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| Big
Bamboo Irish Moss Jamaican Peanut Drink |
| A peanut
drink? This bevearge
review tackles the unique offerings of Big
Bamboo Irish Moss Jamaican Peanut Drink. The overall
opinion? Much like a peanut butter milkshake, complete
with a very thick texture and overly peanuty taste. Not
too bad! |
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| Diet
Pepsi Max |
| Perhaps PepsiCo's
answer to both Coca-Cola
Zero and Diet
Coke Plus, this Diet
Pepsi spinoff features a new batch of artificial sweeteners,
more caffeine, and some ginseng for good measure. The
best part of Diet
Pepsi Max? The very excellent packaging! |
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| Coca-Cola
Vanilla Zero |
| Forget Diet
Vanilla Coke. The Zero
line is all the rage with this 2nd flavor extension, Coca-Cola
Vanilla Zero. Our soft
drink review notes that the vanilla flavoring isn't
very strong, which unfortunately allows the aftertaste
to shine through. |
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| Fanta
Grapefruit |
| Fanta
Grapefruit, or Fanta
Toronja as the Spanish side of the label proclaims,
is a light citrus beverage. Not as strong as Fanta
Citrus or Canfield's 50/50, but decent. This beverage
review takes a look at this cloudy-colored drink. |
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| Coca-Cola
Vanilla |
| Back from the dead,
Vanilla
Coke is rechristened as Coca-Cola
Vanilla in this soda
review. Aside from stupid Coke method of naming, it's
the same Vanilla
Coke you fell in love with. It's better than Coca-Cola
Black Cherry Vanilla! |
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| Jones
Soda Cream Soda (Pure Cane Soda Version) |
| This soft
drink review takes a look at the revised Jones Soda
line, no longer sweetened with high
fructose corn syrup. Jones
Soda Cream Soda is instead sweetened with "inverted
cane sugar". What is inverted
cane sugar? Sweet, but good. |
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| Sierra
Mist Lemon Squeeze |
| Amazing lemon flavor
can be found in the limited-time Sierra
Mist Lemon Squeeze. We liked it so much more than
the flagship Sierra Mist. This soft
drink review notes that the smooth flavor is something
to be sampled before it's gone forever! |
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| Boylan
Bottleworks Ginger Ale |
| Boylan continues
their cane sugar flavors with Boylan
Bottleworks Ginger Ale. Just like Boylan
Bottleworks Black Cherry, our soda
review found this to be an exceptional drink. Great
compliment to a meal or if you drink it by itself. |
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| Hansen's
Natural Green Tea Soda Pomegranate |
| Much better in taste
when compared to Hansen's
Natural Green Tea Soda Tangerine, Hansen's
Natural Green Tea Soda Pomegranate had a distinctly
cherry flavor. Our beverage
review noted that the pomegranate flavor was crisp,
light, and tasty! |
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| Pepsi
Summer Mix |
| Is this the return
of Pepsi
Blue? Pepsi
Summer Mix features "a mix of tropical fruit flavors"
that are very, very sweet. If this wasn't cola-colored,
you would swear that it would be shaded blue. Per our
soda review, beware of instant diabetes! |
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| Diet
Coke Plus |
| Underneath the marketing
hype of "Diet
Coke with vitamins," this beverage review reveals
that Diet
Coke Plus is actually an entirely different formulation.
The use of sweeteners similar to Coke
Zero makes it better than original Diet Coke. |
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| Kosher
for Passover Caffeine Free Pepsi |
| Just like Kosher
for Passover Coke, Kosher
for Passover Caffeine Free Pepsi is awesome. This
beverage
review highlights the evil taste of high fructose
corn syrup and the pleasures of real sugar sweetening! |
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| Hansen's
Natural Green Tea Soda Tangerine |
| Loaded with EGCG,
this soda
review of Hansen's
Natural Green Tea Soda Tangerine denotes the this
drink tastes a lot like "Sprite with a tea aftertaste."
It's sweetened with glucose-fructose syrup, whatever the
heck that is supposed to be. |
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| Archer
Farms Mangosteen Herbal Red Tea |
| Archer
Farms Mangosteen Herbal Red Tea is a Target store
brand of beverage. It had sort of a citrus flare, but
was basically just smelling like tea. Possessed a nice,
mellow taste that was incredibly smooth. |
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| Monster
Energy |
| This energy drink
review highlights Monster
Energy, the flagship brand in the Monster family.
