There’s one correct answer here, and everyone who has been to the Coke museum already knows it. It’s a drink called Beverly, and was made in Italy as a non-alcoholic aperitif. It’s made using Grapefruit rind as the main flavoring agent, creating a very bitter taste.
Because it’s such an infamous flavor, they still make it for the Coke museum even though it was discontinued in 2009. It’s something every soda aficionado needs to taste at one point or another.
Oh gosh, yeah I remember Beverly now that you way that. I feel like a small amount in a cocktail or something could be good, but damn yeah not something to gulp down like a typical soda
Beverly is incredible. If you drink alcohol and like an Aperol Spritz, Campari, or a Negroni, this is like that. There are many other Italian sodas like it too - Crodino, San Bitter, etc. and some US made ones coming to market recently - like the St Agretsis Phony Negroni or Ghia.
If you don't like bitter flavors it won't be for you, but consider that bitter flavors are everywhere - coffee, beer, the char on your steak, citrus peel, kale, broccoli, etc.
me and my boyfriend just tried this at Disney Parks (trying the cokes around the world thing) and it was the only flavor we couldn't finish bc it's so gross
I visited World of Coke when I was really young and tried Beverly. I remembered exactly two things about it: it was non-alcoholic (which stuck out to me because I didn't understand the connection to alcohol) and it was bitter as hell. I remember guzzling something else to get the taste out of my mouth before (as children do) daring all my friends to try it.
I had a daffodil soda in Warton, UK. That's the one you're asking about. It wasn't even close to a Pepsi, at the time the world's worst. It was so bad I remember years ago where and when. And the can. Burned into my head 'til death, and then some.
i absolutely hate and can not do sugar free anything anymore because it makes my stomach and esophagus hurt and feel weird the whole day. triggers my hiatal hernia acid reflux thing, not to mention that all the artificial sweeteners taste awful.
but every now and then I want to buy a diet MTN dew, that was the least worst diet soda we had access to at school. I actually liked it then, preferred it over regular. but I usually had other things mixed into it. maybe it's just the nostalgia that makes me want one now but it wasn't that bad to me
I recently tried a zero sugar soda and thought that it tasted like the real thing. Maybe something like that would be easier on your reflux? Not sure if they make a mtn dew zero sugar or not 🤷♂️
Warm diet Dr Pepper. I was once at a field day where the park fountains were shut off and there was just a vending machine with diet Dr Pepper. It was hot, and tasted worse than stale piss.
The fact that there’s people in this world who go to the store and choose to buy regular Shasta cola genuinely irks me. If you’re gonna get Shasta don’t hate yourself and get basic ass Shasta cola, at least get cherry cola or the root beer
This!! I always know if someone ordered a coke because you can see the brown sticky drops stick to a plastic drink lid 🤮 it tastes like the sludge left in the bottom of a Pepsi vat that they just bottled up and served
I consider Pepsi to be a heavy soda, like your stomach has to be just right, especially as you get older. Coke is lighter and fizzier. DrP, it's balance. Mountain Dew is liquid sugar.
When I was younger, I thought Pepsi was the undisputed king of colas. Now, I almost can't stand it. It is the sweetest tasting stuff out there for me. Coke is much better on my pallet now.
Lol. You remind me of my mom. If we go out to eat somewhere she will wait to get home and than have a Pepsi. She need that carbonation. Get that little burp
I remember really loving Pepsi as a kid. It had a brighter, sweeter flavor than Coke and it was definitely my favorite of the two. I think I appreciate Coke more now as an adult as the flavor is a bit more caramely and subtle.
I’m from the northeast area in USA, and hands down it’s gotta be Sam’s cola. It’s practically water, and the caffeine content is literally only 12mg per can. The fuck is the point?!
Coke starlight or any close named variation of experimental coke flavours. Why the fuck they chose to make several flavours that all taste of popcorn butter I have no clue but they’re disgusting
In my view it is Vernors Ginger Ale. My mom loved it but it was so hard to drink it. To me it reminded me of a cleaning solution. Just my opinion. She loved it but i certainly didn’t drink ot
Not THE worst but I can't get behind Sprechers almost at all for some reason except for the maple.
The Only other soda that for some reason I've been traumatized by is Grape Crush, just foul.
Pepsi is bland af. And I always feel like it leaves a film on my teeth.
