Dr. Pepper is my absolute favorite drink. There is nothing else that tastes like it.
Yes, it definitely has a flavor that's different from other sodas - kind of spicy?  It's one of the older soda recipes, I think...?
There is something in it that tastes like cherry to me.
Yeah, I can imagine that it is a little cherry-ish.  My brother buys the kind without high fructose corn syrup.  I wonder if that actually tastes any different.
It does, it's not as good as the original but that is usually the case. 
My brother is really into avoiding high fructose corn syrup because he's worried about it being bad for people (which it is, I suppose, but I'm not sure about it causing cancer like he thinks)!  I suppose it's worth having soda that tastes a little funky to him.  
Yes, I suppose that makes a lot of sense. I was surprised to find out that Dr. Pepper was originated in Texas.
Dr. Pepper" was first used commercially in 1885. It was introduced nationally in the United States at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition as a new kind of soda pop, made with 23 flavors. Its introduction in 1885 preceded the introduction of Coca-Cola by one year.
It was formulated by Brooklyn-born pharmacist Charles Alderton in Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store in Waco, Texas. To test his new drink, he first offered it to store owner Wade Morrison, who also found it to his liking. Patrons
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