It is my belief that the best way to drink soda is from an aluminum can. For my purposes, because of what is available most often to me recently, I will be using Sprite as my primary example.
For this discussion, I will only be considering the most frequently used drinking apparatuses that are available to be purchased by any who might casually partake in the drinking of soda. These are, in no particular order, an aluminum can, a plastic bottle (such as those you would get out of a vending machine), a fountain (found primarily in convenience stores or restaurants), a two liter bottle, and a glass (having poured the soda from any of the previous).
My argument is based on a few factors.
The first being the coldness of the drink. I believe that the normal opinion would be that soda is most enjoyable when cold. How cold is a very subjective topic, but for our uses we'll go with cold, and specifically the length of chill available with each apparatus. The can is a clear winner here. The can, when chilled properly in a refrigerator, can hold the chill of the soda the longest, while it is drank in any normal conditions, those being a room temperature location, or even a hot day outside. The plastic bottle and the glass as well as the fountain under perform in the area. For the glass and the fountain specifically, it is because both will require ice in order to reach the same cold threshhold for the same amount of time as the can. A necessity for a third party resource is a huge detriment to those apparatuses.
Second is the flavor of the soda itself. The glass and fountain are clear losers here as both require (in most peoples opinions) ice to be enjoyed properly. As soon as that ice hits that soda, it begins melting at some rate. Which means that you are not enjoying pure sprite because it is now laced with an unproportionate amount of water that the original recipe did not intend. The fountain loses again in this area due to its nature of creation. The fountain pours the syrup and soda water into the drinking receptacle at an even pace and is not always proportional. Sometime the feeding apparatus will pour more of one or the other causing a disgusting drink. At the very least, it is never guaranteed with the fountain that you are receiving the correct recipe of the mixture provided. That kind of risk makes it undesirable in the long run.
The final area I would like to consider is carbonation. Flat soda is gross soda. If you disagree with that statement, I believe it is safe to say that you are in the minority. Cans hold carbonation the best due to their nature of being much more securely sealed than bottles. Further more, because the cans size is meant to be the perfect drinking amount for one siting, it is more likely to be wholly consumed while the can is opened for that initial period when carbonation might be released. Bottle often come in 16 and 20oz sizes, which is often too much for one sitting and is consumed over larger periods of time. Even though they are resealable, they are still losing slight levels of carbonation over those periods of times, leading to a decreased level of optimal drinking at each future drinking point.
This is my first CMV, and as it is largely based on subjective opinions, I am very open to discussion.
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Submitted May 12, 2015 at 11:25PM by SwampFox4 http://ift.tt/1QFZpNg changemyview
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