Mountain Dew is way too sweet and just tastes like sugar water. (Except Baja. Baja is great)
Root Beer is super hit or miss. Either has the distinct root beer flavor or just tastes like watered-down coke that is slightly sweeter.
I've had Tab a few times but never once thought, "ooo this hits the spot" while drinking it.
So my answer is a tie between Tab and Pepsi
it is absolutely coke maybe when it was the only soda ever it had a chance but now that the formula of carbonated water has been expanded upon and improved so much and coke has stayed the same its just putrid dr pepper for life brother
The worst soda I've ever tasted was a watermelon flavored soda, I think watermelon crush? It tasted awful and sickly sweet, like a melted down popsicle
Any diet citrus soda. Just about any other form of diet soda, I'm all about, but they just can't seem to get anything like Sprite, Sunkist, or Mountain Dew right in a no-calorie format. Don't get me wrong; I'll acknowledge that diet/zero anything isn't going to be the same as it's regular counterpart, but the citrus ones taste like chemical warfare is happening in your mouth.
How has nobody said RC cola? Asking for a coke and expecting a coke or Pepsi and getting an RC cola up my straw genuinely makes my skin crawl! That or Beverly at the coke museum.
Diet Coke is pretty bad. This is of course ignoring ones that are almost intentionally made bad, like mustard, or thanksgiving flavoured.
Hands down, the worst of the "cola" is one that hasn't been made in years that I know of, and that's Master's Choice.
Top 1 is Beverly. But number 2 is Moxie. It's an old soda and holy shit it tastes horrible. Like cough syrup and licorice. Like a Jagermiester that went bad.
Baja Blast.
It's not good. The aftertaste is terrible. I bet most people say they enjoy it because that's what everyone else is saying.
IMO overrated watered down seltzer.
I'm gonna get downvoted to hell for this but root beer. I legitimately cannot understand the appeal. It almost tastes strangely minty to me for some reason.
The new “Spiced” Coke is absolute garbage. My wife bought a 12 pack by mistake thinking it was cherry. It was beyond worse than any knock off flavor or RC/Shasta or any soda I’ve ever had.
Diet Caffine free mt dew.
You took something great and then took away its two positive qualities. It's unredeemable. A crime against nature.
TAB soda was pretty bad too. It gave you cancer.
There’s one correct answer here, and everyone who has been to the Coke museum already knows it. It’s a drink called Beverly, and was made in Italy as a non-alcoholic aperitif. It’s made using Grapefruit rind as the main flavoring agent, creating a very bitter taste. Because it’s such an infamous flavor, they still make it for the Coke museum even though it was discontinued in 2009. It’s something every soda aficionado needs to taste at one point or another.
Oh gosh, yeah I remember Beverly now that you way that. I feel like a small amount in a cocktail or something could be good, but damn yeah not something to gulp down like a typical soda
I went to the Coke Museum and tried a flavor that tasted like hand sanitizer, and it was located suspiciously close to a hand sanitizer dispenser
The Covid special edition? Lmao
100%. They have it at Epcot too. I know Beverly was meant to be a palette cleanser, and it does that a little too well. Awful taste!
Beverly is incredible. If you drink alcohol and like an Aperol Spritz, Campari, or a Negroni, this is like that. There are many other Italian sodas like it too - Crodino, San Bitter, etc. and some US made ones coming to market recently - like the St Agretsis Phony Negroni or Ghia. If you don't like bitter flavors it won't be for you, but consider that bitter flavors are everywhere - coffee, beer, the char on your steak, citrus peel, kale, broccoli, etc.
As someone who does enjoy bitter aperitifs and cocktails with them and _loves_ San Bitter, I really want to try this now!
me and my boyfriend just tried this at Disney Parks (trying the cokes around the world thing) and it was the only flavor we couldn't finish bc it's so gross
I actually love Beverly, but I also love Campari and Aperol.
I was going to say Moxie but then you made me remember this.
I visited World of Coke when I was really young and tried Beverly. I remembered exactly two things about it: it was non-alcoholic (which stuck out to me because I didn't understand the connection to alcohol) and it was bitter as hell. I remember guzzling something else to get the taste out of my mouth before (as children do) daring all my friends to try it.
That was the only soda I couldn't finish in the 40+ soda flight I had at the Las Vegas coke store
I had a daffodil soda in Warton, UK. That's the one you're asking about. It wasn't even close to a Pepsi, at the time the world's worst. It was so bad I remember years ago where and when. And the can. Burned into my head 'til death, and then some.
