Anyone know if it's possible to buy the real coca cola syrup (concentrate)
for home use?

We all drink a lot of coke, and only real coca cola will do, can't stand the
fake cola's supermarkets produce, hate pepsi and all that.

I've dug out my old soda stream soft drinks maker, and would like to get
that back in use, but i remember why i chucked it in the attic, the syrups
they sell are foul.

I don't know anyone who works in a pub, don't even go into pubs, so i can't
get a bag in box of coke syrup that way,

Surely there must be a way to get hold of the coca cola syrup legaly, for
home use, without having to sign a contract to buy 2 million boxes a year
off the supplier??

I met someone recently who uses cola to clean their toilet and descale their 
kettle.

Its apparently a better cleaner than cillit bang (what a STUPID name)

I haven't drunk it since .....

Nik

"CampinGazz"  wrote in message 
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> Anyone know if it's possible to buy the real coca cola syrup (concentrate)
> for home use?
>
> We all drink a lot of coke, and only real coca cola will do, can't stand 
> the
> fake cola's supermarkets produce, hate pepsi and all that.
>
> I've dug out my old soda stream soft drinks maker, and would like to get
> that back in use, but i remember why i chucked it in the attic, the syrups
> they sell are foul.
>
> I don't know anyone who works in a pub, don't even go into pubs, so i 
> can't
> get a bag in box of coke syrup that way,
>
> Surely there must be a way to get hold of the coca cola syrup legaly, for
> home use, without having to sign a contract to buy 2 million boxes a year
> off the supplier??
>
> 

"Nik"  said:

> "CampinGazz"  wrote in message 
> news:NLadnW3UW5JdF2bfRVnyvQ@pipex.net...
> > Anyone know if it's possible to buy the real coca cola syrup (concentrate)
> > for home use?
> >
> > We all drink a lot of coke, and only real coca cola will do, can't stand 
> > the
> > fake cola's supermarkets produce, hate pepsi and all that.
> >
> > I've dug out my old soda stream soft drinks maker, and would like to get
> > that back in use, but i remember why i chucked it in the attic, the syrups
> > they sell are foul.
> >
> > I don't know anyone who works in a pub, don't even go into pubs, so i 
> > can't get a bag in box of coke syrup that way,
> >
> > Surely there must be a way to get hold of the coca cola syrup legaly, for
> > home use, without having to sign a contract to buy 2 million boxes a year
> > off the supplier??
> >
> I met someone recently who uses cola to clean their toilet and descale 
> their kettle.
> Its apparently a better cleaner than cillit bang (what a STUPID name)
> I haven't drunk it since .....


I've heard that it's also good for removing oil stains from garage floors...

-- 
AnneJ

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:34:08 +0100, "Nik"
 wrote:


>I met someone recently who uses cola to clean their toilet and descale their 
>kettle.


It certainly works on the kettle. I can't speak for the toilet - I
leave that sort of thing to the servants. 

Actually I think any acid would do for the kettle.
-- 
Phil C.

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> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:34:08 +0100, "Nik"
>  wrote:
>
>>I met someone recently who uses cola to clean their toilet and descale 
>>their
>>kettle.
>
> It certainly works on the kettle. I can't speak for the toilet - I
> leave that sort of thing to the servants.


You're obviously not paying them enough if they don't do the kettle ...


>
> Actually I think any acid would do for the kettle.


Vinegar works well in the kettle.  I'm also using vinegar as an alternative 
to fabric softener - no it doesn't make your clothes smell.

Nik

Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!

Gary

In message , NC 
Gary  writes

>Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
>from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!
>

When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6 
years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally 
allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she 
would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.
-- 
June Hughes

"June Hughes"  wrote in message 
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> In message , NC 
> Gary  writes
>>Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
>>from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!
>>
> When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 
> 6 years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't 
> normally allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said 
> that, she would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.


Maybe.. I have had that advice about flat cola too

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:27:43 +0100, in uk.food+drink.misc, June Hughes
wrote:


>In message , NC 
>Gary  writes
>>Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
>>from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!
>>
>When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6 
>years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally 
>allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she 
>would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.


