WillyWonka said:

ew.

it is supposed to cure anything?

Anxiety said:

i think perhaps only some people's curiousity.

others really like the drink, and say it tastes much like a fruity tea.

Anxiety said:

i think perhaps only some people's curiousity.

others really like the drink, and say it tastes much like a fruity tea.

Anxiety said:

true! you just boil the soda in a saucepan, then pour it into a mug over a slice of lemon.

WillyWonka said:

Hot Dr Pepper? Yes, indeed. It's a real drink, and it's been around for quite a while--at least since the early 1960's (even though there's no mention of it at all in the 1965 edition of Cookin' With Dr Pepper--go figure). However, since Dr Pepper--and the soft drink industry in the U.S. as a whole--switched from cane sugar to high fructose corn syrup as a sweetener, many people have complained that Hot Dr Pepper does not taste nearly as good as it did before the switch, so the Dr Pepper company has refrained from promoting the recipe as ardently as it had in the past. Nevertheless, people still drink it hot, with the recommendation that Dr Pepper with cane sugar be used for best results (see question 2.6 for how to get some cane sugar Dr Pepper for yourself).


The recipe itself is quite simple: First, cut a nice, thin, round slice of lemon for yourself and place it in the bottom of a cup--I suppose a coffee mug or teacup works best. Next, heat your Dr Pepper in a saucepan until it looks like it's boiling (even though it'll only be about 180° F, the carbonation will make it look hotter). Then pour your "steaming" hot Dr Pepper into the cup, over the lemon slice. That's it! I haven't tried it yet myself, but people who have swear it's pretty good.


(There is an official recipe on the http://www.drpepper.com web site, but it's not too much different from the one above. Then again, how many different ways can you say "Heat Dr Pepper and pour it over lemon"?)

source: http://www.freenewyork.ne....html#q2.3
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a) Visit the plant in Dublin, Texas--the oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant in the world and the only plant in the U.S. which is allowed by the Dr Pepper corporation to still manufacture the soda with cane sugar. The Dublin Dr Pepper Bottling Company is located at 221 South Patrick, Dublin, Texas 76446, one block south of the intersection of US377/67 and TX6. The plant is open Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm; Saturday, 10am-5pm; and Sunday, 1-5pm. You can also call them at 1-254-445-3466 for tour information, etc.

b) Visit most stores within a 50 mile radius of the plant--which is the territory covered by it.

c) Call up Old Doc's Soda Shop in Dublin at 1-888-398-10-2-4, or 1-254-445-3939 and they can tell you how much it costs to have "The Real Thing" shipped to you. You can even order it on-line now! Click on http://www.dublindrpepper.../entry.htm and all will be revealed.

Be forewarned that no matter how you buy it from Dublin, there is a 25 case limit. Any more than that sold to a single person could violate franchise agreements (because you could be "dealing" if you have more than 25 cases in your possession and transport them into another franchise's territory).

d) Visit the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco, Texas, in person (see question 3.4 for their address), and you can buy loose bottles and cans of the cane sugar soda in their gift shop--but not at their soda fountain. The way they explain it, the museum is not allowed to sell the soda "to drink" at their fountain with all their other sodas, but they are allowed to sell it "closed" at their gift shop, as long as they only sell it in person to museum customers. I telephoned the museum and asked: "Does that mean you can’t drink it anywhere on the premises?" "Well, our customers can do whatever they want after they buy it," the kind woman on the other end responded. The museum does not ship the cane sugar product anywhere, which may be why you never heard of it on their web site.

e) If you're visiting Dallas, Texas, you can stop by Ifs Ands & Butts, a combination soda pop boutique and smoke shop located at 408 N. Bishop Avenue. This is only one of two stores allowed to sell cane sugar Dr Pepper outside of the Dublin area (the other being the Waco museum above), and this store ships nationwide as well--though at a higher price than what it costs to get the soda from Dublin, of course. (Where do you think they're getting it from?) Interested parties can call them up at 1-888-712-8887, or 1-214-941-1222.

f) And, if you want to drink some cane sugar Dr Pepper with your meal, you can safely do so at Love & War in Texas, a restaurant located at 601 E. Plano Parkway in Plano, Texas. A member of their staff confirmed for me that they do serve "the genuine article" every day for lunch and dinner. How do they get it? They drive up to Dublin and buy a few cases, like everyone else. They even have a web site at loveandwarintexas.com, where you can view their Texas-themed menu up close--or as up close as you can get on the web. Their phone number is 1-972-422-6201, and if you’ve got nine friends coming with you, they’ll even let you make reservations.


g) If you want to get some groceries along with your cane sugar Dr Pepper, you can find both at Central Market in Dallas, Texas, located at 5750 E. Lovers Lane at Greenville Avenue. You can email them at s545M1@heb.com or call them at 1-214-234-7000 for more detailed information. They even cater!


h) If you’re in Seattle, Washington, you can drop by Real Soda, a store that specializes in selling soda in glass bottles, soda with cane sugar (such as the aforementioned cane sugar DP), soda in long neck bottles, soda imported from Europe and Mexico, and so on. Their street address is 459 N. 36th St., and their phone number is 1-206-633-1092. If you don’t feel like traveling there in person, they also have a web site where you can order the soda at www.sodaking.com. However, if you only want to discuss the soda, they have a separate site for that at www.realsoda.com. And you thought I had too much to say on the subject?

Do they still have the Red Fusion stuff? I liked it for the 1st 3 or 4 cans...then

EskomoKisses said:

is that dr. pepper or is that mountain dew?

nasty. but i miss the cherry vanilla so much i was willing to give this a shot.
in grade school someone gave me a chocolate scented eraser.
it kind of reminds me of that. perfectly good cherry dr pepper
with that sickly fake chocolate scent attached.

at first i just smelled the cherry and drank a couple big gulps.
but then there was that faint fake smell. oh well, i thought...
i can deal with that if i get cherry dr pepper again.

second try. oh. can definitely smell the chocolate now.
and if you burp it comes back on you a second time! i muddled through
half a can and then tried to mix the remainder with some open pomegranate
drink in the fridge. now i have something that tastes like cough syrup.
oh yeah and there was this weird film on the top. perhaps it came from the
glass or from the open drink i don't know. in order to check it out i would
have to open another can of this stuff and i don't wanna.

someone's head needs to roll at dr pepper. first that creme crap and now chocolate crap?
just give me back diet cherry vanilla please!!