faboo success<\/a> with Vanilla Coke, Pepsi has come out with its own vanilla drink.<\/p>\nProblem is, it tastes like — well, cheap cream soda.<\/p>\n
Pepsi’s awfully sweet to begin with (one reason I like the bite in Coke better, and Vanilla Coke borders on being too sweet for me). Adding in vanilla (and additional sweetness to cover it) doesn’t help any. <\/p>\n
Stick with the Vanilla Coke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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