It is great for settling the stomach.

Of course, coke works as a cleaner -- so does water.  But what helped with
the rust was the carbonic acid that most soft drinks have, but plain soda
water would have been better.

http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/acid.asp

Doug
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"June Hughes"  wrote in message 
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> In message , NC 
> Gary  writes
>>Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
>>from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!
>>
> When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6 
> years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally 
> allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she 
> would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.
> -- 
> June Hughes


Strange that!  They usually warn you off tea, coffee, alcohol and the 
various pops.
Graham

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>
> "June Hughes"  wrote in message
> news:o9ShVYOv$L$CFwcx@theacct.demon.co.uk...
> > In message , NC
> > Gary  writes
> >>Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
> >>from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!
> >>
> > When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6
> > years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally
> > allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she
> > would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.
> > --
> > June Hughes
>
> Strange that!  They usually warn you off tea, coffee, alcohol and the
> various pops.
> Graham
>

The syrup or flat warm Coke is an antinausea and vomiting specific.  It does
work.

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>
>
> --
> "graham"  wrote in message
> news:ME6Le.475$vj.164@pd7tw1no...
>>
>> "June Hughes"  wrote in message
>> news:o9ShVYOv$L$CFwcx@theacct.demon.co.uk...
>> > In message , NC
>> > Gary  writes
>> >>Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
>> >>from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!
>> >>
>> > When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6
>> > years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally
>> > allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she
>> > would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.
>> > --
>> > June Hughes
>>
>> Strange that!  They usually warn you off tea, coffee, alcohol and the
>> various pops.
>> Graham
>>
> The syrup or flat warm Coke is an antinausea and vomiting specific.  It 
> does
> work.
>

It's the thought of drinking it I find nauseous:-)
I often see supermarket trollies loaded up with bloody great bottles of the 
stuff and wonder what the hell these people are doing to themselves.  Musn't 
be too pompous, however - lots of empty wine bottles in the garage:-)
Graham

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>>
> It's the thought of drinking it I find nauseous:-)
> I often see supermarket trollies loaded up with bloody great bottles 
> of the stuff and wonder what the hell these people are doing to 
> themselves.  Musn't be too pompous, however - lots of empty wine 
> bottles in the garage:-)


'ere... you been lookin' in my garage?

In message <oG8Le.1330$P.181@fe3.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, Ophelia 
 writes

>
>"graham"  wrote in message
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>>>
>> It's the thought of drinking it I find nauseous:-)
>> I often see supermarket trollies loaded up with bloody great bottles
>> of the stuff and wonder what the hell these people are doing to
>> themselves.  Musn't be too pompous, however - lots of empty wine
>> bottles in the garage:-)
>
>'ere... you been lookin' in my garage?
>
>

Nooope!   Don't have a garage but we have a lovely big re-cycling bin!
-- 
June Hughes

Anne Jackson  wrote:


> I've heard that it's also good for removing oil stains from garage floors...


Same conversation happened on another newsgroup I pollute. They
concluded the recipes come from all over the world and that you normally
end up with caramelised nutbolts if you were trying to de-grease
something mechanical, etc.
And then someone added that the company more or less localised the
recipe to the precise country it was selling in.

I wouldn't know. I only use coke and Co to hide the taste of cheap rhum,
whenever I happen to have some at home.



Greg
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June Hughes wrote:

> When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6 
> years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally 
> allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she 
> would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.


I got Woodward's gripe water. That's got alhocol :-)

Mmm, I want some now ...

Owain

>> When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6
>> years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally
>> allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she
>> would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.

> Strange that!  They usually warn you off tea, coffee, alcohol and the
> various pops.


