Three observations from the supermarket:
- Once you add “Diet Cherry Vanilla” to something, you probably can’t call it “Dr. Pepper” any more. Or, at least, there’s no point in doing so. I think the favor molecules become super-saturated and precipitate out in an explosion or something.
- Given the current association in most folks’ minds, I wonder if the ad execs who thought up the name of “Aruba Jam Sprite” are regretting having done so.
- What is Coke Zero? How is it different from Diet Coke? One certainly can’t find out from the box. Bought a small bottle, so I’ll let you know. I’ve love to have a decent no-cal Coke.
And, thank you ever-so-much to the Dr Pepper and Coca-Cola companies for providing hip, yet totally uninformative, Flash-based web pages for each of the above products. Nice use of the Internet, guys!
UPDATE: Tried out my Coke Zero 16 oz. bottle last night, over ice. I like, kindasorta. It definitely is far more palatable than regular Diet Coke. It has the “spicy” flavor of regular Coke, but is a bit less crisp (that might be because of the bottle; I find bottled drinks less fizzy/edgy than canned, for some reason). There is faint Aspartame finish, but much less than some diet drinks.
Think I’ll give a 12-pack a try. Coke Zero might be a good replacement for the reformulated Pepsi One.
(Coming up next in the World of Soft Drinks: Doctor Pepper Minus One!)
I finally found Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper that wasn’t Diet, so I tried a bottle. It tastes pretty much like regular DP.