Liking spice

I am noticing more of how, as well as strong flavors, I also like spice. I prefer Coca-Cola over Pepsi because I taste a hint of spice in it; I am curious about what that is. With Easter coming, I like the Cake Academy's Simnel cake because they add plenty of citrus to it. I now notice that I am not a big fan of Asda's extra special hot cross buns: the extra fruity ones are appealingly fruit-packed but they do not have the spice I want in a hot cross bun.