Food Theory: I Invented the BEST Tasting Soda!

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What is the scientifically BEST soda pop mix? Is it Coca-Cola and Pepsi? Mtn Dew and Sprite? Blue Powerade and Mello Yellow? Grape Gatorade and Root Beer? Today, we find out… and see if we can invent a brand new, DELICIOUS soda in the process.
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Magic of the Soda Fountain (0:00)
My First Soda Addiction (1:03)
Welcome Our Guest (3:05)
Origins of Swamp Water (4:06)
Round 1 The Basic Blends (5:08)
Half & Half (6:18)
Black & White (7:46)
Four Way (8:41)
Black Gold (9:37)
Pop Bomb (10:57)
Ultimate Pepsi Mix (12:25)
Round 2 Specialized Mixes (15:12)
Fruit Cocktail (16:24)
The MatPat Mix (18:15)
Sam’s Swamp Water (20:34)
The Final Mix (22:27)
The Secret Ingredient (24:50)
Santi Supreme (26:38)
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Credits:
Writers: Matthew Patrick and Santi Massa
Editors: Gerardo Andrés Mejía Torres, Koen Verhagen, Warak, and Daniel Zemke
Sound Designer: Yosi Berman
Thumbnail Artist: DasGnomo
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[@FoodTheory]

🥤 What is your favorite soda mix?

[@TheHalloweenguy]

I don’t like soda but Fanta and coke cola Edit: omg am first here

[@LifeOfFandoms]

Coke cola cherry mixed with Fanta

[@Awesomejjranger]

Nuke and soup

[@totally9850]

Hmm

[@oreo91510]

water

[@CrayRT]

Matpat spent a month without sugar and decided to go all out after the cleanse.

[@Yourlocal2]

​@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriotsbye

[@HOURLYSNIPES]

​@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriotsBye.👋🏼

[@Lichzim]

@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots Patriots? HONK SHOOO MIMIMIMI

[@dbagette]

"Perfectly balanced as all things should be"

[@thatoneguywithnointernet]

​@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots Checked your channel. And you only have one video. Not great at all. Talk about a self absorbed asshole.

[@anne-fleurhooglander]

Every single time i went to my aunt as a kid she would give me this mysterious drink she called 'a spacey' and it was so good so i asked my mom to buy some, but it wasn't anywhere in the supermarkets. I just last year found out it was just cola and fanta mixed together.

[@edvinsoderlund7972]

In Germany they call that mix a "Spetzi". It's my favourite as well.

[@befana666_vods]

thats what i just wanted to say i personally dont like spezi but my father loves it@@edvinsoderlund7972

[@mattjohnson1953]

What flavor Fanta though?

[@anne-fleurhooglander]

@@mattjohnson1953 just normal European fanta (its better)

[@michellemeyer6119]

@@mattjohnson1953 the normal orange one! Spezi is the best ever! We even have it pre mixed from CocaCola here in Germany, called MezzoMix :D

[@brendanrisney2449]

Santi being a bartender is that kind of information you learn and it's like "woah, really?" and then you go "wait, no, actually. Yeah, I'm surprised I didn't guess that already."

[@mhelm7842]

For a chuggable, low carbonation sugar rush, we had something that we called Hulk juice, 1 part blue powerade 1 part Hi-C orange 3 parts sprite .5 part lemonade It was *very* green and the sugar rush + electrolytes was a decent replacement for caffeine

[@ruthhennington1993]

Ima try this cuz I love blue power aid n I always add lemonade to mine

[@josephgibson6074]

i definitely have to try this now. I've only ever just mixed blue powerade and rootbeer and called it the hulk

[@HowManySmall]

... Low carbonation??? This is using McDonald's sprite 😭

[@mhelm7842]

@@HowManySmall you'd be surprised how much the other things mellow it out

[@lumbruhjack8888]

Except sugar has been proven to not make you hyper. That drink isn't doing anything for energy. Sounds good though.

[@Frostidd]

My personal favourite has to be the water-ice combo, ABSOLUTELY SLAPS everytime!

[@RaptrRamblings]

My personal favourite twist on it, chilled water straight out of the fridge, no ice needed Slaps, especially at like late at night

[@Frostidd]

Thats a good one@@RaptrRamblings

[@RaptrRamblings]

Why thank you :)

[@mouseissus950]

Nah your favorites are trash, mine is water plus the cup you used to drink milk in the sink that you forgot had leftover milk in

[@Golaar699]

@@mouseissus950lol

[@Tall_Order]

If you get a swamp water that looks mostly green, it's called the Yoda Soda.

