> A far cry from today's pure sugar rush and crash.
At least here in the UK you will struggle to find the "original" version of many sodas with refined sugar in them. Almost all have been replaced with the "artificial" sweetener version. Most places often don't even have original coke, only stocking coke zero or diet.
A few years back, Coca-Cola released "Coke Life," in a green can. Very short lived, but instead of HFCS, it used a blend of cane sugar and stevia. IMO it kicked HFCS Coke's ass. It tasted better, it didn't have that sticky feeling of "normal" Coke and fewer calories because of the blend.
At least here in the UK you will struggle to find the "original" version of many sodas with refined sugar in them. Almost all have been replaced with the "artificial" sweetener version. Most places often don't even have original coke, only stocking coke zero or diet.