Finding cherry coke in Wellington?

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#318452 19-Jan-2025 09:56

Does anybody know of a store in the Wellington region that currently has cherry coke? I've been searching around and while I've found various listings for webstores, they always turn out to be not currently available. I figured though there might be a dairy somewhere etc that has some?

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#3333154 19-Jan-2025 11:20

Have you considered buying Cherry syrup and adding to coke with perhaps with some ice and mixing?

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#3333158 19-Jan-2025 11:41

PnS/new world have them adhoc in the international section.

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#3333269 19-Jan-2025 15:53

Lambton Goods (Lambton Squaere) used to have it - last time I visited I noticed the Mexican Coca-Cola there too. You can contact them here to check.

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#3334021 21-Jan-2025 10:02

Thanks for the suggestions. It sounds like some good places to try. If I was doing it for myself I might try the adding syrup route, but since this is a surprise for somebody who likes cherry coke. I wouldn't want to risk not matching the taste profile exactly.

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#3334044 21-Jan-2025 10:36

Using the Grocer App it shows it available in New World Island Bay

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#3334048 21-Jan-2025 10:48

Local dairies are where I find imported soft drinks, A&W Root Beer, Dr Pepper Vanilla/Cherry, Cherry Coke, etc

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#3334164 21-Jan-2025 14:26

I normally get mine in Burger King...

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#3334173 21-Jan-2025 14:44

https://www.internationalfoods.co.nz/products/coke-cherry-12pk

Currently out of stock, but really nice people, you could drop them a line and ask when they're expecting stock?

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#3334199 21-Jan-2025 15:31

alavaliant:

Thanks for the suggestions. It sounds like some good places to try. If I was doing it for myself I might try the adding syrup route, but since this is a surprise for somebody who likes cherry coke. I wouldn't want to risk not matching the taste profile exactly.

Having had cherry coke in the US, the eyeballs rolling to the back of their head from the sugar hit will override any slight variations in taste.

Edited to add: Just remembered, the guy who introduced me to it said that before Coke made it everyone used to DIY it from standard Coke and cherry syrup, and it was the popularity of people doing it that got Coke to make it commercially. So it really is just Coke + syrup.

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#3334247 21-Jan-2025 17:14

I used to get the imported stuff till they went all silly and stopped the import of the zero options. The UK stuff sometimes comes up at places but its horrid compared to the US sourced one both in plain and zero form. Same problem with Dr Pepper. UK just cant make a decent version of it and they taste all weird compared to the US ones.

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#3334378 22-Jan-2025 09:02

I got you! - you can buy a 12 pack from Daily Dojo Outlet in Petone for about $18. It's good stuff.

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