[@kristhebrownie]

I had one I called the hulk as a teen.

[@antikx3880]

I never really knew it was called swamp water so i would just call anything thats mostly green “swamp soda”

[@davidbecker5444]

I made it and called it Shrek juice

[@enolopanr9820]

No it’s slurp juice

[@legendarysands4892]

@@enolopanr9820shrek’s creamy stuff juice

[@StellaPinkbird]

This is so interesting because as an Australian I've never had any of this "swamp water" because our fast food restaurants don't really have those soda fountains (at least not the self serve kind). Kinda interested to try it out tho and mix up my own stuff

[@Mehmi888]

not entirely true, i'm also aussie and where/when I grew up, the Hungry Jacks stores all had diy unlimited refill machines. It's just a couple decades ago so maybe they've changed it recently. I wanted to see them mixing Solo/Lift into the mix, instead of say sprite

[@-minx-6839]

I think solo and lift are Australian only.

[@zanegarglezsehmen]

​@@Mehmi888 they did in my town,, apprentally they got rid of the fountain bc it kept leaking and someone slipped and sued.

[@brandonzhou2233]

For me I still had lots of experiences with the local cinemas, which had a really large soda dispenser.

[@nessaoftwoevils]

In Germany they market mixed soda drinks, such as Mezzo Mix (cola and orange soda), and every German kid grows up knowing what a Spezi is (equal parts cola, orange soda and Sprite/what we call lemonade)

[@mightygreen3364]

I am pretty sure Spezi doesn't include Sprite, at least not in my mind?

[@kimbrolyy]

​​@@mightygreen3364 yeah spezi just tastes like Fanta and coke. Though Sprite doesn't add much and just waters the flavours down

[@stormtroopert16]

Wait, then what is normal lemonade is sprite is lemonade? Since sprite is a lemon lime soda, what is the American lemonade called in Germany

[@nessaoftwoevils]

@@stormtroopert16 that is not a drink that people make, and it’s not one people can buy easily either. Lemons don’t grow easily in Germany, so it’s not really one we think about

[@nessaoftwoevils]

@@mightygreen3364 I’m sure regionally it varies, but in North Germany that’s what I was taught at the 90s Pizza Hut drink dispenser hahaha

[@4RILDIGITAL]

The complexity of the soda fountain mix options are definitely underrated and underexplored. It stands as a testament to human creativity and ingenuity.

[@Him_15]

Lol

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@ghostycattime9594]

Hi

[@alex.g7317]

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[@erny.1]

@@alex.g7317💀

[@yellow_sweaters]

“May your drinks be sweet, and your refills be free” I’ll toast to that one, mate. 🥤🥤

[@Lavenderpooch]

cheers 🥂🥤

[@MyContentBetterSavage]

Did i ask? + i hope mat never returns 😂

[@Some_weird_idot]

Is this joke?

[@yellow_sweaters]

@@MyContentBetterSavage I hope you never return to this comment, because I will not have you badmouth matpat, thank you

[@WhistlinDixie5000]

I would actually like to see this one revisited, with STRAWS thrown into the equation. When you drink from a cup, you're drinking from the top of the mix. But when you drink from a straw, you're drinking from the bottom. How would that affect the flavor profile?

[@pctus]

yesss, its also a fact that straws change the flavour of things: they can be used to hide the flavour of things

[@ShadowDreamed]

Now I can hide the flavor of my d****d drinks

[@StoryFromTheStars]

It also affects the carbonation when you drink through a straw. Which is why McDonald’s has a patent on their straws because they have a specific design to make the drink taste a good as possible.

[@Heavy-TF2]

If it’s well-mixed enough at a high temperature before making its temperature lower and you drink it through a McDonald’s straw specifically, it should taste the same if not a little bit less sweet

[@rayebeard]

21:38 Sam, buddy. I get your point, but I would absolutely ask Da Vinci about fractions of blue in The Last Supper. He’d probably know the mass of the pigments, too.

