Does anyone else like drinking coca cola or any other carbonated drink after the CO2 escapes?

We usually describe that as "flat" soda where I'm from.

We call the process of drinking it "giving up" where I'm from. In some regions, they say "rock bottom."
- Wow, I sure wish that's what "rock bottom" looks like for me. I don't intend to know what that would actually be.

The heathen that is my wife.

Nah, perfectly normal. Some people don't like carbonation.

I've known a guy who mixed red wine with flat diet coke at business dinners and conferences, deliberately. That was weird.

It's called a calimocho/kalimotxo, and it's a great way to drink a bottle of cheap wine.
- Today I've learned
Red wine and coke is sth i have seen croatians and Portuguese drink
- Consider me uncultured
Now that... I'm speechless lmao
- Cola and red wine (Calimocho) is a pretty common drink, at least in Europe. It’s not as gross as it sounds.

Sure... Gives it a whole new taste. You can also water down Coca Cola to make it less sweet and make everyone else at the table stare and sigh in disbelief.

Thankfully I am not that far gone yet 😂
- Things are never so bad that they can't get worse.
I love that Brisk raspberry tea, but sometimes it's way too sweet, so I started watering it down.
It actually tastes better like that, imo.

My wife does that. I've been wondering more than once if I need to get her brain checked.

I often shake a new bottle to let the co2 upfront. I know, I'm a monster.

Same. Never knew it's such a common thing lol
- Must be a common habit among us cosmic people

Nah, flat soda tastes nasty. The carbonation helps with reducing the intensity of the sweetener in the soda. It brings a bit of bitterness and acidity that you lose once flat

Sounds like you should have something with less sweetener in general if you need something to reduce the intensity of it...
- Fizzy drinks are intentionally made sweeter because the CO2 adds sourness. They like the drink as it was intended to be drunk.
- ive taken to just drinking seltzer water when i realized i didnt care for the sugariness. Add a little lemon or lime juice for variety and im set.
- Nah, as the other guy mentioned, its known that the carbonation brings a bit of bitterness, so sodas are intentionally formulated with that in mind. Flat sodas taste overly sweet because of that. Even more so when they're warm, too, as cold tends to subdue sweetness.

I hate it so much I use my Sparkel to recarbonate a drink that happens to

Yes. I grew up in one of "those" hyper-educated houses in the 70s where parents forbid junk food, TV, rock and roll, and all that. I didn't have my first Coke until I was 19. I recall my comment was that it tasted like cinnamon. But I never gained the taste for carbonation, thus it ruins everything. It burns my mouth, gives me gastric distress, tastes like gypsum dust, and a host of other mild unpleasantness.

When I got married, my wife grew up on soda as the main beverage for everything. So I would only drink it flat. Everyone thought this was crazy.

I've realized the throat burn is most of what I'm addicted to. I need it just on the verge of icy (I put my drinks in the freezer for a bit before drinking). That first big swig, like sweet, delectable shards of glass ripping my throat to shreds. Mmm.

If anyone sick enough to like flat soda reads this: The Pepsi Nitro tastes like flat Pepsi as soon as you Crack the can open. Maybe you'd like it. I've drunk other nitro carbonated drinks before and none tasted so flat as Pepsi's.

For me the carbonated kick is what makes these types of drinks stand out... without it, personally I find most taste a bit like an underwhelming squash (kool aid for those in NA)

I just add carbonated water to squash. Usually tastes better and doesn't have the slimy mouth feel most soft drinks have.

My wife does this. It's very weird.

Are you a serial killer?

Oh yes, I love it when the drinks are flat. I find the carbonation kinda burns so having less of that makes the drink better.

Also, you don't get it back up the nose when you burp.

I really hate it when that burp happens, it hurts.

My partner is like this. She also prefers it at room temperature.

As someone who loves her soft drinks cold and fizzy, things can get tense ;)

Personally, it's not so much a flat/unflat absolute stance. Some flavors IMO only work carbonated. Like plain coke is WAY too sweet when flat, IMO (40 grams of sugar in 12oz), but some other sodas can taste better flat than carbonated.

Especially if we bring in fountain vs bottled.

Not for cold cola, but if it's lukewarm I actually don't mind

Ever try a hot cola?
I once drank a Coke that had been sitting in my car console for a day during the summer.
It was a revelation.
- Hot Dr Pepper used to be advertised as a Christmas drink.
- this is something people do in hong kong on purpose! it's usually done by boiling with ginger and lemon so it's even sweeter and herbal almost. really tasty!
- A revelation of why they're served cold? Or do you still heat up your Cokes when you enjoy them?
- Hopefullt not in a plastic bottle. Leeching.
I also like flat lukewarm soda for some reason. I feel like I'm just drinking a syrup. If it's cold however, it's the most disgusting thing ever.

I drink carbonated mineral water after its almost flat but still has a bit of a 'buzz', this way it feels sour and sharp enough, but doesn't upset the stomach much(which carbonated water does).

Sometimes kombucha is more palatable to some folks when you let it decarbonate and you have basically ice tea with fruit infusions

I used to prefer Coke after it goes flat. Or mostly flat. I still don't mind flat soda. Perfectly happy to keep drinking it long after all of the carbonation is gone.

Meanwhile, I discovered that you could get A&W root beer versions of those little flavor packs that you dump in a bottle of water. Yeah, no. Horrendously disgusting without carbonation. I'll stick with pink lemonade.

In Holland they used to sell cola for kids without bubbles...

Their literal slogan was 'only for kids'

Next you'll tell me you like hot Dr. Pepper.

Yep, I hate getting gassy after drinking carbonated soda, so I give it a little shake to release some of the gas. I also pour it into a glass from high up so it gets all fuzzy and releases more gas before I drink it.

I like to puor water in my coca cola. It's too sweet otherwise.