New cola flavors

Ingezonden door LVB op 2006-07-15 17:58


They are not yet available in Belgium, but I bought them in France (only 25 kilomters away): Coca-Cola Blak (available in a bottle-shaped can or in a cylindrical can) and Pepsi Max Cappuccino. Blak has the strong, bitter-aromatic aftertaste of real coffee. Cappuccino has a milder taste, a mix of vanilla and light coffee. According to Wikipedia, Pepsi Max Cappuccino is available in France, Finland, Ireland and Norway. In the UK it is known as Pepsi Max Coffee Cino, in Malaysia as Pepsi Tarik. In some Eastern European and Central American countries you can buy Pepsi Cappuccino, which is probably the non-diet, sugar-containing version.


I also bought Pepsi X Energy Cola. The real stuff in energy drinks, Red Bull, is not available in France because its taurine content. Coca Cola Blak and Pepsi X Energy Cola both have a high caffeine content: 200 mg/l for Coca Cola Blak, 196 mg/l for Pepsi X Energy Cola, twice as much as in the regular cola drinks. Which makes Coca Cola Blak also an "energy drink", I guess.

Last but not least, I also bought "Pepsi Max Citron - Citron Vert". I'm not sure if this is the same as Pepsi Max Cool Lemon, which is available in Belgium, but it seems to be the same as Diet Pepsi Lime in the US.

See also my earlier post: The Cola Index

Reacties

#27325

titanite

woensdag, 13 september, 2006 - 23:12

 

We got Coke Blak when we went to Paris and our verdict is: it tastes DISGUSTING (http://titanite.textamerica...). Quite frankly, you can do Coke Blak yourself. Just add cold leftover coffee in Coke and voila, you have Coke Blak. I offered it to a guest and he nearly puked it out. What a lousy way to try to gain back their market share!

#23857

Jöe

donderdag, 27 juli, 2006 - 20:08

 

Björn, praise yourself lucky that your brave stomach gave you this signal. It extended your life.

#23816

Björn Roose

woensdag, 26 juli, 2006 - 21:36

 

Unlucky me. I like Coca Cola a lot, in almost every version (with an exception for Light and Cherry), but I can't drink it anymore since my stomach doesn't appreciate it anylonger. Damn stomach ...

#23452

Jöe

vrijdag, 21 juli, 2006 - 21:01

 

Yo Willem, the invoice is on its way.

#23413

Willem

vrijdag, 21 juli, 2006 - 01:02

 

(Special thanks go to my interpreter Jöe... Mange takk!)

#23394

Jöe

donderdag, 20 juli, 2006 - 22:41

 

Now there are all these yells "aspartam(e) kills"... I'm not an expert enough to judge what is true about it.

#23338

LVB

donderdag, 20 juli, 2006 - 02:22

 

@Tom: Coke Zero does contain aspartam. In Spain, aspartam is called E-591. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

see http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

#23319

Cogito

woensdag, 19 juli, 2006 - 20:37

 

What's wrong with aspartam?

#23293

Tom

woensdag, 19 juli, 2006 - 15:43

 

Bought in a Supermercado in Cambrils, Spain last week : Coca-Cola "Zero" (white letters on black can). It seems like it was advertised as original flavor but without the sugar (hence the "zero"), and no "aspertam" on the ingredients list.

#23143

Jöe

maandag, 17 juli, 2006 - 08:37

 

For our English readers: the above text is written in south-norwegian, Willem's native language. He talks about his performance in the Tour De France (sponsored by Coca Cola).

#23138

Willem

maandag, 17 juli, 2006 - 02:05

 

Het mag een toeval heten, maar vorige week heb ik de Coca Cola Blak leren kennen toen ik uit het zuiden van Frankrijk weer naar huis reed - kwestie van alert te blijven op de autoweg. 't Is vreemd dat een drankje als Blak toegelaten is in Frankrijk, terwijl Red Bull er bij voorbeeld verboden is.

Over het effect van Blak kan ik weinig zeggen (ik had niet het gevoel er echt van op te kikkeren), maar de smaak mag er best wezen. De beschrijving van Luc (voor de Vlamingen onder ons een vrije vertaling: cola met de harde, bittere nasmaak van koffie) is nauwkeurig.

Daar voeg ik aan toe dat Blak aspartaam bevat en dus naast opkikkeraar ook ideaal is als dorstlesser ("less sugar, more energy"): de kleine hoeveelheid suiker beperkt je nadorst in elk geval.

Voor zover ik supermarkten heb "bezocht" gedurende mijn reis door 't zuiden, kan ik nog melden dat naast Auchan ook Intermarché lage prijzen voor deze energy drink aanbiedt. Auchan (Roncq voor de West-Vlamingen!) blijft niettemin de goedkoopste.

[Om maar te zeggen: 't moet niet altijd over ideologie gaan.]

#23128

Jöe

zondag, 16 juli, 2006 - 20:02

 

Is catfood containing taurine also prohibited in France?

#23084

Mike

zaterdag, 15 juli, 2006 - 20:17

 

I saw the Coca Cola Blak weeks ago in a nightshop in Uccle (and they probably bought it in France, I'm sure)