The color of this beverage was similar to apple juice
with a somewhat red tint. As for the taste, think citrus
+ medicine. |
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| Boylan
Bottleworks Black Cherry |
| Awesome drink sweetened
with natural
cane sugar. This beverage
review highlights a soda done right. A little sweet,
good body, rich and bold. Boylan
Bottleworks Black Cherry is an excellent gourmet soft
drink. |
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| Diet
Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream |
| This diet soda
review highlights the third variation in the Diet
Pepsi Jazz lineup, Diet
Pepsi Jazz Caramel Cream. The drink doesn't possess
a strong caramel flavor, but it is by far the best this
series has to offer. |
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| Vault
Red Blitz |
| Not as acidic and
biting as Mountain
Dew Code Red, Vault
Red Blitz is mellow and shares similar properties
with original
Vault. Unfortunately, the berry flavor is substantially
weak and not very noticeable during our beverage
review. |
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| Coca-Cola
Cherry Zero |
| With a confusing
name more complicated than Disneyland
Resort Paris, Coca-Cola
Cherry Zero isn't really Diet Cherry Coke. Our soft
drink review notes the weak cherry flavor and expected
diet aftertaste. |
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| Coca-Cola
Zero (w/black packaging) |
| Once
again taking a look at Coca-Cola
Zero, our soda
review highlights the change in packaging from white
to black labels. Coke's diet drink with aspartame and
acesulfame potassium is doing pretty well. |
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| Coca-Cola
Cherry |
| It's still Cherry
Coke, so this isn't a beverage
review. However, with a new name -- Coca-Cola
Cherry -- and a new package design that looks somewhat
girly, Coke breaths new life into an old favorite. |
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As seen on the tech/news/cool
stuff videoblog...
Steve discusses
these holiday beverages
via a video segment on Digital Punch
Watch
it here!
| Jones
Soda Holiday Collection Overview |
| For Holiday
2006, Jones Soda released 13 specialty
flavors of drinks. Our beverage reviews
begin with breaking down the Holiday
Pack, Dessert
Pack, and the new 4-Packs of unique
tastes. |
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| Jones
Sweet Potato Soda |
| Holiday
Pack soda review: "You are welcomed
by a very 'creamy bitterness' in the aftertaste,
somewhat prompting a gag reflex, but not
quite. Tastes like 'cold fabric softener'." |
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| Jones
Cherry Pie Soda |
| Dessert
Pack soda review: "Carbonated grenadine.
That pretty much sums up the Cherry
Pie Soda tastes. The flavor is very
syrupy, almost too much. Much like a melted
cherry popsicle." |
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| Jones
Key Lime Pie Soda |
| Dessert
Pack soda review: "Do you remember
the drink Green
River? Probably not. Tastes like that.
Fresh, light, and slightly sour. Think of
Sprite, but heavy on the lime rather than
lemon." |
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| Jones
Sugar Plum Soda |
| 4-Pack
soda review: "Jones
Sugar Plum Soda resembled watered-down
grape pop with some sort of obscure aftertaste.
I can't quite place it. It's not gag-inducing,
but it's not very pleasant either." |
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| Sierra
Mist Cranberry Splash |
| The drink starts
out well, with a cherry flavor, with the
aftertaste sharing a more pronounced cranberry
/ lemon-lime combination. The bevearge review
proclaims "I think I liked this drink better
than normal Sierra Mist, which is saying
a lot." |
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| Mountain
Dew MDX 20 oz. |
| Same taste as previous
Mountain
Dew MDX packaging. "I don't think MDX has a chance.
It has had virtually no marketing behind it aside from
the launch and has very little buzz," predicts the beverage
review. |
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| Route
Beer 66 |
| This specialty root
beer was pretty bland. Noted the soda review, "beyond
the nifty bottle and bad pun on the Route 66 name, this
root beer isn't much to write home about... or in this
case, drive home about." |
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Jones Soda Halloween Collection
2006
|
Jones Halloween Collection (2006 Overview) |
| Jones Soda releases
both cans and bottles of unique Halloween
flavors for 2006. As thie beverage review
overview will show, picking out what's good
and bad is as simple as deciding if you
like glass or not. |
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| Jones
Berried Alive Soda (2006) |
| "Overall, it tasted
like candy," summarizes this soda review.
