/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16211039
But Greta thumberg said there's too much carbon dioxide in the air

>>16211039
>drinking soda

It's probably Chang, Rajneesh or Habib swapping out the black gold for an inferior product at your local quickie mart.

>>16211087
Nah, that's the entire point. I completely understand that some truck driver drops a crate sometimes, absolutely no big deal. But I'm talking about literally weeks, two or three times a year, when every bottle of Coke, no matter where I buy it, is flat. This is what's so baffling to me. Not individual fuck-ups, but those strange periods where it seems like they just ran out of air to blow into their bottles.

>>16211104
that's interesting because never in my life have i bought a sealed container that was flat
are you sure you're not swallowing someone's spit?

No. Carbon dioxide is plentiful. There is an aluminum shortage right now though so it might affect cans.

>>16211039
Yes, you do sound idiotic. You seem to have a child's understanding of how things work. Only an absolute shit-for-brains would ask something like this.

>>16211139
Are you serious? It happens here frequently, pop open the cap and you can already hear that nothing's in there. It tastes like drinking the leftovers from last night's party or something, there's a hint of a fizz but it might as well have been standing around in a cup for hours.

>>16211159
>>16211172
I know the question itself is retarded. I just can't think of any other explanation other than some sort of error during the carbonation process, and since it happens simultaneously across various brands, the only connecting factor I see is the industrial carbon dioxode cartel is providing subpar bubbling material.

>>16211238
Where do you live? I've traveled all over the US and to many different countries. Even the shitty pop they had in fucking Iraq and Afghanistan was carbonated. Even if it gets hot it stays carbonated. If it gets shaken around then as long as it isn't immediately opened the co2 will go back into solution. I think it's all in your head dude. Either that or you're making this whole thing up for attention.

>>16211253
Germany. I might be slightly autistic about this, I realize that. I've had a chronical illness for a long time and through various bad episodes I developed an unhealthy dependency/obsession. Too many dumb reasons to list. But I don't chug sodas all day, I just really REALLY get happy from an ice cold, real fucking heavily carbonated Coke. So over time I started to notice the differences between containers. Cans and the small restaurant glass bottles are top tier and then it basically gets worse the larger the plastic bottles get.
At least to me, the difference in the amount of carbonation is super noticeable. It really does happen quite frequently that there is no meaty pop when opening a bottle, no zisch, just a little sigh. Pour it in a glass, almost no foam or bubbles. It's just very disappointing when the only thing after a long day I'm looking forward to is that one bottle of Coke and right when opening I can basically pour it out cause I know this one and all the ones I've bought this week are gonna be shit.

>>16211305
it's more likely you have a mental illness and your brain isn't perceiving things correctly
sodas carbonation level never changes, the only time that could happen is at a fountain machine but that's not what you're talking about

>>16211327
What kind of mental illness would trick my eyes and tongue into perceiving crisp bubbles as flat? Does it also somehow reduce my need to burp after a big sip, even though I consumed the same amount of carbonation?

I really am asking seriously. If you say that literally every plastic and glass bottle or can has been 100% perfectly carbonated (unless it's years old or rolled down a hill or whatever), then I don't know what to say. To me, sodas are among the least consistent products I buy. I get like one package of dry bread a year, or an onion that goes bad just two days after buying it. But sodas, man, something just isn't right.

>>16211039
Just drink Limonata

>>16211357
Schizophrenia

>>16211370
I've switched to good old lemonade for the time being. A week or two from now I'll buy a Coke again and see if it's gotten back to normal.

>>16211039
Carbonation is more effective at low temperatures. Could be that a heat wave at a poorly air conditioned bottling plant may cause issues with lower carbonation. Plastic bottles also aren’t gas proof, so they may lose carbonation over time.

>>16211357
It's ok man, I believe you. Taking everyone's beef like a champ.
The only explanations I could give is extremely old soda and/or damaged packagings.
You could get the companies' attention if you sent them a vid of you opening a bottle and seeing that it's not carbonated, so, do just that and hear why that's happening right from the source

>>16211305
An autistic kraut. I might have known.

>>16211428
I'm afraid we don't have many heat waves in central/western Europe, and I feel like it hits all three materials, glass, plastic and cans, at the same time.
Thank you for at least confirming that varying levels of carbonation are possible.
Maybe it's even more the quality of the carbonation than the amount. Small, shitty bubbles instead of big crispy ones that almost hurt a little when it's really ice cold.

>>16211433
I don't think I care enough to actually record a video and be a nuisance about it. I just stop buying the shit for a few weeks and then see when it returns to normal.
I just thought there was some regular food-chemistry type explanation for this. Like, again, when you get like one batch of dry stale-ass bread and the next day it's fine again, someone just fucked up the humidity in the oven or whatever. I thought the same explanation existed for soda.

>>16211371
This.

The altitude you open a can might have some effect but probably not enough to make a difference. Also some brands do put less carbonation in their drinks than others. But as far as coke/Pepsi products they will never be flat as long as they weren't opened.

>>16211447
Don’t you guys have murder 40c heatwaves at least once a year recently? German bottling plants from the 80s aren’t built for that?

>>16211238
Sure it's not just a light version?
Those instantly turn lukewarm and flat the second you open them.

>>16211462
Every other year maybe, yeah. But not right now, and not necessarily the other times when I've noticed it. So far, the only indication was that it seemed to coincide with the Football special editions (just like right now) but I don't see how different print on the outside would change anything. Unless all those differently printed bottles and cans come from some shit factory instead of the regular good one.

>>16211039
The Throwback editiono of like mt dew is 100% of the time flat when I purchase them. I figured they were always trying to get you to go back to the less expensive corn syrup edition and stop making them use cane sugar.

Buy your soda elsewhere, must be something wrong with your local stores. I find that ginger ale, and 7up, is typically overcarbonated and I have to be gentle opening a 2 liter to avoid it boiling over.

>>16211467
No dude, I'm retarded, not stupid.

>>16211480
Other sodas or drinks are more consistent, you're right. I don't think I've ever had a flat can of Monster, but I rarely drink that. 7up too, you're right, lemonade type soda is usually super bubbly. That's why I went to pic related for now. Good shit.

>>16211238
Never seen it.
I have observed that bottles don't reseal as well as they used to now, so continuing to drink from your 2L bottle of coke the next day is out of the question.