<![CDATA[This is Fentimans Curiosity Cola from UK.]]>This is Fentimans Curiosity Cola from UK.

I'm actually quite a fond of these less known cola drinks and I really wanted to like it, until I realised it's one of those where they mix sugar with artificial sweeteners. As usual, I taste nothing but a long aftertaste of whatever they used as that artificial part.

Thanks, but nope. If they are going to put artificial sweeteners in it, why even bother with sugar?

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But doing something like this is like swapping a burger patty into a dog turd and then being surprised when a customer buys the stuff exactly once.

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I have a really hard time when they sell a "regular" soda and it contains artificial sweeteners. If I wanted that then I would buy that. I think it was the UK where I'd buy Sprite and then gag when I tasted it 😂. Maybe Sprite was an outlier example. I'm assuming the government making things healthier for people.

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