Chicagoist: Start Your Day Off Right with a Big Glass of … Pop?

s

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:37:38 -0600

I like iced tea.

Mike Harris

Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:18:36 -0600

I live on Diet Dr. Pepper. I never was able to acclimate to the taste of coffee, and the carbonation is great for clearing out my throat in the morning.

Lulu

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 10:26:59 -0600

I vote for the Diet Coke and McDonald's hangover cure, but otherwise I like my caffeine in coffee form, at least until lunch.

nmpkm

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:59:35 -0600

If you call it anything but "pop", you need to turn in your Chicago citizenship now. :-)

Garry

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:16:18 -0600

Hot Dr. Pepper! Heavenly, just heavenly!

Kevin

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:30:54 -0600

Once, I was getting ready to leave the country for an extended period of time, and knew that I would be in a region that grew some of the most awesome coffee I had ever tasted. I ran out of coffee several days before, but I had 5 cans of Coca Cola left in the fridge from a party I had a few weeks back. I figured I would substitute pop for coffee in the morning, since I didn't want to buy more coffee, and knew I would be coming back with several kilos. That lasted one day, and it was the nastiest thing I ever consumed before 10am. I dunno, I just can't hang with pop for breakfast.

~M~

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:28:43 -0600

I have GOT to have a bottle of Diet Coke as I run out the door to work in the a.m. I don't like coffee and I need the caffeine!

Mo

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:41:15 -0600

Yup, I've been known to drink a soda in the morning. Absolutely. I don't drink coffee, and usually I don't have time to boil water for tea, as I'm usually running out the door already late, and I need the caffeine. Plus I just love soda. (I'm from NC, so it's soda, not pop. But contrary to belief, Coke does not = all soda. Coke means Coke, not gross Pepsi.) I agree that soda is gross with most breakfast foods, except delicious McD's, but there seems to be another stigma related to it, and I just don't understand why. Can someone please explain to me why the evil stigma against coke in the morning? coke and coffee both have caffeine, both stain your teeth, and both often have sugar. So why the AM coke hating? Is it because it's related to junk food? Because I don't see people hating on donut eating... That being said, I still feel guilty drinking a coke after rolling out of bed...

ana

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:30:38 -0600

Olivia - Most of the US is Christian, that doesn't mean it's correct though. Why not be a crowd-pleaser and call it 'soda-pop'.

Chris

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:23:54 -0600

hmm, i had an ex mock me incessantly when i called it 'pop'. she was from the south where, apparently, that's weird. whatever, i say. i like the ice, mostly, though the crisp bubbly effervesence helps bunches to keep me from gutting my co-workers each morning.

geekgrrl

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 16:05:46 -0600

"pop" does sound weird to me when describing, um, soda. hell, i just call it coke, usually.

Olivia Leigh

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:58:35 -0600

For all you cats who claim it's soda, check this out. I feel like most people have seen it, but even so, it's still very interesting.

Erin

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:57:39 -0600

I can't take Diet Coke anymore, mostly because I am old and it does a number on my stomach. So I have a cup or two of coffee in the morning, and that's it for my caffeine intake. BUT. When I'm out hitting it hard the night before, the only thing I want is a McDonald's Diet Coke the next day or I'm likely to want to cut a bitch.

geekgrrl

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:55:55 -0600

man i heart diet dr pepper cherry vanilla, but i've cut all caffeine out of my diet. even before i did that, the thought of soda, pop, coke, etc. in the morning disgusted me. bleh. to me, it's more about what i'm drinking it with, and pop does NOT go well with eggs or cereal.

vise77

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:55:53 -0600

Indeed, 'tis soda, Jocelyn. This word "pop" always sounded like some joke word, some self-consciously retro thing. Then I learned it was real. But I have a slight twang, so what do I know?

Jerry

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:48:08 -0600

I used to drink pop in the morning, back in college. Then the real world happened, and I started drinking coffee, then I started liking coffee. Now I'm a full blown coffee snob. So yeah, starbucks is nasty. Tastes burnt. Intelligensia rocks my world. Although I still prefer my coffee without the poop. And my coffee maker works pretty fast. I've got a cheap one cup at a time coffee maker (drips straight into my mug!).

Hanna

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:44:33 -0600

Diet Coke every morning! Usually two or three cans between 8 a.m. and noon. Just to mix it up in the p.m., I might get a can of Diet A&W or Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. Coffee has more caffeine than Diet Coke, so for hangover cures, that's where I turn.

jocelyn

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:20:08 -0600

i call it soda.

M

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:16:55 -0600

I used to mock one of my friends for her Coke in the morning habit, but now I drink pop in the morning, too, because I can't stand awful coffee anymore. also, I'm addicted to Diet Coke. I make coffee at home when I have time, but it's really involved and takes a while, so it's not something I can fit into my morning routine every day.

M

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:15:54 -0600

I drink pop in the morning because I can't bear awful coffee anymore, and that's all I have easily available to me at work. also, I'm addicted to Diet Coke. if I have time I prefer to make coffee at home but it's an involved and time-consuming procedure involving a stovetop espresso machine and a milk foamer - not something I can make time for every day.

Lou

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:14:11 -0600

I try not to drink my diet coke before 10 am, but I don't mind it as an alternative to coffee. Sometimes I just want bubbles.

GK

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:11:03 -0600

Just wondering - has the increase in morning pop drinking corresponded to the number of people getting whacked the night before? Seems to work better than coffee as a hangover cure.

GK

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:07:34 -0600

Just wondering - has the increase in morning pop drinking corresponded to the number of people getting whacked the night before? Seems to work better than coffee as a hangover cure.

John

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:07:17 -0600

Nasty habit. You disgust me.

Mike

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 15:04:57 -0600

I do enjoy a nice Coke with my mcdonald's breakfast, but that's only because i'm struggling through a hangover.