As if we needed a new beverage (Coca-Cola Blak)

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Allow me to introduce you to ::drum roll:: Coca-Cola Blak!

While traveling through our local grocery store last night, we came across a large display of this new beverage. It is sold in packages of 4-8 oz. glass bottles and proclaims itself a "Carbonated Fusion Beverage". Well, at a price of $5.99, it seemed pretty pricey for a mere 32 ounces of beverage. We were looking at it with distrust and amusement when a lady pulled up her cart and announced that it was "absolutely delicious, with a really nice chocolate flavor(???)"! Looking back, I wonder if she was on the Coca-Cola payroll. Still, my wonderful boyfriend gave me the sad, puppy dog-eyed "Can we try it?" look and I couldn't be an ogre, so we tried it.

Coca-Cola Blak is actually a coffee-flavored cola beverage, which, by using a combination of sugar and nutrasweet (like C2) provides a drink that only has 45 calories per serving (one bottle). We threw a couple into the freezer to get them ice cold, then popped them open. Here are my thoughts.

First of all, it is a strange taste. It doesn't really taste like either coffee or coke. The label says that it contains "coffee extract" but as coffee flavor goes, it tasted pretty artificial, almost Kahlua-like. Maybe I've just been drinking too much Peet's lately but it wasn't what I was expecting.

What I did find interesting is that when you pour it into a glass, it develops a head that is very similar to a Guinness Stout and offers the same creamy sort of consistency. Still, there is something about the overall taste that I found yucky. It almost tasted like someone mixed cheap cola, kahlua, and club soda together. The carbonation was more perrier-like, rather than coke-like and it didn't really appeal to me.

Bottom line, I don't think we will be purchasing any more of this designer beverage. While it was nice to have a drink that actually comes in a glass bottle, I still couldn't get over the artificial coffee taste that lingered much longer than I would have preferred. I would suggest that if you have a chance to try this product for free, go for it and see what you think. Don't spend the money until you see if you like it though. All in all, I have to say that I didn't. Today, I will attempt to hunt the shopping cart lady down and give her a piece of my mind.

[bewitched]

Blech!

[LSPoorEeyorick]

Ew. Thanks for the review. I'll be avoiding this. (Or maybe, like a car accident, I'll now feel the need to taste it. Wait. I don't taste car accidents. I'm having a weird day.)

[Matterhorn Fan]

They can't even spell "black" right?

[Freaky Tiki]

I had two sips of it and that was ok....after that....ech! It tasted like crap in a cup sprinkled with coffee grounds. Since I had it at work I just kept topping it off with regular coke from the fountain to thin out the taste. ( I wasn't going to throw it away and waste 2 bucks)

A few people came to my till with bottles of it and asked me how it was. I expressed my dislike and recommended different energy drinks.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

It occurs to me that it reminds me of a drink I once had at a bar called a Colorado Bulldog, which was basically a White Russian with coke added. Both tasted equally rancid but at least one of them gave me a pleasant buzz.

[Motorboat Cruiser]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

They can't even spell "black" right?

Blak suks.

[scaeagles]

Sounds nasty. I won't be trying it. I saw it advertized on TV sometime ago and it didn't sound too appealing.

I don't like coffee and don't drink it. I haven't had a soda in about 5 years, diet or otherwise (the stuff is death in a can, but that's a different story).

Blah.

[Freaky Tiki]

The thing that really made me angry was that I was really looking forward to it.




*shakes fist*

Damn you Coca Cola!!!

[Prudence]

First they get rid of my beloved Vanilla Coke and then they introduce coffee Coke? What sort of sick joke is this?!