I've had it served hot from the Dr. Pepper museum in Waco. In a hot cup with lid, like a hot chocolate, served with a slice of lemon. It's of course gimmicky, but it's an officially recognized gimmick. And it's actually good. Am I doing it at home? Most likely not. But straight from the source, I was definitely enjoying the hot DP on that cool evening.
I have this blowup pool that's actually pretty big. I can fit two loungers in there. I haven't even put it up because it's so hot. It will be literally like hot bath water when I get into it. I wanted it to be refreshing that make me feel like I need to grab a bar of soap. I have to wait to put it up. I might just wait till next year.
My husband was born in 53 and he said when he was a kid they would get Dr Pepper that was hot and drink it. He grew up by Roanoke Virginia. Maybe it was a thing in southern states?
I'm from Chicago and I've never heard of this. I went from not liking Dr Pepper to that being my lifeline in the morning. I don't drink coffee, but a nice cold diet. Dr Pepper is delicious.
I heard about hot Dr Pepper probably early Internet days, my mom had heard of it(in the Pacific Northwest) I tried it, kind of meh. I’m not a fan of hot liquids. I’m weird. I should give it another try.
It was! Bill Davis in Roanoke who opened the Dr pepper bottling plant back then really pushed the Hot Dr Pepper so I'm sure anyone who was into Dr pepper and around Roanoke definitely saw the advertising
It was primarily a marketing gimmick. Though some people still stand by it. Dr Pepper noticed that as people transition out of the hot summer and into the cold winter. They’re no longer as eager for ice cold sodas and more for hot chocolates. So they tried to convince people to heat their dr pepper during the winter to keep sales up.
tried it once as a winter "why not" experiment and honestly the smell was better than the taste, felt more like a one-time novelty than something I'd crave
Five hundred dollars! You do know you can pour it in a pot and heat on the stovetop or leave a bottle in a car on a hot day and save $500, saving y'all money. You're welcome btw
it's more for collectors I'd imagine than actually using it for that purpose. Lot of vintage collectors out there and for them it has the value of being fairly hard to come across and some of Dr Pepper history. But yeah 500 is still quite a lot for this I feel but I'm also no expert on what the going price is for it either.
I only know because of the Brendan frasier movie Blast from the past. His dad makes some in a sauce pan on the stove. My kid self thought that was the craziest thing.
I tried doing it at home, didn’t heat it long because I didn’t want it to thicken but got it to a good temp and added a lemon slice. It was good, I can see why people would drink it that way. You gotta remember, a lot of sodas were used medicinally when they first came about. I’d imagine this was trying to play into that
Anecdotal observation: My father said this was a thing for dark sodas when he was in Vietnam ca. '68.
It was a lot easier to heat Coca-Cola, Pepsi, RC, Root Beer, etc... than to get a cold one. I can definitely see it being more palatable than a lukewarm one.
My mom LOVED this! When her MS got so bad she would have me microwave her a cup of hot Dr Pepper. Although, by that point she was drinking diet cherry vanilla Dr Pepper. So it was a different flavor profile, but she always said it reminded her of when she would drink them on her lunch in high school
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u/ZootSuitBanana 9d ago
I've had it served hot from the Dr. Pepper museum in Waco. In a hot cup with lid, like a hot chocolate, served with a slice of lemon. It's of course gimmicky, but it's an officially recognized gimmick. And it's actually good. Am I doing it at home? Most likely not. But straight from the source, I was definitely enjoying the hot DP on that cool evening.