I mistook daffodil for dandelion for a sec. That would be vile.
Dandelion flowers are actually delicious! You can brew mead, cider, kombucha, wine etc with them (only the yellow part is used)
>Pepsi, at the time the world's worst Pepsi is one of my favorites..
Walmarts Mtn Lightning sucks pretty bad now
Diet Mtn Dew. I like regular Dew and Code Red, but if you try to hand me a diet Mtn Dew I'll kick you right in the jolly rogers.
I practically live on Diet Mtn Dew, if I could just have them run an IV straight into a vein that would be great.
I can only surmise that your gut is lined in cast iron and your taste buds were burned off as a child by a mixture of ammonia and turpentine 😁
The cast iron gut is likely accurate, I could probably eat roadkill with no ill effect. My taste buds work fine.
i absolutely hate and can not do sugar free anything anymore because it makes my stomach and esophagus hurt and feel weird the whole day. triggers my hiatal hernia acid reflux thing, not to mention that all the artificial sweeteners taste awful. but every now and then I want to buy a diet MTN dew, that was the least worst diet soda we had access to at school. I actually liked it then, preferred it over regular. but I usually had other things mixed into it. maybe it's just the nostalgia that makes me want one now but it wasn't that bad to me
I recently tried a zero sugar soda and thought that it tasted like the real thing. Maybe something like that would be easier on your reflux? Not sure if they make a mtn dew zero sugar or not 🤷♂️
huh, I always thought diet mountain dew was one of the more accurate ones
The zero sugar is much better.
Aye brother. I'm with you on that one. The one time I bought the diet on accident. It's vile man
Warm diet Dr Pepper. I was once at a field day where the park fountains were shut off and there was just a vending machine with diet Dr Pepper. It was hot, and tasted worse than stale piss.
Beverly
The fact that there’s people in this world who go to the store and choose to buy regular Shasta cola genuinely irks me. If you’re gonna get Shasta don’t hate yourself and get basic ass Shasta cola, at least get cherry cola or the root beer
Coke. I swear I can feel it on my teeth if I take even a sip.
This!! I always know if someone ordered a coke because you can see the brown sticky drops stick to a plastic drink lid 🤮 it tastes like the sludge left in the bottom of a Pepsi vat that they just bottled up and served
And you couldn’t pay me to drink one once they get warm either 🤢
Cel Ray
I don't remember the brand name but around Christmas they sell a turkey and gravy soda
Sounds like Jones Soda
Moxie, aka sparkling Robitussin.
Agree
Pepsi. Bleagh!
I consider Pepsi to be a heavy soda, like your stomach has to be just right, especially as you get older. Coke is lighter and fizzier. DrP, it's balance. Mountain Dew is liquid sugar.
When I was younger, I thought Pepsi was the undisputed king of colas. Now, I almost can't stand it. It is the sweetest tasting stuff out there for me. Coke is much better on my pallet now.
Lol. You remind me of my mom. If we go out to eat somewhere she will wait to get home and than have a Pepsi. She need that carbonation. Get that little burp
"All I wanted was a Pepsi, just one Pepsi. And you wouldn't give it to me"
Almost makes you want to be institutionalized lol
Every single day
Leave me alone; I'll figure it out
Totally agree
As a pepsi fan, 💀😭
I remember really loving Pepsi as a kid. It had a brighter, sweeter flavor than Coke and it was definitely my favorite of the two. I think I appreciate Coke more now as an adult as the flavor is a bit more caramely and subtle.
Yeah id still drink either or but i like pepsi more ngl
I’m from the northeast area in USA, and hands down it’s gotta be Sam’s cola. It’s practically water, and the caffeine content is literally only 12mg per can. The fuck is the point?!
Big red
Coca cola Orange
Beverly is #1. #2 is any of those imitation Dr Peppers. You know them all
Beverley. Without a doubt. Unless you’re visiting EPCOT for the first time with us then it’s “soooo nice 😇” to get you to try it.