"Sour candy, with a sweet aftertaste. It
tasted pretty good and we'd drink it again
without question." |
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| Jones
Spider Cider Soda (2006) |
| "The smell was
somewhat apple juice-y, but not authentically
so. The taste, however, was not authentic
at all." So reads the beverage review of
Jones
Spider Cider Soda. "It was rather disgusting."
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| Jones
Gruesome Grape Soda (2006) |
| This 8 oz. limited
edition flavor can from Target had an extremely
sweet, much stronger taste than Fanta
Grape. "Very candy-like in sweetness
and strength," notes this soft drink review.
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| Jones
Candy Corn Soda (2006) |
| "Dirty urine."
That's our official soda review description.
"This was utterly disgusting. Maybe not
on the level as some of the Jones
Holiday Pack flavors, but not very good
at all." |
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| Jones
Lemon Drop Dead Soda (2006) |
| Lemon
Drop Dead Soda was pretty good. Not
outstanding, but not bad either. "We anticipated
more of a lemon flavor; it was weaker when
we actually drank it," noted the beverage
review. |
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| Jones
Creepy Cranberry Soda (2006) |
| Nothing like 2005's
Jones
Cranberry Soda from the Holiday
Pack, this soft drink review of Creepy
Cranberry Soda noted "this was a rather
tame drink. Perhaps too tame." It lacked
tartness. |
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| Jones
Monster Mojito Soda (2006) |
| "Monster
Mojito was perhaps the most unique in
flavor," among the other Jones Halloween
flavors given beverage reviews. "It didn't
really taste like a Halloween item, but
it also didn't taste like a traditional
pop." |
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| Cherry
Vanilla Dr. Pepper |
| Not really a soft
drink review, but more of a marketing update, we talk
about how the packaging of Cherry
Vanilla Dr. Pepper has been updated to reflect the
new look found in the rest of the line. |
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| Tropicana
Twister Soda Orange |
| What's wrong with
a beverage review where you note that "the packaging has
somewhat of a goofy logo, though I must admit that I really
liked the contrasting orange/blue color scheme"? Yeah,
the drink is an afterthought. |
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| Diet
Pepsi Jazz Strawberries & Cream |
| This installment
in Pepsi's long-winded Jazz sub-branded diet line showcases
a very cola-like flavor. However, the soda review reveals
that it probably won't be on the market 2 years from now. |
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| Rosa's
Horchata (Original Flavor) |
| Real horchata is
made of rice milk and flavored with cinnamon and/or vanilla.
In this beverage review of the original flavor of Rosa's
Horchata, we discover that you can replicate the real
thing pretty closely. |
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| Diet
Pepsi Jazz Black Cherry French Vanilla |
| Pepsi launched 2
new flavored diet drinks under a new sub-brand called
"Jazz", known as a "New Line Of Indulgent Zero-Calorie
Colas." As this soft drink review reports, execution on
the flavor kills this drink. |
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| Dr.
Pepper |
| Of course we're not
going to do a beverage review of Dr. Pepper. C'mon, this
drink rocks. It now has a new logo design, first introduced
on Dr.
Pepper Berries & Cream and later Cherry
Vanilla Dr. Pepper. |
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| Tropicana
Twister Soda Citrus |
| Tropicana
Twister Soda is a caffeine-free fruit-flavored spinoff
brand by Pepsi launched back in 2005. In this soda review,
we note that "the taste was nothing exceptional. It wasn't
bad. It just wasn't something that was unique." |
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| Sprite
Zero |
| And so the soft drink
review history of Sprite
Zero reads: "2 years, 3 names. That's the story behind
Sprite
Zero. 'Hi, we're Coke... we are clueless marketing
people!'" Personally, I can't stand the taste. |
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| Mike's
Hard Crisp Apple |
| It's an alcoholic
beverage review on SteveandAmySly.com!
