Stoney Ginger Beer – “Soft Drink” PLUS & misc. etc.
I went on a little trip to The Republic of Indian Stream and I brought back such an obviously too-heavy bag full of soda/liquor bottles, that nice people kept offering to carry it for me. One guy finally insisted, so I let him carry it. Almost pulled his arm off. He said he used to sell powertools for a living, and that my suitcase was heavier than his merchandise samples ever were. :-D
I didn’t import everything that I saw. Only the good ones. Here’s some of more boring/bad drinks I tried:
Stoney Ginger Beer. Made by Coca~Cola South Africa, it’s surprising to find that this stuff is actually HOT. Certainly one of the ugliest cans around, though:
Full Throttle Energy Drink. Another Coke product. 473ml/141mg caffeine. Worth it?
7up PLUS Mixed Berry. Frankendrink with added juice (5%) added calcium (10% RDA) and added vitamin C (10% RDA). Also added Splenda® and added Sunett® (who the fuck ever heard of Sunett®?!?) sweeteners. Do they care if no one drinks this? Certainly this is the worst soda spin-off idea yet. Really terrible.
Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper W T F? Why?
Limca. Mysterious Limca. Ginger? Citrus? Nutmeg? Who knows?! Indians & Pakistanis think twice before repatriating when they learn that Limca is hard to get in the New World.
Dasani (water) With Lemon. Very rarely do I stumble upon something so completely undrinkable. Possibly one of the worst bottled beverages ever produced. Did they not test this stuff on real people at all? Sucralose nightmare! Sweetened water plus citric acid! Ack.
Diet Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper. i like it. dif’rent strokes for dif’rent folks.
The question remains: WHY?
There is no Cherry Dr. Pepper. There is no Vanilla Dr. Pepper.
Yet, out of the sky falls this inexplicably complicated, totally unprecedented flavor of Dr. Pepper. It’s weird.
but, why not? it’s just soda pop.
You just keep telling yourself that.
ha! i will. i’ve got bigger fish to fry. or something like that…
Sorry, we don’t do fish. No fish drinks either.
Diet Coke
Caffeine Free Diet Coke
Diet Coke with Lime
Diet Coke with Lemon
Diet Cherry Coke
Diet Vanilla Coke
Diet Coke with Splenda
Coca-Cola Zero
Coca-Cola C2
Coca-Cola Classic
Coca-Cola with Lime
Cherry Coke
Vanilla Coke
Caffeine Free Coca-Cola Classic
I hate all of those.
Yeah, I didn’t think much of it either.
Well, what the NY Times gives three lines on page 16, USA Today gives the front page.
I just didn’t understand the point of the soda, all I could tell was that it had a reddish color to it (a few shades darker than the short lived Josta soda).
Hmmm. Name-dropping Josta.
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