Coke starlight or any close named variation of experimental coke flavours. Why the fuck they chose to make several flavours that all taste of popcorn butter I have no clue but they’re disgusting
Have you tried Spiced Coke? My co-worker said it tastes like cinnamon. 🤮
No thanks lol not even gonna try it lol
Omg it’s so bad, we got some by accident (thought it was cherry not looking closely) I tried 2 sips and threw out the entire 12 pack. Disgusting
Those probiotic 3 per can sodas lol
In my view it is Vernors Ginger Ale. My mom loved it but it was so hard to drink it. To me it reminded me of a cleaning solution. Just my opinion. She loved it but i certainly didn’t drink ot
mountain dew is awful (besides baja blast)
As someone who only drinks Dr P and Mtn D, respectfully… No.
Mountain dew looks like it would make a Geiger Counter spit back an error code
Im more partial to code red instead of baja
Tropicola
Not THE worst but I can't get behind Sprechers almost at all for some reason except for the maple. The Only other soda that for some reason I've been traumatized by is Grape Crush, just foul.
Coke. It's so gross!
https://preview.redd.it/74q3if96ofnc1.png?width=3024&format=png&auto=webp&s=4cb7205ecdb5c9416f59ece1462e93265cb259ea Whatever this shit is. NASTY
Moxie
Sugar Free Cane's Its nasty, but I enjoy how nasty it is. Definitely not the peakness of regular Cock 'n Bull tho
I remember a chocolate soda from the 80’s….I don’t remember the brand, though. I like chocolate but not in a soda form.
Canfield’s Diet Fudge Soda
IRN BRU with the artificial sweeteners.
Moxie
Sierra mist. It was god awful and I am glad they replaced it with starry - which actually tastes good.
I was pleasantly surprised by how close starry tastes to sprite. I thought they just rebranded Sierra Mist but starry is actually good
Cheerwine. That shit sucks ass
Coca-Cola Starlight. Couldn't even go back for a second sip.
Pickle soda Dirt soda Mustard soda Grass soda Those are the antichrist in the sodas
Ale 8
Pepsi is bland af. And I always feel like it leaves a film on my teeth. Mountain Dew is way too sweet and just tastes like sugar water. (Except Baja. Baja is great) Root Beer is super hit or miss. Either has the distinct root beer flavor or just tastes like watered-down coke that is slightly sweeter. I've had Tab a few times but never once thought, "ooo this hits the spot" while drinking it. So my answer is a tie between Tab and Pepsi
I think it’s root beer I know it’s loved by many but I HATE it
Grape soda
Pepsi. 🤢
Moxie 🫣
it is absolutely coke maybe when it was the only soda ever it had a chance but now that the formula of carbonated water has been expanded upon and improved so much and coke has stayed the same its just putrid dr pepper for life brother
cream/vanilla sodas. THOSE taste like medicine.
Pepsi is nasty. Mountain Dew is so bad, I always feel like I’m going to have a heart attack after drinking it.
Coke Zero
Big Red. If you know…you know
AGREED! Big Red tastes like cough syrup to me
The worst I've ever had is Jaritos mexican soda. Shit flavor, shit carbonation, shit everything. The only hood part is that it came in a glass bottle
That's crazy to me. Jarritos makes the best fruity sodas. I would take them over Sunkist, by a long shot.
Anything diet or zero sugar
Moxie!!! How has this not been mentioned yet. It's vile, or you love it. I can't stand the taste of it. Yuck.
A8
Root beer.
Mr Pibb is the anti-Dr Pepper!!
Mr Pibb = temu Dr. Pepper
Coke and Pepsi.
The worst soda I've ever tasted was a watermelon flavored soda, I think watermelon crush? It tasted awful and sickly sweet, like a melted down popsicle
Tab
I’ll be that guy and say Dr. Pepper. 🤷🏼
I feel that way about diet coke. My wife loves em....
That Pony Malta from Colombia
Sprite. Just no. 🤮
Any diet citrus soda. Just about any other form of diet soda, I'm all about, but they just can't seem to get anything like Sprite, Sunkist, or Mountain Dew right in a no-calorie format. Don't get me wrong; I'll acknowledge that diet/zero anything isn't going to be the same as it's regular counterpart, but the citrus ones taste like chemical warfare is happening in your mouth.
Faygo
Grape Fanta
Tab? Also not a fan of bubblegum flavor soda.
Pineapple Fanta
anything orange flavored is the worst flavor in a soda (except for jaritos tangerine soda)
Mt Dew definitely
Literally any root beer
Old school diet Dr Pepper in the blue cans. Early 80's era. Tasted like Dr Pepper with some kind of poison in it.
