Christopher Helms > wrote:

>I still insist that Old Coke never came back after the change failed.
>The only thing that came back was the old can design. Coca-Cola hasn't
>been original Coca-Cola for a long, long time now.

My guess is they have gradually reduced the amount of coca flavoring.
There just isn't enough production -- they can only use what's leftover
from the pharmaceutical industry. Products like diet coke, Cherry coke
etc. don't include it at all. "New" coke had less of it, or possibly none.

Steve