[@Mehmi888]

pretty sure a lot of historical painters would have known how to calculate very precise measurements

[@rayebeard]

@@Mehmi888 yeah, you’re right

[@DaniCal1forn1a]

Yeah, otherwise how would they be able to accurately reproduce colours without having to do trial and error matching every time... Also paints generally change colour wet to dry (and pigments can also oxidise when mixed/wettened) so knowing your ratios for the final colour you want when dry takes the guesswork out of it 😊

[@adamanteumn2981]

Worked at a restaurant for about 5 years, where I found the secret flavor combination to get Baja blast. It was so spot on, some of my regulars started requesting it (Baja blast with Mexican food is a match made in heaven) Half sprite Quarter lemonade Quarter blue Powerade Squeeze quarter lime and garnish with lime wedge🤌

[@tf2isniceaf]

not all heroes wear a cape, and you are one of em

[@nanhty8321]

I, I want to try this so bad now

[@charlielyster6223]

Someone tag the fast food secrets guy

[@xentarch]

​@@charlielyster6223I think his YT at is @jordan_the_stallion8

[@Cassius-Casim]

@jordan_the_stallion8

[@gt_their4661]

I love the fact that these guys are so Scientifically passionate about explaining soda mix

[@hassen321]

lol

[@AbhinavKumar-nh8dl]

Not only that we literally watch this for half an hour straight Just 2 guys (and the whole team) just drinking 😶 And somehow I find this fun ;)

[@T-Dawg75]

It’s really smart how mat had Santi in these final episodes SO much more to make the host change Even smoother than it already is. Bravo Theorist

[@pcanne2573]

For a more fruity mix without dark sodas: sprite, orange soda, pink lemonade, fruit punch (also an overlooked option at some soda fountains) topped with more sprite. I've been doing this one for years!

[@AAG_Tang]

Okay mine is Coke with a small bit of orange Fanta like 80 20 it tastes like a better crème soda

[@TDay-uk6dq]

i absolutely love soda mixing , as someone who works at a gas station/ restaurant and gets free drink i’m a gigantic fan of mixing things , multiple mtn dews mixed with sprite are almost always good , and tea mixed with soda is kinda great

[@Wobro-yw6yy]

Bro you only got one freaking vid and yo shut up

[@Ellex010]

@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots nobody cares

[@OwenThatOSDev]

do not @ them it will make it show up more and make their channels show up on the algorithm it will think they are popular.@@Ellex010

[@730KCool]

⁠@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots49

[@winsyshot8621]

@UTTPNewEnglandPatriotsbad case of meat munching

[@dancerx411]

I love how mats first reaction at about 14:20 is not "ew thats gross' but instead laughter. years of eating gross food really does get to u

[@spongecakes1986]

Honestly I'm concerned about his sanity. Maybe it's good that he retired. Between the gross food experiments and FNaF theories, I'd hate to see what would happen if he continued.

[@taylorwolfram3871]

thats his reaction to too many things lol

[@elkmedia8130]

I once worked at my local Arby’s and for lunch I would take a cup and fill it with the following; Sprite, Lemonade, Powerade, and finally, Unsweetened Tea. I never really figured out how much of each I just judged the amounts on my own. And in rare occasions if I felt like it I added a tiny part of water if I wanted more drink but felt I already had enough of the sugars and carbonation.

[@shadow_fox773]

My favorite was always going down the line, but of different Sprite flavors. It tastes like a handful of Wildberry Skittles eaten all at once. That method made me fall in love with mixing sodas!

[@user-ui3fh3ox1x]

14:13 this NEEDS to be santis png when he takes over the channel PLEASE make it happen!

[@potatopug706]

Agreed, I put my vote in as “yes, please!”

[@yourlocalmathgeek4815]

I vote yes.

[@BytesCommunity]

yes

[@ricardozetino6907]

Yes

[@Mr.Awesome]

Yes

[@ahleenah]

The coke/fanta blend is so popular in Germany, it’s sold as it’s own flavor (Spezi)

[@SanaraHikari]

And if it's from the Coca-Cola Company it's called Mezzo Mix

[@Rt_Calaban]

Europäisches Fanta ist aber auch ganz anders (besser)

[@princey2825]

or in the Rheinland it's called Diesel

[@SanaraHikari]

@@princey2825 i know Diesel for Beer with Coke

[@princey2825]

@@SanaraHikari thats crazy, differnt country or different region of germany?