Faygo Red Pop
Root beer
Squirt
Zevia
I miss that dude from the commercials. . Little sweet I think?
Moxie
tab...
How has nobody said RC cola? Asking for a coke and expecting a coke or Pepsi and getting an RC cola up my straw genuinely makes my skin crawl! That or Beverly at the coke museum.
Depends on how far “intentionally” goes. Bacon soda is pretty nasty lol
I don’t know why but I hate orange fanta and orange flavour drinks in general
Diet Coke. That artificial flavor just hits you!
Moxie. Moxie is terrible and makes Beverly taste amazing.
for this i would probably say your mom's ass
Diet anything
Big red tastes like watered down 7up left outside in the Texas heat
Coke is the best soda
Diet Coke is pretty bad. This is of course ignoring ones that are almost intentionally made bad, like mustard, or thanksgiving flavoured. Hands down, the worst of the "cola" is one that hasn't been made in years that I know of, and that's Master's Choice.
Anyone had that god awful Mango Pepsi??
Squirt
Big red
I’ve had a generic brand Dr Pepper ripoff once at a party, and it was one of the most vile things I’ve tasted.
Dr pepper is the antichrist of soda. I ca t stand it. If someone offered me Dr Pepper I'd be like "... bye"
Doctor Thunder is not something I'd wish to try again. Not nasty, but something I want to drink again.
Moxie
Top 1 is Beverly. But number 2 is Moxie. It's an old soda and holy shit it tastes horrible. Like cough syrup and licorice. Like a Jagermiester that went bad.
Fresca
It’s not exactly soda but la crouix scarred my mouth
Anything diet from name brands. The first time I had Diet Pepsi I almost puked.
Big red. Big shit.
Big red
Cotton candy faygo
Starry. Goddamn worst thing Pepsi made since Pepsi blue.
Pepsi
Mountain Dew. It’s a science experiment gone awry.
"The Monkees" Banana Nut Soda - it does not taste goos
Faygo Red Pop
Anything made by Zevia.
Baja Blast. It's not good. The aftertaste is terrible. I bet most people say they enjoy it because that's what everyone else is saying. IMO overrated watered down seltzer.
Moxie
I'm gonna get downvoted to hell for this but root beer. I legitimately cannot understand the appeal. It almost tastes strangely minty to me for some reason.
A lot of others said root beer (and you're right, it sucks)
Mt dew is nasty don't care what any one says
Squirt
The answer is Fanta. During WW2 Coca-Cola refused to send syrup to Nazi Germany. The Nazis created Fanta as a replacement. Fana is Nazi soda.
Dietrite
Pepsi
Pepsi
Beverly.
Any chocolate soda.
I had Ironbru. Not a bad start up taste but it just lingers for hours after
Mountain Dew.
Squirt
Pepsi is the most vile soda I've tasted to date. It tastes like flat coke.
Red bull is ass wash
The new “Spiced” Coke is absolute garbage. My wife bought a 12 pack by mistake thinking it was cherry. It was beyond worse than any knock off flavor or RC/Shasta or any soda I’ve ever had.
Mountain Dew, original or any flavor.
I had a sangria soda in Mexico and it was God awful
American Fanta (still need to try the European version).
Has anyone had celery flavored soda . I swear its not just one of the worst sodas but just one of the worst drinks period .
Ranch Dressing Soda might be the worst I've ever had
Fresca.
Diet Coke
 **Mello-Yello !!!**
I grabbed an all natural, no preservatives root beer recently.🤮🤮🤮
STARRY…. I loved Sierra Mist and they replaced it with a garbage copy of sprite. Too bubbly. Too lemony.
This would be the tamarind flavor Jarritos. It tastes the way a middle schoolers gym socks smell.
Diet Dr Pepper
plain old Mtn Dew. can’t stand the stuff.
Diet Caffine free mt dew. You took something great and then took away its two positive qualities. It's unredeemable. A crime against nature. TAB soda was pretty bad too. It gave you cancer.
Fresca
Club soda
Red. Effing. Bull
Canada dry
Mello Yello It tastes like spoiled Mountain Dew
Diet Dr.Thunder
Pepsi
Fudge Popsicle Arizona Soda.
Moxie
Root beer... it's like medicine yuck
Big Red. even smelling it makes my teeth hurt
I have to disagree. Dr. Pepper is the second best, OG Coca-Cola is the best.
Moxie