Soda in Cinema drinks

Muffin` · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:40

So I'm there ordering my £4.95 large coke because it was on a whim and I didn't have chance to pick up a multipack from the local supermarket when I see more white stuff going in then black stuff! :eek:

I see Coca-Cola Large £4.95 - not 2/4 Soda Water 1/4 Ice and 1/4 Coca-Cola - Surely this is false advertising?

Magic_x_uk · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:41

I never ever ask for ice. I want Coke or whatever drink I order. Not a load of frozen water to pay for

HEADRAT · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:42

So you want 100% syrup?

Bobert · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:42

There terrible for that at My local cineworld

more the price than what goes in

So i always take a big coat or a baggy hoody and nip down shop and stock up

mOdO · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:43

Coca cola is soda and coca cola. So just ask for no ice

HEADRAT · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:43

When I go with the kids I always take drinks/snacks/sweets, if they tried to stop me they'd have both barrels

Otherwise you spend more on treats than the tickets (I'm sure that's the idea anyway)

Muffin` · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:44

HEADRAT said:
So you want 100% syrup?

Ah ok

J.B · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:46

Where I used to live the cinema had an Asda right next door, you were a fool if you bought cinema snacks!

Janesy B · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:48

Muffin` said:
So I'm there ordering my £4.95 large coke because it was on a whim and I didn't have chance to pick up a multipack from the local supermarket when I see more white stuff going in then black stuff!

I see Coca-Cola Large £4.95 - not 2/4 Soda Water 1/4 Ice and 1/4 Coca-Cola - Surely this is false advertising?

No it's not, the Coke is stored as a syrup and is mixed when dispensed to save space.

Van Hellseek · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:49

I think the OP doesn't understand that from a pump, coke and other fizzy drinks are concentrated and NEED to be diluted.

Nullvoid · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:50

Diluted yes but not to the point where you can hardly tell it's coke you're drinking.

Muffin` · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:50

seek said:
I think the OP doesn't understand that from a pump, coke and other fizzy drinks are concentrated and NEED to be diluted.

I'm with it now, I just didn't know how it was made evidentally it's OcUK, takes a while to be explained.

jamief · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:51

Good god - anyone who pays £4.95 for a drink in the cinema deserves a good slap.

Van Hellseek · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:52

This is very true.

Even the 'trendy' cinema I go to on the waterfront only charges £3.50 for a stella, which you can take into the movie. :cool:

Mobius 1 · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:54

hmm. someone ask for just syrup, and no dilute, get your real moneys worth

it'd probably rot your teeth before you even finish the thing.

Magic_x_uk · 3 Jul 2008 at 11:56

Well seeing what coke does to metal, god knows what it does to us

Janesy B · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:00

Magic_x_uk said:
Well seeing what coke does to metal, god knows what it does to us

The thing is they do those tests by soaking it for 24 hours, when we drink it, it's on our teeth for a matter of milliseconds and saliva with wash the rest away.

iraiguana · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:00

not that bad, its mostly the phosphoric acid that damages your teeth. Once it hits your stomach its all good as that is concentrated hydrochloric.

peetee · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:01

Tbh the machines do it, which coca-cola configure etc, chances are theres no foul play in a cinema or somewhere, they make enough profit on them after all.

Pubs are the worse, as they have the things on tap and press the Coke button, then SODA then coke etc. Whereas on the machines they just press COKE.

Helium_Junkie · 3 Jul 2008 at 12:01

Magic_x_uk said:
Well seeing what coke does to metal, god knows what it does to us

Makes us less thirsty, and happy to boot.
Also, I don't leave coke on my teeth overnight, so I don't worry about it doing what it does to metal to me...