“They ended up cutting the amount of flavor in half. And then they tried it and they thought, oh, let's cut it in half again”

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What was described

adjusted the concentration of essential oils in the historic formula, cutting them by half (and later again) to match modern cola flavor intensity

cut the amount of flavor in half, then cut it in half again

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