[@brandonharris6716]

I tried the merhods used in this and have found my new favorite mix. One part cherry coke, one part diet coke, two parts blue powerade. I work at a gas syation and i tried this with an actual fountain. Yes it does in fact make it better. Ice is a nice addition as well. Hope you try this sometime mat😊

[@sigridbjergbakkemeyer3653]

I do this with mocktail or cocktails. Can say my favorite is 1/5 cup mangosirup, 2/5 cup lemonsoda, 1/5 cup tapwater or ice and 1/5 cup either Coconutrum or elderflowersirup

[@HitsuSesshyFan]

i worked in a kitchen for a while and a personal favorite mix is 1/2 blue powerade, 1/4 sprite, 1/4 orange fanta, with ice. kept me hydrated pretty well and kept it interesting

[@deadicated9525]

Interesting. I’m gonna try this one

[@Side_5oup]

try dr.peper 50% cola 49% and 1% fruit punch or anything fruity

[@kidsonblackops]

I did a splash of coke but it was just to make it look grosser

[@ReeseHosgood]

This video is super relatable because I mix a bunch of different sodas all the time when I eat at a restaurant with a soda machine.

[@inpuris13]

I once for some reason had a metal cup at a soda fountain (they were provided I dont remember) and it really worked with that mixture

[@Yenzi769]

MatPat creating new soda mixes is the content I never knew I needed.

[@BunnyAndAstorus-rx3vq]

i agree!

[@Luigimaestro]

@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots who tf are you

[@UnknownCommenter3]

@@BunnyAndAstorus-rx3vq Thot detected, opinion rejected.

[@sabagecabage7828]

@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots oogabooga

[@Beanzops]

@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots oogabooga

[@Howeydoit]

Making soda blends for myself was a top tier part of working fast food

[@Wikiwi]

Love how Santi is horrified at how the Pepsi Mix could taste so bad, but Mat is more curious about how the Pepsi Mix could taste so bad. Different minds make different finds I suppose.

[@leenybeeny7600]

I used to always mix roughly 25% sprite, 50% lemonade, and 25% hi-c as a kid. Adding the orange at the end is so satisfying to watch. It's carbonated citrus heaven.

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

Yessss that was my go to as a kid. Fizzy citrus fiend

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@descendresforza2381]

Same!!

[@hokeyhitman5689]

Yooooo, I did almost the exact same!

[@souls1lver]

wait do they still have hi-c

[@NutmegandCinnamon]

I haven't seen anyone mention this yet..but this episode reminded me of visiting any of the local soda shops in my area. I'm from Utah, where the soda addictions are truly next level, and this is child's play. You haven't tasted hurricane until you taste the unlikely mix of 2 sodas, 3 flavor syrups, coffee creamer, and a splash of monster all in a 44 once cup! My personal favorite is called a Cocolada: coke, whip cream, pineapple, and coconut.

[@CelestineTheConfused]

hahaha ikr, I was like "these people have clearly never been to Utah" Utahns are like either never touched soda or the ultimate hurricane soda addict.

[@SuperLifestream]

Pineapple, Coconut and coke is just a malibu and coke with out the alcohol... Whip cream? ew

[@cyborgwalrus1223]

we have a syrup stand for coffees at the gas station i work at. im a big cherry fan so i go 1 third coke, one third sprite and one sixth dr p and code red with one splash mocha syrup makes a good sip. if you add energy ( our fountains have four auxilary syrups you can choose after the soda) id reccomend a second mocha splash or vanilla splash to settle the bitterness. its not named yet but i find it to be pretty good.

[@ThatSuperCrazyPerson]

@SuperLifestream i dont do carbonation so i do lemonade instead, but for me, the cream is TANTAMOUNT. its not whip cream, its usually just half and half. if im just mixing something at home i'll sometimes use heavy cream, both work. the tartness and overbearing sweetness from all the flavor shots get taken down to a manageable level, and it adds a certain depth to it. (side note: my usual orders end up being passionfruit, raspberry, peach, and vanilla cream)

[@wendy645]

I live 8 miles from Utah, and yeah, y'all's soda addiction is pretty wild. I chalk it up to the "no hot caffeine" rule of a certain ubiquitous religious organization. 😒 Heck, a great deal of my LDS friends call Mountain Dew "Mormon coffee"! But since we ARE talking about Utah and the word "hurricane", it only feels right that it be pronounced the way the city in Utah is - Hurrikin! 😂

[@Basil-]

A fun follow up to this episode would be the best combos for shaved ice!

[@Jesse-mx5op]

for me, i call them mashups and my fave is pepsi max cherry with some fanta lemon topped off with a bit of apple and blackcurrant squash (yes, it does appear in soda fountains in england) honestly, the squash makes it so good

[@Berserker-in6et]

my personal favorite, you know that ORS packets given to patients when they suffer from vomiting/diarrhea, just that with soda (carbonated water) and a lime, gosh it this the best refreshing drink i ve ever had thru my throat in my entire life

[@therivertothesea]

lol, i was just drinking ORS right now. Please do tell what brand and flavour ORS you are using cause different brands taste way different from each other.

