Incredible as it may seem, there was the Sage of Omaha sitting alone scarfing down his low-calorie meal of waffles dripping in syrup, slabs of bacon and on top--like the cherry on a sundae--a serving of eggs benedict, all being washed down with a huge glass of cherry Coke, the first of five such libations he drinks every day.

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The atomic red pseudo-fruit at the bottom of that glass was both the literal and proverbial opposite of a cherry on top.

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The aromatics are divine, oozing spices, dark cherry, toffee and cinnamon, the scents just blaze out of the glass.

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