... In today’s market you can have your Cola with the caffeine removed or the sugar substituted, you can have it flavoured with cherry or laced with a hint of vanilla, you can even try it with a tinge of Lemon which is where I find myself today with a six pack of Diet Coke with Lemon in the fridge ... Read review
Advantages: Nice take on an old favorite Disadvantages: None of Note
...with a six pack of Diet Coke with Lemon in the fridge and a review of the brew ready to be written. You see I have one of those mini drinks fridges next to my computer tower so I don’t have to move when I fancy a drink, the fridge of course needs to be stocked with 330ml cans so I find myself trying many a different beverage as I sit using my computer.
Original Diet Coke was launched in America in 1982 and has become the best selling ... ...many variants on the plain diet coke product. In 1983 caffeine free diet coke arrived on the scene followed by diet cherry coke in 1986, the introduction of new flavours then ceased for 15 years before the subject of this review, Diet Coke with Lemon arrived in 2001. Diet Vanilla Coke surfaced a year later and the latest incarnation Diet Coke with Lime is due to hit the shop shelves any time now.
I remember the days when the only choice to be made when you fancied a can of Cola was whether you preferred Pepsi or Coke. In today’s market you can have your Cola with the caffeine removed or the sugar substituted, you can have it flavoured with cherry or laced with a hint of vanilla, you can even try it with a tinge of Lemon which is where I find myself today with a six pack of Diet Coke with Lemon in the fridge and a review of the brew ready to be written. You see I have one of those mini drinks fridges next to my computer tower so I don’t have to move when I fancy a drink, the fridge of course needs to be stocked with 330ml cans so I find myself trying many a different beverage as I sit using my computer.
Original Diet Coke was launched in America in 1982 and has become the best selling sugar free carbonated drink in the world. Coca-Cola was keen to exploit this market and so have introduced many variants on the plain diet coke product. In 1983 caffeine free diet coke arrived on the scene followed by diet cherry coke in 1986, the introduction of new flavours then ceased for 15 years before the subject of this review, Diet Coke with Lemon arrived in 2001. Diet Vanilla Coke surfaced a year later and the latest incarnation Diet Coke with Lime is due to hit the shop shelves any time now.
A can of Diet Coke with Lemon is silver in colour with Diet Coke written in the distinctive Coca-Cola script, wedges of lemon are positioned about the can with little yellow stars scattered haphazardly to complete the scene. A small part of the can is given over to Ingredients and Nutritional information with a 330ml can offering an acceptable 4.62 calories. The artificial sweeteners used are aspartame and acesulfame and the drink does contain a source of phenylalanine, whatever that is! To finish on the packaging, the can is Aluminium and so can (and should) be recycled. As well as being available in 330ml cans (which can be bought singly or in packs of four, six, twelve and twenty-four), Diet Coke with Lemon is available in 500ml and 2 litre bottles.
Pulling the tab of the can releases a pleasant gassy sigh and a closer sniff reveals that familiar cola smell with the merest of citric hints. The bubbles dance on my tongue as I take a swig and the flavour envelopes my mouth. The Cola flavour is still very much in evidence but an underlying lemony taste is also present, in my opinion it could do with being a little more lemony as you really have to concentrate to enjoy the added flavour. Once swallowed the familiar sugary cola taste is left on the palette as well as a strange sensation on the teeth, sadly no hint of the added lemon is left which again I feel is a shame.
My second taste test really showed me how Diet Coke with Lemon could be used to glorious effect, and that is as a mixer for Whisky. I usually enjoy my scotch on its own but for the purposes of research I dribbled a measure into a tumbler and topped it up with the Cola. And it really worked, something in the taste complimented the Cola beautifully, I find with a normal Whisky and Cola the sweetness drags the whisky down but the added lemon seems to lift the scotch so that its taste is not suffocated. It really did add to the whole drinking experience. Emboldened by my new discovery I checked my drinks cabinet to see what else I could try Diet Coke with Lemon with, sadly the only liquor that had any chance of making a semi decent drink with Cola was Rum. Undeterred I poured a tot into my glass and topped it up with the Cola, again it was pleasant though I did feel it lacked the whiskies suitability, I also feel that Rum does need the sugary taste of original Cola to balance it out. It was probably a good job this combination failed as I would have ended up mixing Diet Coke with Lemon with every alcoholic drink I could find, and my head could not have coped with that.
In closing, I have found out that Diet Coke with Lemon is a pleasant enough drink although a touch more lemon flavour would have improved the drinking quality. It is also a nice mixer if you select your alcohol carefully and with the low calorie count it can be enjoyed by those watching their weight. That said, too much Cola of any kind is bad for your teeth so it should be imbibed sparingly. Four star out of five from me.