[@AikenLewis-Merner]

​@@africansavagekd1 L + ratio 😂😂

[@MyContentBetterSavage]

​@@AikenLewis-Merneryou've been ratio'd lil girl

[@Sepia_Skittles]

@@AikenLewis-Merner ffs just don't give 5 year olds attention.

[@UTTPBURGER]

WHO‎ ASKED‎ +‎ MY‎ CONTENT‎ IS‎ WAY‎ BETTER‎ UTTP‎ IS‎ WAY‎ BETTER‎ THAN‎ MATPAT I HOPE MATPAT NEVER RETURNS

[@I-Want-The-Truth]

11:53 you should actually do a episode on if orange soda really is the reason why kel acts the way he does. That sounds like a great idea

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@hirdeshbajwa8906]

i like to mix milk and coke 50/50

[@alainchristian]

Nah this ain’t it

[@monzterbatz]

heck yeah id love an orange joe episode

[@SpamtonFan1997-jh2jg]

Orange joe

[@THEShoky]

A new mix I've been doing out in the world is Barq's rootbeer with a splash of lemonade. Was a random idea one morning and I ended up loving it.

[@spacy4244]

just take one large cup and pour every drink at the bucee’s lineup (if you haven’t been to a bucees i HIGHLY recommend it) including juice, icee and coffee with espresso and creamer and swirl it up to make popsicles at home, every lick and taste of that popsicle is like *insert drug here*

[@Hayes-kx1do]

Adderall

I’m gonna miss you, Matpat 🫡

[@t1m3less]

Ok

[@nebula_star14]

@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriots no

[@yassine6267]

Wher do u come from lol And ya me too😢

[@A_Handle_I_Guess...]

Who are you?

[@TommyCattherunsome]

U-underaged T-Toddlers T-Trolling P-People

[@orangederp]

at 13:20 there's a big block of code-like text that shows up for two frames. not sure what it says or if it's even supposed to be there so i'll just leave it to someone else to figure out

[@pokmonx]

Nice

[@vincedibona4687]

It _might_ have something to do with the graphics of the Pepsi can that shows up at the exact same spot a billionth of a second later. Maybe. You be the judge.

[@chienonazo]

I think thats just an editing mistake or something like that. On the bottom it´s referring to the support email of "the foundry" which seems to just be a software developer for content creators and such.

[@Crimson941]

seems like it @@chienonazo

[@LupusOrdo]

I paused at the right moment, yeah it’s just an editing mistake. Probably the pepsi pdf as someone stated

[@anonnymoose2372]

Seeing the term *unaliving yourself* beverage actually brought back some good ole ohioan memories. I have a brother who is 10 years older than me, so he showed me a lot of stuff when I was younger, and I distinctly remember being in a McDonalds seeing my brother put all the drinks together, and so I did the same, and me being in the range of 4-6, the sweetness was the BEST. So I asked him what it was called so that I could order it at a sit-down restaurant and he said it was a "fountain *unalive*" So little me, not knowing what that second word meant told my mom I was going to tell the next waiter I saw that I wanted one, but she said no for obvious reasons I know its an outdated term, but it legitimately brought back some fun memories :)

[@assassinboss8031]

I always love combining sodas together, I still do it whenever your freely able to pour your own drink from the soda fountain which my favorite combination I randomly came up with is cherry Coca-Cola + root beer and last some Dr Pepper

[@austinrimel7860]

21:46 I can see why Matt said "Oh no!"

[@Tman15000mc]

One of my favorite tricks I learned at a summer camp on a college campus was when combining Mountain Dew with equal parts blue Powerade (and SPECIFICALLY POWERADE) it tastes and looks almost exactly the same as Baja Blast

[@michaelmcnultyiii8898]

my personal fave is 3 parts coke and diet coke evenly mixed, and one part root beer with a widdle bit of dr. pepper at the end. Pretty similar to mats honestly.

[@CoochieGremlin.]

3:55 his friend is such a real one for speaking up

[@kiana.s_]

Please take Santi from 20:00 and use it as a cutout in videos. It's perfect

[@user-kt4gl3kv1e]

If these are the reactions we get 14:12 am excited to see santi take over that was golden!

[@jamiejones6700]

I love how Sam has become the Roman emperor of final judgments in the Theorists team. He delivers his opinions fast and doesn’t regret saying them.

