Coca-Cola's Coffee Soda 563
Boost writes "According to a new press release Coca-Cola is about to launch a new beverage called Coca-Cola Blak that adds real coffee to the blend. Carbonated coffee?" I imagine this will be quite different than the cans of hot coffee that makes walking around in Tokyo so delicious. But hey, cans of coffee! I'm in for one at least.
Mix fav beverages? (Score:5, Interesting)
Seriously though, I don't know that I want to mix two of my favorite beverages. I like my Coca-Cola (diet original).....and I looooove my coffee, Kona [alohaislandcoffee.com] in particular. Sure, I'll give it a go, but I am not so sure I want to mix the two.....
Been done before (Score:5, Interesting)
Then again, this sort of thing is pretty popular in Japan - so maybe its just taste...
Anyone try Pepsi Kona? (Score:5, Interesting)
Vomitus Maximus (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Anyone try Pepsi Kona? (Score:3, Interesting)
(OTOH, I love Diet Pepsi -- but only the Vanilla, Lime, and Cherry flavors. Go figure.)
But I'd give a coffee flavored cola a try. IIRC Coke already uses tea as a "base" flavor, so it's not that much of a mental readjustment.
oh cool (Score:3, Interesting)
Coffee soda (Score:2, Interesting)
Personally, I prefer my coffee soda straight. Manhattan Special [manhattanspecial.com] baby.
Re:Ä, not A (Score:5, Interesting)
Manhattan Special rocks (Score:1, Interesting)
The only other time I've seen that... (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:How 'bout some real sugar (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Mix fav beverages? (Score:5, Interesting)
Tia Maria (Score:3, Interesting)
(note that I only drink coke at home, not at work. My daytime caffienated beverage of choice is Irn Bru - something that you can probably only get here in the UK)
Should be efficient (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:so.. (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:so.. (Score:2, Interesting)
Coffee's reputation has suffered as a consequence of shallow consumer experience and ill-advised processed coffee products marketed during the last century. And, for that matter, by the crap sold by Starbucks -- a company that can't even succeed at being pretentious (they're only capable, it seems, of duping connoisseurs of instant coffee into thinking their charcoal blends are a step up).
It can only get worse when dubious beverages are critiqued by those holding dubious assumptions.
Pepsi Max Cappuccino (Score:2, Interesting)
Yesterday while shopping, I came accross a new flavor of Pepsi Max (here in France, diet Pepsi is called Pepsi Max): Cappuccino Pepsi Max.
You can find pictures of the bottle here [telemarket.fr].
It tastes weird, but the smell of coffee is fine. I have only drunk a couple of glasses yet, and I think I like it, but not as much as to drop my standard Pepsi Max bottle.
Re:But what about the flavour? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:How 'bout some real sugar (Score:5, Interesting)
Just going to E-10 would shift billions of dollars into local agroculture and away from mid-east oil dependancy, and it's been proven that e-10 has reduced emmisions over straight up gasoline. would be nice if we had a president who would have championed alternative fuels instead of passing billions in oil industry subsidies*...
*= if one counts the iraq war is an oil indiustry subsidy, because it basically is.
Re:How 'bout some real sugar (Score:5, Interesting)
Yeah, nothing new (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:How 'bout some real sugar (Score:3, Interesting)
In general anytime somebody wants to market a new food additive, the burden of proof is on them to show that it is safe. The fact that it is natrual means nothing - so are nicotine, taxol, and cobra venom - none of which would be suitable as food additives.
Why would sugar sellers be able to suppress stevia, when they apparently were unable to suppress aspartame, sucralose, sacchrin, etc?
Re:Above link is SATIRE (Score:4, Interesting)
Don't forget about these gems:
Canada and Denmark at the Brink of War [uncoveror.com]
Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz are Vampires, W Ketchup Contains Blood [uncoveror.com]
Fed up with Huricanes, Miami Dolphins Moving to Wichita [uncoveror.com]
Believe it or not, not that much caffeine in Coke. (Score:3, Interesting)
In terms of caffeine content, a cup of coffee is equivalent to 3 or 4 cokes.
Two cups of coffee really isn't all that much, so... this drink should be just fine in the caffeine department.
Japanese canned coffee (Score:1, Interesting)
You've got to be kidding... The canned coffee sold in vending machines in Japan is the worst of the worst. The sugared stuff is basically diabetes in a can, and the black stuff tastes like battery acid.
Cocaccino? (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Coca-Cola kills its workers (Score:3, Interesting)
Thats like the ban on products of child labour. LET THEM BE PROSTITUTES INSTEAD!
Re:Coca-Cola kills its workers (Score:3, Interesting)
It seems rather insipid to single out Coca-Cola based on its brand recognition. The mining and textile industries have also had workers die at the hands of paramilitary groups. This should come as no surprise: Colombia is one of the most violent countries in the world. You may legitimately argue that American companies should not operate there due to the insidious "official" government and the activities of rebel organizations like FARC and ELN. However, if American companies pull out of Colombia, a lot of money goes with them. Poverty has a way of exacerbating violence.
Perhaps your "movement" will be taken seriously when it ceases resorting to hyperbole. The sad thing is that the real problem of uncontrollable violence in Colombia is being reduced to a crime perpetrated by a beverage company.
But here's hoping not drinking Coca-Cola makes you feel superior to those dastardly talk radio folks!
Re:How 'bout some real sugar (Score:3, Interesting)
It's ridiculous. Deserving or inspiring ridicule. Not "redicule", as there is no such thing. And, no, it can't be "diculous" again.
Oh, and, ObOnTopic: everyone keeps touting cane sugar -- how about beet sugar?