This Soda Machine Gets Me!
Jun. 8th, 2026 03:57 pmI've been a fan of Coke Zero since it came out 20-some years ago. In a can or a bottle I'll pick it 💯 over my #2 choice, Diet Coke. Yes, the taste is that different, and I prefer it. But in a soda fountain, the stronger taste of Coke Zero hits a bit too hard. I mix it 50/50. Finally, recently, I ran across a soda fountain that gets me.

Yes, this fountain had my two favorite flavors side by side. Is that so hard? There's absolutely no reason why it should be, but for whatever reason I've pretty much never, never in those 20-some years, seen the two choices on side-by-side spigots like this. Fairly often they're on opposite ends of the row.

Yes, this fountain had my two favorite flavors side by side. Is that so hard? There's absolutely no reason why it should be, but for whatever reason I've pretty much never, never in those 20-some years, seen the two choices on side-by-side spigots like this. Fairly often they're on opposite ends of the row.