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Coca-Cola's Coffee Soda

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the french-get-cool-stuff-first dept.

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.

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  1. Picture of the actual product by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I found this pic http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/img/imagebra nds/downloads/lg_blak.jpg of the actual bottle.

  2. Pepsi Kona by Calimus · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not the first time. Back in the mid 90's Pepsi did a test market on a similair product that they called Pepsi Kona - Link . I had some family that worked for them at the time and somehow I ened up with 2 six-packs of the stuff.

    The tase took a little getting used to, but the caffine kick was amazing. I was working 3rd shift at the time so the energy boost was welcomed. 2 Cans before I went to work and I was wired all night.

    I found the caffine buzz to be as good as the same ammount of Jolt but without the sugar shakes to go along with it.

    Coke might be able to pull this off, have to wait and see. It's all going to boil down to taste.

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  3. Re:How 'bout some real sugar by Nali · · Score: 5, Informative

    Kosher-for-Passover Coke is made with real sugar.

  4. Re:Ä, not A by k98sven · · Score: 4, Informative

    I guess we can add a category of umlaut after the Heavy-metal umlaut, namely the Silly marketing umlaut. E.g. Häagen-Dazs.

    I doubt they'll keep that name for the umlaut-saturated Scandinavian market though, since bläck/blæk/blekk means 'ink' in Swedish/Danish/Norwegian, and 'Blä!" is the Swedish equivalent of 'Yuck!'.

  5. Re:How 'bout some real sugar by djward · · Score: 4, Informative

    Blue Sky, Whole Foods 365 Brand, and many other sodas sold at "natural" food stores use real cane sugar as well, and they're quite good. Can't buy them from a vending machine in the office though.

  6. Re:How 'bout some real sugar by 11223 · · Score: 4, Informative
    The American sugar growers have basically bought off Congress to put huge tariffs on imported sugar, thus allowing them to keep the price of sugar artifically high in the US. Furthermore the government gives huge loans to the US sugar buyers, which they are allowed to repay in sugar for some number of cents per pound... if they can't sell it on the open market for more than that, they'll just dump it on the government. Basically it's a form of price fixing by the government.


    If we got rid of these rediculous tariffs and subsidies sugar would be cheap enough to use in soft drinks in the US.

  7. Re:Mix fav beverages? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    The product is called "Diet Coke", not "Diet Coca-Cola".

    Generally, the diet versions use the "Coke" name, while the regular versions use "Coca-Cola". Of course, Coca-Cola Zero uses the full name because it's a diet that tastes like regular! In fact, The Coca-Cola company doesn't consider it part of the "Diet Coke" line, but rather part of the "Coca-Cola" line of products.

  8. Re:How 'bout some real sugar by Ceribia · · Score: 5, Informative

    If your looking for real sugar come buy your pop in Canada, our Coke still has it.

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  9. Re:Mix fav beverages? by luder · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just a warning. If you ever come to Portugal, never ask for a Kona: you would be asking for 'cunt'. Literally.