[@LordLuxul]

Never have I felt more compelled to comment on a Food Theory Video. To start, I have been making "self unaliveing" beverages from about as far back as I can remember being presented drink options and choosing all. As a mater of fact I just enjoyed such a mixed beverage with the dinner I consumed watching this video. As a chemistry major in college, I actively made a concerted effort to evaluate the concoctions I crafted. However, I feel that my results are drastically different due to several key preferences: 1. I don't like ice in my drinks (hurts my teeth and waters down the flavor over time) 2. I generally prefer fruity and citrus flavors over coke related flavors 3. I can enjoy a very strong sugar flavor in drinks so long as they are also very sour 4. I never experimented with the mix order as I was often drinking through straws (in college) or letting the drinks mix before consuming Some of the major realizations I had were as follows: 1. Light and dark rarely mix well (as shown by the sprite + coke in the video) 2. less citrusy fruit flavors (cherry, strawberry, grape, blueberry, blackberry, etc.) work well to bridge the gap and can work well both with dark sodas as well as light ones. (sadly despite my love of cheerwine, its inclusion would often water down the resulting mixture, instead of adding its unique cherry flavor) 3. honestly, my favorite combinations include mixing real fruit juices with sodas, but as this video is about exclusively what is on tap i will refrain from delving into that particular tangent With all of that being said, here are 3 of the concoctions I have come to enjoy over the years (note %'s would vary depending on daily preference) 1. 45% Cherry Coke + 45% Root Beer + 10% Dr. Pepper - my go to dark drink in college for when I felt so inclined. interestingly the coke and root beer alone would foam excessively developing quite a "head" (this was detrimental to rapidly filling up the cup) but adding just the 10% of dr. pepper would reduce the foam considerably. 2. 30% Mtn Dew Baha Blast + 20% Mtn Dew + 10% Sierra Mist + 20% Tropicana Fruit Punch + 10% Lemonade + 10% Mango Brisk Iced Tea - Taco Bell staple both acidic and fruity 3. 30% Cherry Limeade + 20% Raspberry Fanta + 20% Grape Powerade + 20% Mello Yellow (classic) + 10% Orange Sprite - for Coke freestyle machines, many different variations, absolutely prefer the fruit basket approach, the trick is not letting any one fruit flavor become too dominate (like orange)

[@JuliosDJ]

3:04 just drops a random lore drop like that

[@OGNoNameNobody]

My go-to with the Coke freestyle machines is "The Disinguished Englishman": a 7:3 or 6:4 ratio of _Segram's_ and Grape-infused _Sprite Zero_ . A home inspiration of the _Schwepp's Dry Grape_ ginger ale.

[@talusrs]

Santi Supreme recipe (26:38) 1 part Dr. Pepper 1 splash Code Red 1 splash Orange Fanta 1 splash Mountain Dew 1 part Blue Powerade 1 part Sprite 1 part Coca-Cola 1 part Diet Coca-Cola Could probably simplify this to just 3 ingredients: Santi Select recipe 1 part Dr. Pepper 1 part Blue Powerade 2 parts (Diet) Coca-Cola But that's just a theory.

[@wordfairy]

We will call this the theory drink

[@HatAttackRoblox]

13:54 “DIE DIE DIE” -matpat 2024

[@thepunslinger1536]

“Clearing the d̶i̶g̶e̶s̶t̶i̶v̶e̶ area”

[@timmybowen8193]

I go with waterver is available, SOMETIMES adding sweet tea and/or lemonade helps a lot. If you do add them, make sure it is not contradicting with the other stuff. Also, it is very hard to make a mixed soda with all the drinks, but not impossible.

[@brandonmorford6172]

"Battery acid" 2/5 code red 1/5 lemonade 1/5 sprite 1/5 diet coke

[@brandonmorford6172]

If you don't have code red you can change it out with another fruit flavored pop.

[@chefhearne]

@21:30, got to call you out here Matt!!! Most recipes would have it written as 1/8 cup + 1/16 cup of whatever_ingredient and expect you to realize that it is the same as 3/16 cup or 1.5 fl oz or 3 Tbsp or 9 tsp.

[@aoi_lovesart]

Oh

[@vincedibona4687]

Like most netizens can do maths anymore…

[@Down.D.Stairs.]