Advantages: Sugar free and less than one calorie Disadvantages: Too sweet for me!
...succumb, I usually go for Diet Coke, so when I seen Diet Coke with Lemon in the cooler at RS McColl’s, I felt obligated to give it a go.
**BACKGROUND INFO**
Made by Coca-Cola and Schweppes, the company responsible for Coca-Cola, the biggest selling brand of fizzy drink sold throughout the world, even here in Scotland, it has overtaken our very own Irn-Bru, what are all the neds and nedette’s thinking of then, abandoning their national ... ...Not being a fan of diet Irn Bru, well it tastes foul, I myself prefer Diet Coke, it’s actually really refreshing, not as sweet and doesn’t leave that fowl sugary taste in your mouth.
Sometime in the eighties Coca Cola and Schweppes decided to clean up their act and offer the public more choices as people were starting to become very health conscious and pressure was being put on them by government bodies, so they introduced Diet Coke, ...
herby30 16.12.2003
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Advantages: You don't need to carry a lemon with you Disadvantages: Slightly metallic taste, not enough lemon
...together and I tried the Diet version, to my surprise I actually preferred the taste it was slightly less sweet and it didn’t seem to be a thick in consistency so you teeth would apparently get coated with a film of sticky chemical…mind you with all the added chemical s and the high acidity I still don’t think it does you much good.
Over the years I drink lees and less of the stuff but on the odd occasion usually when out for the ... ...shop didn’t have my favoured diet Pepsi in fact it didn’t have anything much so I was forced into trying something new Diet coke with lemon. Even with such a well-known brand it is always good to try and freshen things up by introducing slight variations on the theme and the Added lemon was the latest idea form Coca cola.
THE LOOK AND TASTE
It came in a plastic 500ml bottle rather than a can which I always find a bit annoying, I’m ...
Mauri 25.02.2003
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Advantages: A bit different Disadvantages: Still a bit bland, to be honest
...and gals, it's your favourite diet drink but with a twist (literally) - it's lemon flavoured!
Actually, it's not - it's just normal diet cola with a hint of lemon flavouring. Otherwise it would be lemonade that was brown instead of clear. You follow? No? Thought not.
Packaging:
OK, we'll start with the bottle. I've only ever seen DCwL in 500ml bottles, and have yet to see it in cans or in bigger bottles - presumably this product is aimed at the ... ...not actually a fan of diet drinks, as they never taste as good as their fully-sugared big brothers (diet Irn Bru being the exception - I can hardly taste the difference), and DietCoke is no exception. It really is the blandest, dullest drink you can buy. As such, the introduction of the lemon twist is a good move, as it livens up the drink no end. You aren't bombarded with lemon when you take a swig - instead, you experience the normal DC taste, ...
superpricee 24.06.2002
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Advantages: Lemony when cold Disadvantages: nasty flat and/or warm
...free. But I don't like diet coke, and I only like 'fat' coke when it's free. (Bosses get upset if they offer their staff coke and they reply that they'd rather drink tap water). But I found that with ice and lemon, it was a different drink somehow. Like water tastes different too. And so despite my aversion to coke and its weight conscious friend, and because I have left the industry,I take the plunge.
For 72p you can purchase a 500ml bottle of ... ...diet coke bottle, save for a few details. Primarily the label says Diet coke with lemon on it. There is also a fair amount of yellow on the label, and even a picture of a lemon. If you're still not sure, check the cap. This one won't be red it'll be..yellow. They're clever aren’t they these Coca Cola peeps?
So now you've found your beverage and paid your hard earned 72p at the checkout (prices may vary) you are now on to the important business ...
QueenAngella 31.03.2003
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Advantages: Same price as regular Coke Disadvantages: Might as well drink Sprite
...Coca-Cola released the all new Diet Coke with Lemon, holy cow was I expectant! I don't usually drink Diet Coke because I don't find it to have as much flavour as the original red can however, the idea of lemon changes everything for me!
So; down to the newsagents I go on Saturday afternoon for my first sip of the new taste. First impressionss mean everything to me, so after the initial bubbling on my tongue; my excitement ebbed away. The stuff tastes ... ...are the same as regualr diet coke, but quite frankly, I don't believe it.
The lemon flavour does not have a natural flavour (I was imagining an ice cold glass served in a restaurant with a wedge of lemon on the edge to nicely flavour it) and it does over-power the taste of the Coke entirely.
There is the regular carbonation and there is not a problem with the sweetness, however the lemony flavour you are expecting does not exist. It tastes like ...
NoLogoGirl 07.11.2002
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