{"id":484,"date":"2012-03-01T00:05:03","date_gmt":"2012-03-01T08:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harperkingsley.wordpress.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:38:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:38:32","slug":"coke-zero-and-cherry-coke-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/coke-zero-and-cherry-coke-zero\/","title":{"rendered":"Coke Zero and Cherry Coke Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At first I felt like I was drinking medicine, but after a while the flavor just kind of grows on you. So much so that now the taste of regular Coke no longer seems to appeal to me.<\/p>\n<p>I feel like such a freak.<\/p>\n<p>Cherry Coke Zero has become my favorite and I don&#8217;t have to feel bad when I drink a couple of them because of the whole zero calorie thing. And I personally like the taste a lot more than Diet Coke of any variety&#8211;there&#8217;s not that sickly sweet flavor and that disgusting aftertaste. There really is more of a Coke flavor to Coke Zero.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At first I felt like I was drinking medicine, but after a while the flavor just kind of grows on you. So much so that now the taste of regular Coke no longer seems to appeal to me. I feel like such a freak. Cherry Coke Zero has become my favorite and I don&#8217;t have&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/coke-zero-and-cherry-coke-zero\/\" title=\"Coke Zero and Cherry Coke Zero\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Coke Zero and Cherry Coke Zero<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,86],"tags":[679],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-real-life","category-whats-up-buttercup","tag-stuff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-7O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/brown-spot-death-or-something-a-life-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":484,"position":0},"title":"brown spot = DEATH (or something). 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