It may be a modest goal, but it’s an important one to me: I’d just like to try Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola once in my life, preferably soon.

Does anyone know (specifically!) where I can find it in the San Diego area this year?

I teach at a Jewish school, so I already have all of the staff and students on the lookout for me. They assure that it’s simple to find and seem confused about why I care so much to try it. So far, I’ve heard whispers about the Ralph’s in La Jolla. I’m headed there ASAP.

Unfortunately, the special, somewhat-elusive Kosher for Passover Coke only comes in 2-liter bottles around here. At hotels and in cities with bigger Jewish populations, it’s apparently possible to find cans. If you’re looking for the bottles, look for the yellow cap.

I’m also just now realizing that Mexican Coke also uses sugar instead of HFCS and San Diego’s really close to the border, so maybe that could be another year-round source for me. Interestingly, there’s some controversy brewing about this bootlegging trend lately. I better try not to get caught. Ha ha…

So, if you’re not a Coca-Cola-enthusiast like me, you might be wondering what this is all about. Basically, Coke is now made with High Fructose Corn Syrup. But it used to be made with real sugar. For Passover, a limited number of sugar formula bottles are made and distributed because you can’t eat corn products during the 8-days of Passover. You can read more about it here.

The old-fashioned real sugary formula is supposed to taste awesome and for a Coke purist like myself, I just can’t consider my passion for the beverage complete until I taste it and judge for myself.

So there you have it… my totally simple, shallow, and readily accomplish-able life goal. I will get to work on achieving it and get back to you with a full report!