20:18 a bit off topic but i just had to give props to the editors making the ice transparent so you can still see the background is a good attention to detail

[@teruhashi-is-a-goddess3847]

An episode on Battery Acid drinks would be soo cool!! I mean there's just so much you can do with it (also it uses energy drinks and lollies)

[@crazymae173]

Stopping video at the intro so I can type. When I was a kid, my two brothers and my parents would go to the Sam’s Club once a month for our “Big Shop” grocery night. There was a little restaurant in the store and they had a BIG one of the dispensers, it must have had like twenty sodas in it. My littlest brother loved to make the suicide drinks, mix all the flavors in the fountain into one cup. Once, and only once. It tasted like Bubblegum. We would spend months trying to find that perfect combination, and never succeed. Can’t wait to see what you come up with Team!

[@FinnTheHuman98]

I have been drinking my own mix since I was a kid and I’ve been told I’m crazy. It is equal parts lemonade (pink or yellow), root beer, and lemon-lime soda. Traditionally Minute Maid, Barqs, and Sprite from a McDonalds fountain. I never had a dedicated order for layering though.

[@kittyatemysundae]

It’s been YEARS since I’ve had an “unaliving yourself” drink!! I’d enjoy these at Skate City growing up. Awesome episode Mat Pat!! Appreciate the nostalgia😁

[@pixeldragon5089]

I love adding a little bit of slushy instead of ice, it changes the flavour as it melts

[@plipplopproductions4347]

I always loved mixing up flavors, and as someone who works at Chuck E. Cheese (that comes with a haunted animatronic by the way) and gets free drinks from two soda fountains, mixing up every single possible combination is heaven for me. Right now, my go-to combo is mainly Mountain Dew and Fanta, I’ve found that I don’t like how non-sodas like Powerade and fruit punch tend to take away the sharp punch of sodas, and a dash of Mug Root Beer. Only a dash though, because too much Root Beer and Cola overpowers most other flavors. I used to mix every flavor, but not only did that get old, the mixture of Cola, Diet Cola, and Root Beer really just kinda overpowered everything else. Anyway this episode was absolutely made for me, thanks MatPat.

[@Yohan_Manohar]

1:50 i dont think thats any better bro

[@yeetbobok2852]

@UTTPNewEnglandPatriotsI asked

[@bellarue6738]

22:16 is now gonna go down in history

[@EEEEEEEE]

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[@anothername2557]

I have 4 more theories to get through before the grand finale (crying) as someone who doesn't really like horror, and doesn't spend money on beauty products yet (teenager) this is my FAV channel... sad to let mat go, but so excited for whats to come.

[@SuperMegaCoffeeGuru]

Powerade and Sprite was my go to for a long time when the family went to McD's on a weekend out. Only two things but even mixed it just worked.

[@lannstew]

I’m going to miss you, Mat.

[@usernameunkn0wn-1]

@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriotsdum dum

[@spiderchan148]

Agreeable man

[@TheHutchIsOn]

If only there were thousands of videos featuring him archived on youtube

[@TheBros-jn8ll]

@@UTTPNewEnglandPatriotsno

[@Sivanot]

@@TheBros-jn8llDont give the bots attention

[@LunaTunaaaa]

When I was a kid, I wasn’t allowed to have a drink from a fast food restaurant often but when we ate inside I was and I used to mix the blue Powerade and pib extra now I haven’t tried it in years, but as a kid, I remember absolutely loving it

[@kalin310]

I used to always call this type of drink a "sewer-cide" as the water looked like sewer water.

[@MANGArulesNOTbieber]

I haven't done my fav mix in years (mainly because I drink less soda now), but as a kid I have fond memories of going specifically to Fuddruckers and mixing cherry pepsi with orange soda (apparently I just really like citric acid), with more pepsi than orange in that mix. This episode makes me want to try that again then also try a coke version.

[@chiryosaki5682]

22:52 and here i thought they made enough money, to build their own Soda Fountain XD

[@Corgi-Queen]

14:04 GOT ME ROLLING 😭🤣

[@aj383]

I atuck to the pepsi fountains when i was regularly refilling my cup. 50/50 mountain dew and code red was my go-to. With the advent of the freestyle machines, I've switched to 2/3rds Raspberry ginger ale and 1/3rd lime ginger ale.

[@GR33NSCR33N4EVER]

MATPAT WEVE GOT A THEORY ITS THE MAKER OF THE DINO NUGGET

[@Real_CarterPcs]

4:30 “A bunch of kids wanting to mix their soda’s together” - MatPat 2024

[@mysticmind4563]

One classic mix I always did when I was a kid was Fanta orange, Sprite and some fruit punch. Since there are new soda fountains with mixtures within original it would be interesting to make pop mixes of.

