{"id":77663,"date":"2026-08-19T13:24:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77663"},"modified":"2026-08-19T13:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T05:24:03","slug":"does-coca-cola-taste-best-in-glass-bottles-why-hong-kong-drinkers-will-say-yes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=77663","title":{"rendered":"Does Coca-Cola taste best in glass bottles? Why Hong Kong drinkers will say yes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/08\/19\/f0f00c5f-4eda-4d92-b5e6-67bc9beff68e_1230abc2.jpg?itok=559T0AQX&amp;v=1787115778\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Does Coca-Cola in a glass bottle taste better than in a can or plastic bottle? Ask fans of the drink in Hong Kong and most will say yes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">This is not just down to personal preference; it is lore passed down from generation to generation as truth.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThat\u2019s what we were told since we were kids by our parents,\u201d says Cecilia Wong, a television host and wine and spirits critic.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI hear a lot that glass-bottled Coke tastes better,\u201d says Yu Yat-yiu, a food and culture writer. \u201cBut only in Hong Kong \u2013 I\u2019m not sure if people from other countries or cities feel the same way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">In Hong Kong, there is a particularly nostalgic link between <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">bottled soda<\/span> and dai pai dongs (<span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">open-air food stalls<\/span>), where glass bottles were historically kept cool inside heavy-duty chest freezers or ice baths.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Because glass has high thermal mass, the drink within \u2013 once taken out of the cooler \u2013 stays cold for longer than in thin aluminium cans. This intense chill provides a satisfying contrast to hot, greasy local staples like stir-fried beef ho fun or deep-fried salt-and-pepper squid.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3364513\/does-coca-cola-taste-best-glass-bottles-why-hong-kong-drinkers-will-say-yes?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does Coca-Cola in a glass bottle taste better than in a can or plastic bottle? Ask fans of the drink in Hong Kong and most&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10870,7870,27882,7641,3569,5231,2717],"class_list":["post-77663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-bottles","tag-cocacola","tag-drinkers","tag-glass","tag-hong","tag-kong","tag-taste","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/77664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}