The taste of Mike's
Hard Crisp Apple is definitely apple, probably more
of the Golden Delicious variety rather than a Gala...
but with a small kick. |
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| Jones
Blue Bubble Gum Soda |
| "There was a lot
of similarity to cream soda," notes our beverage review
of Jones
Blue Bubble Gum Soda. "The aftertaste reminded us
of the white powdery residue you typically find when you
first open a stick of gum." |
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| 7Up |
| Why does one do a
soda review on a classic like 7Up?
Well, you have to take a look when it's reformulated with
more "natural ingredients." However, the problem wasn't
the formula. Now it's worse. |
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| Pepsi
Vanilla |
| Pepsi Vanilla was
launched in 2003 as a direct response to Vanilla
Coke, which came out a year earlier. Our soft drink
review highlights that "it did taste very smooth going
down." |
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| Dr.
Pepper Berries & Cream |
| "It's basically Dr.
Pepper with a hint of vanilla... Something like creme
soda," reads this beverage review of Dr. Pepper's line
extension into the realm of purple-colored packaging. |
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| Coca-Cola
BlaK |
| Soda review on how
Coke never got the memo about coffee soft drinks that
failed in the mid 1990s. They say Coca-Cola
Bl?K is a "carbonated fusion beverage," which was
just an odd blend of flavors in your mouth. Didn't hate
it. Didn't like it. |
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| Pepsi
Twist |
| How can you do a
soft drink review on a beverage that was launched nationwide
in late 2001/early 2002 but you pretty much can't find
today? I liked it a lot... though I thought it could have
used a little more lemon flavor. |
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| Kosher
for Passover Coke |
| It's time for a beverage
review of Coke's special version for Passover. Learn about
HFCS, sucrose, and how we were blown away by the drastic
difference between Kosher
for Passover Coke and the regular drivel that's on
the shelves the rest of the year. |
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| Fanta
Lemonic |
| Let's review a beverage
from Poland... Fanta Lemonic. While you'd expect this
drink to taste somewhat like lemonade, it didn't. Rather,
it had a very pleasant lemon-lime taste, with an emphasis
on the lime. |
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| Fanta
Pomaranczowa |
| It's a Polish soda
review! Fanta
Pomaranczowa has a wonderful flavor, which was more
mild when compared to a typical American orange soda like
Fanta
Orange, Orange
Slice, Orange
Crush, or even Mountain
Dew LiveWire. |
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| 7Up
Plus: Cherry |
| "I think I probably
like Island
Fruit better than Cherry,
but that's not saying much," according to our soft drink
review. "Unfortunately, with Coke and Pepsi pretty much
killing 7Up's market share, I doubt many people will be
exposed to this drink." |
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| 7Up
Plus: Island Fruit |
| Soda review discussing
7Up
Plus: Island Fruit's pleasant orange color, typical
of what you'd expect from orange drinks. The flavor wasn't
too bad, of course, it still has the negative Splenda
aftertaste. |
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| Coke
Black Cherry Vanilla |
| Coke seems creatively
dead on so many fronts with this release. This beverage
review talks about the failed branding strategy along
with the slight hint of the vanilla, but no black cherry
flavor. |
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|
Jones Soda Holiday Collection
2005
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| Mountain
Dew MDX |
| Same Mountain Dew
Flavor. Higher caffeine content. Higher price. And it
makes you use the bathroom quicker than regular Dew. Yup,
those are the innovations in Mountain
Dew MDX! |
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| AMP |
| It's Mountain Dew
plus maltodextrin, ginseng, taurine, B vitamins, guarana,
and 8.875 mg of caffeine per ounce. Overall AMP
is not too bad, if you like overpriced energy drinks. |
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| Vault |
| Coke tries once again
to battle Mountain Dew. The result is a caffeine-loaded
drink that tastes and smells like McDonald's Orange Drink.
