All these well-meaning but naive suggestions indicate that you people don't understand the first thing about a committed Coke drinker. It is Coke or nothing! I even avoided ice cubes in my Coke because they diluted it. After 50 years of something, you miss it when it's gone. (Are any of you old enough to remember the New Coke fiasco -- I went ballistic!!) I drink water now, but I miss The Real Thing!