When I heard about CocaCola Blak on the net a while back, I thought it was a bizarre idea. Kind of one of those things that sounded like a drunk marketeer idea...."I know! Kids like coffee these days, so we'll put coffee in Coke!"
Actually, from the Wikipedia entry on Coke Blak it looks like it's Diet Coke.
I avoided trying it since it started appearing in local stores because they were all selling it only in 4-packs. I'm not going to try something new if I have to commit to buying more than one to do it. I'll buy one to give it a try. If I don't like, it's not a big deal. If I bought 4 and don't like it, I have three more sitting around. Anyway, while I was in Blacksburg, VA over the weekend I was at Kroger and they were selling Coke Blak individual bottles, so I thought I'd give it a try.
So that's the lead-up. How does it taste?
Interesting.
The coffee taste is barely coffee-like to me. The coffee taste reminds me of those Starbucks Frappuccino bottles...if you take away the milk. It resembles more what I imagine coffee candy to be than actual real coffee. Coffee for people who don't like coffee, basically. Then you mix Diet Coke into that except that it doesn't seem as fizzy as Coke...more like Mountain Dew). That's really the only way I can think of to describe it.
I don't know yet if I like it or not. If it's any indication, I'll admit that I didn't drink the whole thing. I got about a quarter of the way through the bottle and then recapped it and tossed it. I think it satisfied my curiosity for the taste of the new drink without giving me any reason to confinue. I think it's an odd combination of tastes, and I don't think I'll be trying it again any time soon.
I'm glad I didn't get the 4-Pack.
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