Asklemmy

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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)

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.

My wife does this. It's very weird.

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.

Are you a serial killer?

Daniel....is that you? 🧐

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

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 ;)

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.

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.

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

Their literal slogan was 'only for kids'

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