You're supposed to let it go flat.  I hate the stuff, but it is a
useful rehydration solution when you get traveller's diarrhoea
(sterile, high sugar content).

katyjane

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>>
>> --
>> "graham"  wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "June Hughes"  wrote in message
>>> news:o9ShVYOv$L$CFwcx@theacct.demon.co.uk...
>>> > In message , NC
>>> > Gary  writes
>>> >>Some years ago, I used Coca Cola to clean off several decades of rust
>>> >>from an old barn lantern. It did a darn good job of it!
>>> >>
>>> > When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 
>>> > 6
>>> > years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't 
>>> > normally
>>> > allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she
>>> > would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.
>>> > --
>>> > June Hughes
>>>
>>> Strange that!  They usually warn you off tea, coffee, alcohol and the
>>> various pops.
>>> Graham
>>>
>> The syrup or flat warm Coke is an antinausea and vomiting specific.  It 
>> does
>> work.
>>
> It's the thought of drinking it I find nauseous:-)
> I often see supermarket trollies loaded up with bloody great bottles of 
> the stuff and wonder what the hell these people are doing to themselves. 
> Musn't be too pompous, however - lots of empty wine bottles in the 
> garage:-)


You pompous away.  These ppl buying all this coke often drink a couple of 
litres of the stuff a day.  If you replaced a glass of wine with a glass of 
coke, you may well be fit to drive but coke is probably worse for you.

Fizzy pop is one of the biggest contributors the obesity in this country.

Nik

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> You pompous away.  These ppl buying all this coke often drink a couple of
> litres of the stuff a day.  If you replaced a glass of wine with a glass
of
> coke, you may well be fit to drive but coke is probably worse for you.
>
> Fizzy pop is one of the biggest contributors the obesity in this country.


Well, thanx for all the helpfull replies <not>

guess we're not allowed to choose what we like to drink anymore, neither of
use drink any alcahol.. ever, don't smoke, take drugs or anything like that,

But we like the taste of coca cola, so we buy it and drink it,

My GF is a size 8 (5 foot 8 tall, weighs 48 kilo's), has been that size and
weight since she was 14, now 23,
she has been drinking about 2 litres of coke a day since she was about 8,
she dosen't like anything else, dosent even drink tea or coffee, and hates
water, her teeth are perfect, she haddent seen a dentist for 5 years, finaly
got a place at a nhs dentist in town, and they saw her once, said come back
in a year (new checkup times for people with no teeth problems)

Me, i'm 6 foot 2, weigh 98 kilo's, have weighed that for the last 7 years,
(i'm now 28) size 36 waist.. not sure if that's fat or not, i know it's not
skinny, but i'm not built skinny.

I drink coke, irn-bru, and lime and lemonade exclusively (ok, very very
occasionaly i'll drink orange juice), i too hate water, tea, coffee, all
alcahols etc, i've got a couple of fillings, mainly due to when i came off a
bike aged 9, and cracked a load of teeth that haddent come through yet, when
they did come through they started breaking off, lost one of my front teeth
altogether, but appart from that my teeth are fine.

So neither of us are obese, have bad teeth, or owt else wrong that coke is
claimed to cause,
so why can't we go on drinking it, we like it, so why can't we drink it,
that's why it's made isn't it?

The only problem is we go through around 4 or 5 litres a day, and that's
just for me and my GF, the rest of the family drink diet coke, just because
they prefer that taste, and prolly drink just as much as we do.

So i wanted to see if it were possible to get the coke syrup for a home
user, and i'd either use the soda stream, or one day get a soda fountian
system set up,

i've got a source of Co2 cheap.. use it for welding, can pick up a
carbonator for about 50,
i just need to add a syrup pump, couple of solenoids and a mixer, and i have
a soda fountian, but without the genuine coke syrup it's not worth my time
making one.

Hence my question to the people i thought would know about these things.

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"CampinGazz"  wrote in message
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>
> "Nik"  wrote in message
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>
> > You pompous away.  These ppl buying all this coke often drink a couple
of
> > litres of the stuff a day.  If you replaced a glass of wine with a glass
> of
> > coke, you may well be fit to drive but coke is probably worse for you.
> >
> > Fizzy pop is one of the biggest contributors the obesity in this
country.
>
> Well, thanx for all the helpfull replies <not>
> Hence my question to the people i thought would know about these things.


