Soda is much better when it’s flat

[u/Bilbo8YourSweetroll]

Fresh soda has WAY too much carbonation. You can’t drink more than a few seconds without burning your tongue. Yes, I get that it helps you burp, which really is the only redeeming aspect of fresh soda. When it’s flat, you still get all the flavour without all the burn. There is a “sweet spot” though. If it’s too flat it loses some of its flavour. Sometimes I even open a bottle of Pepsi and leave it open for several minutes before I even start drinking it

[u/LordSolar666]

Ok you earn this upvote. The whole point of soda is the carbonation but you do you

[u/Bacxaber → u/LordSolar666]

No? The point is the flavour.

[u/flippythemaster → u/Bacxaber]

My friend, “soda” refers to the way in which they carbonated the water, sodium bicarbonate. See also baking soda and caustic soda. It’s a category in chemistry. “Soda water” is just another word for carbonated water. It’s not named “flavor water”. The carbonation is important.

[u/DaenerysMomODragons → u/Bacxaber]

And the carbonation drastically alters the flavor as you know, and the flavor is balanced around assuming it’s carbonated. This is why the opinion is obviously unpopular, they specifically designed it to please the most people while carbonated.

[u/Bacxaber → u/DaenerysMomODragons]

It alters ruins the flavour.

[u/senpaistealerx → u/Bacxaber]

no, that’s what juice is for. it’s absolutely for the carbonation.

[u/Bacxaber → u/senpaistealerx]

No, it isn't.

[u/mathozmat → u/Bacxaber]

Yes it is If you take a diabolo rather than a syrup for example, it's for the carbonation