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What ??? Coke in returnable bottles is different from normal coke??? How can they vary the formula?
There are several ways: include less gas, put more water, use less powder. I am convinced they don't store it properly which is why it tastes like Coke that has been left standing.
Do people just put up with that? It seems if they quit buying it and registered their dislike, someone would fix it?
I don't think they know or even care. It's a cheaper way to get Coke. It's even worse with the Sugar Free and Light versions.
Never ceases to amaze me what Argentines put up with just to save a few pennies.
Having said that, I'm now getting like them which is a bit worrying.
Never ceases to amaze me what Argentines put up with just to save a few pennies.
Having said that, I'm now getting like them which is a bit worrying.
Don't drink soft drinks here mainlly because they're more expensive than beer. The large plastic bottles of Coke/Sprite are useless inless you drink it all at once. The fruit juices are mostly crap as well....better just juicing your own although only if you like orange.
We do drink a lot of bottled water during the summer...the missus will only drink Villavicencio.
Never ceases to amaze me what Argentines put up with just to save a few pennies.
Having said that, I'm now getting like them which is a bit worrying.
Like you, Splinter, I very much admire the people who, so squeezed by their governments, are able to carry on by saving a few pennies; downgrading their expectations; making do with cheaper cuts of meat, and having meat less often; buying store brands rather than national brands; and doing absolutely everything necessary to make it until the next payday. I don’t know how it’s humanly possible to continue doing this year after year.
for the boozers out there:
Dia has Iguana beer on sale, last day today:
49 peso for a liter bottle!
Damn good deal.....
Not anything special the beer, but for sure drinkable.....
Not wishing to sound like a paragon of virtue, but I only drink once a week now, so my daily tipple in between the fun is Cepita Multifruta with a dash of Sprite lemonade. If I'm feeling really daring I might throw in a few ice cubes. I'm also addicted to Doritos, which I have to hide in my den, far away from the hungrier residents in this house.
And boy, do I look forward to that beer on a Friday night? Goes down like nectar!
I am considering buying some booze and getting wasted this weekend just for something to do. Will probably go for Fernet, but I fancy some whiskey. Are there any "good" whiskey I can get for around the same price as a bottle of Fernet?
Its hard to get a decent whisky at the same price as Fernet
White Horse is around 600/700
What price is Fernet now ? 450/500?
Avoid Vat 69 - the quality is poor
Think about trading up to a Ballantines at around 900
Or Jamesons
white horse u get for 400-450!!!!!
Decent whiskey if u don't wanna spend Jameson money.
Ye, Fernet is around 500. Add in the Coke and it's over 600 pesos (2 liter Coke is around 150 these days). So yeah, maybe add a couple of notes to get to Jameson's or another priced around 1000 pesos.
a chino next to me have the fernet menta on sale for 150......I love it but no argi does I think........lots of ice, some sprite or DIA "sprite" andfresh mint leaves and u r ready to go!!!! For 200 peso or a bit more.....
a chino next to me have the fernet menta on sale for 150......I love it but no argi does I think........lots of ice, some sprite or DIA "sprite" andfresh mint leaves and u r ready to go!!!! For 200 peso or a bit more.....
Fernet is very popular here by all accounts. I've never had it.
Fernet is very popular here by all accounts. I've never had it.
Keep on that track UK Man
I have a weird relationship with Fernet. I enjoy drinking it because it never makes me blind drunk. I can drink a bottle mixed with Coke and wake up the next morning feeling okay. When me and my brother in law get down to it, we can go through a couple of bottles between us. Everything about that should mean were are seriously drunk, but Fernet just does not get me that drunk. I have no explanation for it. No other drink does that these days, with beer being the worst for my morning after.
When I was younger I had posining and spent a couple of days in hospital from extra strong German vodka. Since then my tolerances have been all over the place. I can drink strong alcohol like Whiskey and go through half a bottle and feel fine the next day. 2 beers and I feel like garbage. Smell a vodka and I want to throw up.
Keep on that track UK Man
Judging by the amount I see on the shelves along with Gancia and Martini it must be popular here. In Glasgow it's only women who drink that kind of stuff. 
