cybercat wrote:
> "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.

That must've been fun to tag along and be part of your dad's world. Not a
lot of kids get to share that kind of time with the old man. :-)

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Dave
www.davebbq.com