, which is mostly another "natural" plant-based sweetner and which has a much more neutral flavor to my palate than either stevia or aspartame. Haven't seen any sign of that being used in soft drinks, though.

Every calorie counts during weight loss efforts.

If the idea is to quench your thirst and stay hydrated
cold water will do that just fine with no calories and you
can enjoy those calories consuming something else that
offers better nutritional value.

Have you tried Pepsi Max? It is my favourite of all of the diet colas, to me it has a taste that is closest to Coke Classic.

Maybe cutting down to 2 JacK&Cokes will do?

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