"Dave Bugg" > wrote
>> When you said "increased the syrup ratio," that was all I needed to
>> know. If it's any sweeter than it comes as approved by Coca-Cola,
>> then I don't like it. It just becomes too sweet for me.
>
> That's just it. The machines don't come 'approved'. They are frequently
> set too lean or out of adjustment. But the point was, that you lumped my
> store into some generalized category based on absoluted ignorance. My
> dispenser replicates the taste of the old fashioned fountain (which is
> what my post was referring to), which is why I spend time carefully
> adjusting them. It is not overly sweet; it does have a much fuller and
> richer taste.
>

It's true. My dad was a route salesman for Coca Cola when I was small,
and took me along when he set up samples in groceries, showed me how
to adjust the mix to taste.