By way of an example, I was eating a salad which had raw onions in it. I then took a sip of Coke. The combination of the two flavours was amazing, but I know that if someone handed me an onion-infused Coke, I’d find it horrid.
What the hell is the difference?
With pre-mix you’re getting a continuous flow of the same ratio of flavors. No variation.
Mixing yourself, you have control over which flavor you want to be more prominent when.
How do you know you’d hate onion coke?
Soak a couple onion slices in coke for five minutes and then try it.
Sweet and spicy do go together. For example, general tso chicken or Al pastor.
The same reason that a salad with a bunch of different vegetables is better than blending them all into a consistent slurry. Or how some soups are far better chunky than blended into a smooth consistency.
When the flavors are mixed none of them stand out and you lose the associated textures. That can work in some cases, but not all.
It means you like your onion coke chunky.