Guess we don't.  I know what to do in the US.  Why don't you call around and
see.  It isn't that rare for people in some areas to have home soda
fountains in an effort to make home appealing to the kids and pals.
There are fountain services that come around and fill up for you.  Small
places, like company cafeterias, snack bars etc. don't use more than you do.
Ergo, there are beverage service companies that take care of them.  The
problem is I wouldn't know what they'd be called in your commercial pages.
I still think that long-term you need to widen your scope.  Your
triglycerides may be out of this world.  You aren't meant to imbibe that
much sugar everyday, even if it hasn't made you fat.

katyjane  wrote:


> >> When my (now grown-up) daughter had a tummy upset at the age of about 6
> >> years, the doctor recommended giving here Coca Cola.  I didn't normally
> >> allow my kids to have it but she recovered pdq.  Having said that, she
> >> would probably recovered quite quickly anyway.
> 
> > Strange that!  They usually warn you off tea, coffee, alcohol and the
> > various pops.
> 
> You're supposed to let it go flat.  I hate the stuff, but it is a
> useful rehydration solution when you get traveller's diarrhoea
> (sterile, high sugar content).


I didn't know that, but it could prove very useful. I will try to
remember it! Thanks.

regards
sarah

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On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:26:26 +0100, "Nik"
 wrote:



>> Actually I think any acid would do for the kettle.
>
>Vinegar works well in the kettle.  I'm also using vinegar as an alternative 
>to fabric softener - no it doesn't make your clothes smell.
>


How does that work, what's going on in there?

Conventional Fabric Softener is basically oil (lubricant).

Is the acetic acid dissolving some of the tangling bits off the
fibres?

DG

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"Derek ^"  wrote in message
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> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:26:26 +0100, "Nik"
>  wrote:
>
>
> >> Actually I think any acid would do for the kettle.
> >
> >Vinegar works well in the kettle.  I'm also using vinegar as an
alternative
> >to fabric softener - no it doesn't make your clothes smell.
> >
>
> How does that work, what's going on in there?
>
> Is the acetic acid dissolving some of the tangling bits off the
> fibres?
>
> DG


No, it removes lingering soap residue.  It works great and you don't smell
like a salad.
http://dirtpusher.blogspot.com/

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>
>
> --
>
> "Derek ^"  wrote in message
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>> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:26:26 +0100, "Nik"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>
>> >> Actually I think any acid would do for the kettle.
>> >
>> >Vinegar works well in the kettle.  I'm also using vinegar as an
> alternative
>> >to fabric softener - no it doesn't make your clothes smell.
>> >
>>
>> How does that work, what's going on in there?
>>
>> Is the acetic acid dissolving some of the tangling bits off the
>> fibres?
>>
>> DG
>
> No, it removes lingering soap residue.  It works great and you don't smell
> like a salad.


It also dissolves some of the limescale in the water (our water is VERY 
hard)

Nik

In article ,
   Derek ^  wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 12:26:26 +0100, "Nik"
>  wrote:


> >> Actually I think any acid would do for the kettle.
> >
> >Vinegar works well in the kettle.  I'm also using vinegar as an alternative 
> >to fabric softener - no it doesn't make your clothes smell.
> >

> How does that work, what's going on in there?

> Conventional Fabric Softener is basically oil (lubricant).

> Is the acetic acid dissolving some of the tangling bits off the
> fibres?


I thknk modern conditioners are more complicated than that. Years ago they
were antistatics (info from chemist in relevant industry). Now, AIUI, their
action is governed by the level of detergent in the water (pH driven?),
they kick in when the detergent level drops ie during the rinse.

Cheers
Jane


> DG


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Judith Umbria  wrote:


> "Derek ^"  wrote in message
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> >
> > How does that work, what's going on in there?
> >
> > Is the acetic acid dissolving some of the tangling bits off the
> > fibres?
> 
> No, it removes lingering soap residue.  It works great and you don't smell
> like a salad.


Your soap smells of salad?


Greg

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Gregoire Kretz wrote:

>>No, it removes lingering soap residue.  It works great and you don't smell
>>like a salad.
> Your soap smells of salad?


Lemon and lavender are nice soap flavours.

And salad flavours.

Maybe even soup flavours?

Owain