Lately I’ve been drinking Coca-Cola Zero in place of my favorite Cherry Coke, simply for the reason that it does not have any calories, constituting it as a diet item. Yeah, that’s right, I like it right along side my University Teriyaki plate or Chipote Burrito.

Generally I don’t drink diet stuff for the sole fact that it taste like crap (the no-after taste is haunting) and you might as well be pouring a packet of Equal on your tongue. But Coca-Cola Zero taste pretty close to Coke. Not exactly like it, but tons better than diet Coke. Actually it almost tastes like Coca-Cola with splenda in it, but still a bit better.

My only concern is that it still contains aspartame in it. Yes that mice-seizure-inducing food additive. Still it’s better than drinking high fructose corn syrup that is used to make coke bottled in the U.S.. Why the hell don’t they just use real sugar these days? I’d gladly pay a quarter more if I could get some real sugar in my coke.