But Vault
is green. And has a nice logo. |
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| Mountain
Dew Pitch Black II |
| A sequel to 2004's
original Mountain
Dew Pitch Black, the new sour-infused Mountain
Dew Pitch Black II tastes more like candy now. It's
different. Different is good. |
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| Branding
of Diet Coke |
| Even though diet
colas could actually surpass the regular colas soon in
sales, the many variations the Coke has offered under
the Diet
Coke banner confuses the customer. |
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| Diet
Coke Sweetened with Splenda |
| It's Diet Coke, minus
the aspartame, plus the sucralose. Diet
Coke Sweetened with Splenda is a sweet-smelling cola
with a bitter, fake taste. It may be the Diet Coke formula
of the future. |
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| Door
County Cherry Cider Cooler |
| A memorable drink
from Door County, WI, Door
County Cherry Cider Cooler highlights a strong cherry
taste, local ingredients, and bubbly finish. Highly recommended. |
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| Coke
Zero |
| It's a better "fake
diet" drink than Coke
C2, that's for sure. Still tastes artificially sweetened,
but not too bad. Nice male-oriented packaging on Coke
Zero as well! |
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| Fanta
Peach |
| They say Georgia
is the Peach State because of the importance of
peaches to the Georgia agricultural economy. I hate peaches,
Georgia, and most likely Fanta
Peach. |
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| Pepsi
One |
| Originally launched
in 1998, Pepsi
One has been given a new taste, new sweeteners, and
a new packaging design. The result? It's still a diet
drink. Bleh! |
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| Cherry
RC |
| Bringing back memories
of my high school experience, I remember Cherry
RC as being pretty good. However, tasting it today...
yuck! The drink feels watered down overall. |
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| Sierra
Mist Free |
| "Diet" is out. "Free"
is in. But nothing else really changes with Pepsi's renamed
Sierra
Mist Free. It's less of a rebranding that Diet
Sprite Zero. Plus, the drink still tastes bad. |
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| Sprite
Remix Aruba Jam |
| The third version
of the Sprite Remix line extension, Sprite
Remix Aruba Jam is similar in flavor to Sprite
Remix Tropical, but it's just not a standout drink.
It's toned-down fruit punch. |
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| Wild
Cherry Pepsi |
| Reformulated for
2005, the new Wild
Cherry Pepsi has a stronger cherry taste that is very
good. It also has a less ugly bottle design, but still
one that leaves a lot to be desired. |
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| Mountain
Dew LiveWire |
| Launched as the 3rd
modern product line extension of the Mountain Dew brand,
LiveWire
is orange-flavored. Kinda like Orange
Slice with a different aftertaste. However, it's not
Mountain Dew. |
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| Diet
Coke with Lemon |
| Imagine spraying
a can of Pledge down your throat... and then adding some
diet sweeteners. Yeah, most people don't like Diet
Coke with Lemon. So Coke redesigned the packaging! |
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| Pepsi
Twist |
| Lemons and Pepsi,
how can you go wrong? The lemon taste could have been
stronger, however Pepsi
Twist satisfies on its own or with food. It's tasty,
but not commercially successful. |
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| Vanilla
Coke |
| This drink still
has the same taste it did when first introduced in 2002.
However, the new packaging for Vanilla
Coke might bring up memories of scary 1980's science
fiction! |
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| Coca-Cola
with Lime |
| You are better off
buying yourself a bottle of Lime Juice, because there
sure isn't much lime flavoring in this lame drink! Coca-Cola
with Lime is not recommended. |
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| Cherry
Vanilla Dr Pepper |
| "It smells pretty
much like the original Dr. Pepper. And that first sip?
Not bad," we write in this beverage review. "It's predominantly
the traditional Dr. Pepper flavor, however the aftertaste
is noticeably different." |
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| Mello
Yello Afterglow |
| From the soda review:
"One would expect Mello
Yello Afterglow to have an orange flavor. Rather,
it had somewhat of a tangerine vibe, or maybe it was peach...
I couldn't really place it. But beyond that, it just didn't
taste very good." |
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| Fanta
Citrus |
| Formerly known as
Citra.
From the soft drink review: "Not only tastes good by itself,
but with a meal as well. The flavor is very complimenting
without overpowering the other tastes you may encounter." |
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| Pepsi
Holiday Spice |
| A limited-edition
beverage for Christmas 2005. "I'm not exactly sure what
'holiday spices' were used in flavoring this product,
but the resulting palatability is actually very good!" |
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| Orange
Crush |
| "Crush
is somewhat hard to find these days, but it's still around,"
we note in this beverage review. "But once I opened the
cap and drank of this beverage, I knew who was still the
leader of the pack." |
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