Does it ever burn when you take a sip of a soft drink?
Why? Or is it “Why me?” I just took a sip of Diet Coke, my first of the day, and it burned all the way through my chest. It took like 2 minutes for the burning to stop and then I thought about it for a little while and tried another sip of Diet Coke and it was fine. I don’t think it went down the wrong pipe or anything since I didn’t cough, I just ran around in circles trying to burp and saying “owwwowwwowww!” Nothing helped until it faded. I’ve done this a few times before, but its been a long time. I don’t think its anything to do with the Diet Coke since I drink them every day instead of coffee or other things like that.
So two questions.
1. Does this ever happen to you?
2. Why?
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This always happens to me, which is why I cannot drink carbonated beverages. I don’t know why, but I’ve never understood how people can chug a soda with all the bubbles still present. I have to drink it flat.
@avvooooooo: I’ve heard of that happening to a lot of people who drink a lot of soda, especially coke.
It happens with coke, but not anything else. makes soda pong a bitch.
I wanna know why now.
I always get that when I drink Sprite, I don’t understand it either.
All the time. I like it. I don’t think I would drink soda if it didn’t burn the crap out of my throat.
I’m a Dew drinker and it never has happened when drinking one, but I think I have experienced that a couple of times before with darker sodas, probably a coke.
@erichw1504 That’s because Mountain Dew is sweet golden nectar from the gods and it can cause no harm besides obesity of course.
Only Jack Daniels does that to me!
I have that problem almost every time I drink Diet Dr. Pepper, which is not often. Usually just the first sip or two and then I’m fine. I’m fine with Diet Coke.
That’s what its like! Its like a liquor burn… but worse! This rarely happens and I drink a lot of DC… which is why its so puzzling.
Maybe your throat needs to adjust to the carbon.
@Skippy : I use that to mix my whisky & coke and have no trouble with that
@avvooooooo : Mix your coke with JD (tadah!)
I never have that problem but I think I’ll start mixing Coke with JD just to be safe.
The bubbles in soda are carbon dioxide coming out of solution on the pressure is released by removing the cap or popping the top. Some of the CO2 combines with the water in the soda to make carbonic acid. This acid, as well as the citric, tartaric, or phosphoric acid also in soda (depending on the flavor) can burn your eyes, your nose, and your mouth and throat.
Most sodas are pretty acidic, around pH 3. Some or even more acidic, with Coke Classic coming in at pH 2.0, and root beer is the least acidic with a pH of 4.3. In contrast, battery acid has a pH of 1.0 and milk is at 6.8.
When you are drinking coke, you are drinking acid. That’s why it burns!
@Darwin But only the first sip and none of the others?
You get used to it – the nerves get overloaded and go numb.
No. I just get that “gas up the nose after a few minutes” business.
@erichw1504 I saw a story about people addicted to Dew in the mountains, Dissolved their teeth and such. :L
I hardly EVER drink soda, so when I decide to torture/treat myself, it burns like acid. I feel like I drank battery acid mixed with a container of Pepto. It’s bad but it’s sooo good.
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