[@Mr12Relic]

Dr Pepper + 7UP = 'Blue Moon' flavor. It's best 1/3 2/3, but I forgot which way.

[@ohdeeo]

My drink combo: ‘The red rager’ Ice, Stawberry high-ci, and then punch high-ci. Super sweet and super good

[@swampert1203]

My fav blend is called the "Citrus blast" with sprite, fanta and 7 up

[@Davie045]

sprite and lemon tea is pretty good especially heaven and earth for those who are wondering the order its pour sprite until bubbles are full then wait awhile and pour the lemon tea

[@loganl3746]

15:00 this kind of acid balanci g is also important in brewing mead and wine, too! Tannic, citric, and malic acid, are the ones i remember especially.

[@-minx-6839]

My favourite is zero sugar coke and solo lemonade. Its nostalgic to me as my mum used to give me coke with a lemon slice when i had a cold and it reminds me of that.

[@tattadoodles9013]

@foodtheory my fave mix was pretty simple, I called it dirty punch, you use a bit of sprite, fanta, powerade (blue), and then splash it with either rootbeer if you wanted super sweet, or dr pepper if you didn't want it TOO sweet

[@NormansWorldMovies]

My favorite blend is 60% Hi-C fruit punch with 40% Minute Maid lemon-lime lemonade

[@ryanhiggins8869]

4:20 I literally grew up with this painting in my kitchen. I only took it down yesterday

[@jragon4176]

I do 1/2 cherry coke and 1/2 lime coke whenever I go to a local sub place near me and it hits everytime. So good.

[@theknownjames3025]

Petition to have matt make a soda periodic table.

[@user-Camjja]

1:01 No crunch in the intro? This is a very sad day indeed 😔 😢

[@PandaSlothProductions]

Fr

[@user-Camjja]

@@PandaSlothProductions Sad Sad day. :(

[@rhrh5333]

3:34 mat looks MAD 😂 MadPat

[@kellyheffner3232]

My husband and I love a mix we call Radiation Green. 50/50 Baja Blast and Orange Kickstart (though I prefer a 75/25 mix). It turns the same color green that old cartoons would use for radioactive goo. Lol

[@BearJaw1983]

My favorite mix is mountain dew, Spark and Baja Blast (Laguna Lemonade) I called it Lemonade Blitz

[@micahthewise1]

The "Shewk Water. Owo." Caused me to burst out laughing! That was not what I could have ever expected and it was delightful.

[@wowutisforever]

OwO, what’s this?

[@SilverStormShadow]

In the UK, or at least where I am, I don't often see drink dispensers where you can fill them yourself. Normally, you just order a set drink, and that's it. Though I do see them at buffet restaurants and mixing different flavours is quite fun. I think my personal favourite has been Sunkist orange with Sunkist Lemon and Lime. My brother recently tried Coke, Diet Coke, and Irn Brun and said it was pretty good. Also, UK Fanta is so much lighter than US Fanta. The difference is night and day! Thanks for another fun and interesting video, MatPat.

[@ahoam]

I can think of Nandos, Toby Carvery, Five Guys and Wingstop though these restaurants aren't in every part of the UK

[@Furonanator139]

I never knew enough other people did this to have names, and I will be using the "unalive yourself" soda from now on I haven't really had a video from food theory that touches on something so big in my childhood so I'm glad I got one that does before he leaves

[@GraniteStateVictoria]

I drink very little soda these days but this bring back memories of what every kid did with the drink fountain. I always mixed all of the soda flavors. Since I didn't measure the ratio, no two are the same. This makes me want to relive this bit of childhood innocence next time I go somewhere that has fountain drinks. I might want to do that on a date with my boyfriend.

[@Notapizzathief]

As a Brit, it is wild to me seeing the portion size of all those bottles lined up at 23:22, especially the diet coke. I understand that one is meant to contain several servings, but the sprite sized bottles look 50% bigger than what we have over here.

[@Talectyl]

Now you see why America has an obesity problem

[@JakeyzPlayz]

Yep

[@josevlog945]

Mat: The Perfect Soda Blend Me: The Soda Perfect Blend 0:46

[@omatic_opulis9876]

don't dead, open inside.

[@user-me9nn1lm7g]

I love mixing 2 parts Dr. Pepper with 1 part ginger ale (or something along those lines) whenever I set foot in a panera bread.

[@kiridekulover8375]

I love how he said they won't count how many time they would say word "Forward" in the video

[@thunderfox3232]

13:32 This moment is so DeltaRune

[@chaseywoot]

Not to call a spade a spade as well