April 18, 2006
Coca-Cola BlaK
I’ve arrived early to statistics class. You see, I’m on a mission. I intend to taste “Coca-Cola BlaK.” It’s a new coke-coffee “carbonated fusion beverage” and frankly, it doesn’t sound like a good combination. On the other hand, I did just partake in a yearly ritual at the local bar involving Guinness and Lucky Charms for breakfast on St. Patty’s day and, those two definitely didn’t sound good together but guess what? They actually tasted good together. Although, the Lucky Charms wasn’t floating in the Guinness like so many people asked me (with disgusted looks on their faces).
I’ve concluded that this beverage, Coca-Cola BlaK will be totally different. You see, the difference is the “fusion.” Guinness and Lucky Charms can hardly be “fusion”-ized, which I’ve determined is the process of combining two substances into a package and selling it in stores. That would just be ridiculous and it would take away the mystery and amazement every year when people work up the courage to actually try it. No, BlaK is different. Although I can’t say I’ve actually tried it yet…
First, the packaging. I had to do a double-take when I first saw the pleasant box of 4 bottles nestled quietly in the middle of the Pop/Soda aisle ready for an absent-minded adolescent to stumble into them and spill their “New!”-ness all over the floor. It looked just like those Starbucks boxes of Frappucino that are sold in stores. In fact, both have 4 glass bottles, both are coffee-esque, and both get in the way while you’re trying to walk down the aisle. The Coke version is completely covered with a snake-skin looking texture that blends their classic Coke-bubbles and… blackness that could only be the “coffee.” The shape of the bottle is a miniature version of Coke’s signature bottle shape. I unscrewed the plastic lid and readied my senses…
It smelled faintly of coffee, then coke, then coffee, then coke, almost as if my mind couldn’t make itself up because it had never come across something quite so strange. The taste… it was weird. I mean, I can taste the coffee, and the Coke, and so I’m confused. Maybe after more sips I’ll get used to it.
Hmm, no still weird. I’m all the way through the 8 oz bottle (a size which holds only the finest of drinks) and I guess the only thing I can say about the taste is that it tastes like Vanilla Coke, but with coffee flavoring instead of Vanilla flavoring.
Mission successful! I’ve finished the bottle of “Coca-Cola BlaK” and I’m still alive! Though I can’t say my life is any better because of it.. not the being alive but the drinking of this strange concoction. I guess the moral of this story is that “Coca-Cola BlaK” is a decent drink but probably not worth the $4.99 you’ll have to spend on just four 8oz bottles. Oh well, perhaps my purpose is to inform you, the reader, so that you can then make “informed” decisions. To that end I hope I have served you well.
