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Cola blind taste test
Everyone has a favourite cola, and most people are sure they can taste the difference. Pour them into matching glasses and find out if that holds up.
- Colas
- Three to five
- Per glass
- About 50 ml
- Serving
- Equally cold, freshly opened
Updated
How to do it
Buy three to five colas.
Say Coca-Cola, Pepsi and a couple of supermarket own-brands. To make it harder, add a sugar-free one too.
Chill them equally.
Put every bottle in the fridge for a few hours. A colder cola tastes different from a warmer one.
Pour in the kitchen.
Matching glasses with numbers, about 50 ml in each. Open the bottles just before, so the fizz is the same.
Rate one cola per round.
Everyone scores without saying a word. Write your guess at the brand in the comment.
Reveal.
Once everyone has rated every glass, out come the bottles. Who could pick out their own favourite?
Criteria
Three criteria are enough for cola. Taste, sweetness and fizz catch most of the differences.
Twists
- The double: Serve the same cola twice under two numbers. Did you give it the same score?
- The sugar-free round: Mix regular and sugar-free. Can anyone tell?
- Guess the brand: Write your guess in the comment. At the reveal you’ll see who got the most right.
Questions and answers
How many colas should we test?
Three to five. Any more and they start to taste the same.
Is it a good blind test for children?
Yes. Use small glasses and keep the criteria simple, like taste and “want more”.
Why should the cola be equally cold?
Temperature changes how sweet and fizzy cola tastes. The same temperature keeps the test fair.
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