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From: uggoodjm@sunybcs.UUCP (a Model I)
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Subject: Re: Re: NEW COKE ids...?
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Date: Wed, 10-Jul-85 12:49:24 EDT
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>       Does anyone know how to identify the new Coke from the old
>       (without the benefit of taste or obvious labels)? I've heard
>       that the gold topped cans are the new stuff eventho the cans
>       do NOT have the new labels.  I have also heard that one may
>       be able to tell by the numbers stamped on the bottom of the
>       12oz. cans.
>
>       I have discovered (yecch!) that it can be deceiving
>       identifying the 16oz. bottles - I have seen ordinary labels
>       on the bottles with "new" labels on the cardboard carrier?
>       The liter bottles seem to be marked with new labels -- but,
>       it is the cans that I am not sure of.
>
>       Anyone have any theories? (e-mail or net	responses are ok)
>
>			       Waiting (hopefully) for true-blue to return,
>			       one who misses the throat-burn!
>
>-- 
>mail: ihnp4!drutx!grm

Where I get my Coke they told me there are several markings.

First are the gold topped cans.  These are new Coke. (Except Decaf. Coke)
Second, the dot matrix lot numbers contain the word NEW on the old cans
with the silver lid, and on the 16 "throwaway" bottles (Yes I know they are not
"throwaways" in the northeast,).
Third is the new labeling, which will appear more as they use up the existing
supply of packaging.

I also prefer the old Coke, but it is still better than that "New Generation"
colored soda water.

Also, the Decaf still tastes like the old Coke, I don't know if this is
because the supply of the old isn't used up, or if it is because they haven't
f**ked with it yet.

J. Matthew Good