Look, Ma, they're doing it again: weird beverages edition

[djonn]

Back in spring of 2006, the Coca-Cola people introduced a new beverage, which came in four-packs of tidy little eight-ounce bottles: Coke Blak, which combined Coke with coffee. I give you now the official review of Coke Blak from one of the Internet's premier authorities on interesting food, Seanan McGuire:

I like Coke, I like sweetened coffee beverages, and I like freaky things that come in bottles, so I believe this review to be a fairly accurate and unbiased account of the worst two dollars I have ever spent in my entire life. Namely:

OH GOD OH GOD WHAT IS THAT TASTE, WHAT IS THAT FLAVOUR ON MY TONGUE SWEET JESUS, IT'S EATING INTO MY BRAIN, I CAN FEEL IT ETCHING ITS WAY THROUGH MY SKULL, OH GOD OH GOD I AM GOING TO BECOME A REANIMATED CORPSE FOR THE COCA-COLA FOUNDATION IT REALLY DOES BRING YOUR DEAD ANCESTORS BACK TO LIFE AND THEY DO NOT APPROVE MAKE IT GO AWAY!!!!

The initial stock vanished from the promotional shipper in my local supermarket very quickly and did not reappear. Googlemancy says it took the Coca-Cola folks two years to realize their failure and shut down production.

Cut to this past week, when I notice in my local supermarket a brand new shipper with neat rows of skinny cans (much like those in which the new Coke energy drink comes), carrying the rather more dignified label: "Coke With Coffee".

I really hope the Coke folks have reformulated the current version rather than simply trying the old recipe out again in a new package. OTOH, I've resisted the urge to call this to Seanan's attention, because I don't want her to go through that much agony again on the Internet's behalf. [Before you ask - no, I've not tried this myself, as I am a committed member of the coffee-averse minority. The liquid vices I'll admit in public are hot chocolate, tea, craft root beer, and what comes out of my SodaStream machine.]

Comments

[snippy]

She reviewed it on twitter a few days ago.
https://twitter.com/seananmcguire/status/1355677115618738178

[jreynoldsward]

As a lifelong coffee drinker and someone who only drinks pop when traveling or as part of an alcoholic drink, my question is....

WHY??????

The two tastes don't match, and if I'm gonna mix cola with anything, it's gonna be rum.

[martianmooncrab]

the new watermelon flavored Mt Dew is okay... twitch twitch...