I was thrilled to receive this photo of a 1960’s Coke can from a reader.  Check it out!  It’s in great condition and serves as a good example of the earliest Coke can design.  I expect it’s made entirely of tin, and what makes it really interesting to me is the top.  Marcus (the gentleman [...]

russian diet coke canThis Diet Coke can from Russia was a gift from my brother-in-law from his trip to Moscow in 2009. I’d like to know the translation of the words on this Russian Diet Coke can. I’m sure it says something innocuous like “enjoy the taste” or “Brothers, throw off the shackles of your [...]

 
Check this out.  I bought these Coke salt and pepper shakers in 1994, in Montreal, Quebec while on my honeymoon.  ”Wow,” I said “Salt and pepper shakers shaped like a Venco 44 Coke vending machine.”  I think they’re really cool!  I think I only paid about $10 for them.  If you have a Coke salt and [...]

This small 6-pack plastic carrying thing sits unused in my garage.  I’m showing it here because it represents an idea.  The idea that the Coca-Cola company believes that their product should be bought as a staple in your home.  Just like milk, you should purchase quantities of it along with your other groceries.  And before [...]

Here is is. The 2010 Limited edition, Olympic Coke can. Notice also my new stainless-stell fridge in the background and new kitchen cupboards. Woohoo!

2 Vintage Coke Cans 1988 Summer Olympics Christmas
US $9.00 (0 [...]

I missed picking up these round Coke bottles.  Apparently these round plastic Coke bottles were available from Walmart in November.  I assume people would drink the Coke and then, over their wife’s dead body, hang them on their Christmas tree.  I told my friend Todd about my disappointment from not getting one, and about my affinity for [...]

My Friend Drew MacKenzie sent mt this photo.  On the reverse is a picture of Drew wiping Santa’s bubbles off his chin.

Not anymore! A friend directed me to a website that has a bunch of rumours about Coke, including the cocaine-content one.  They’re quite interesting!
http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cokelore.asp

I love this picture of an old Coke cooler from the 1950’s. You may notice that the colour on this photo is extreamly brilliant. I’m no potographer, but lately I’ve been reading up on a technique called HDR. Basically, you take multiple images taken using different exposures and combine them using software such as Photoshop [...]

I love this little thing. I bought it at a collectables store. It’s a mini Coke bottle that pulls open to reveal a tiny lighter.  I’ve never tested it, but the flint is still intact and I’m sure it would work it I loaded it with fuel. It looks like it was used quite a [...]

I did what a lot of Canadians did when the Toronto BlueJays won the World Series in 1992. I grabbed some unopened cans and tucked them away. In fact, I put away a case of 24. I must have thought it would be a good investment. What I didn’t take into account is that these [...]

I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw this on the shelf at my local convenience store.  It was only last week when I first tried regular Coca-Cola with Bacon. The flavor engineers at Coke have outdone themselves. Their master work: Diet Coke with Bacon flavor.  To be honest, if you’re looking for a pork-flavored [...]

Here’s a link to a list of Coke slogan’s from 1886 to 2002. My favorite one is “Demand the genuine by full name” from 1914. You just don’t hear as many turse edicts in advertising anymore. Now it’s all subtle suggestions. The shortest promotion, lasting only 3 months before it was replaced in September of [...]

Picture of straight-sided coke bottle

I picked this old Coke bottle up at an antique market. I’m really fond of it. It’s a pre-1926 Coca-cola bottle. It’s quite heavy, and as you can see, the logo emossed logo is a little primative. In fact, back then they used wooden molds to make the bottles, so often times you [...]

Someone asked me today if I had ever heard of a drink called Calimocho. Apparently it’s a 50-50 mix of red wine and Coke. Has anyone else had this? I think I’ll give it a try.

Here’s some other Coke drink recipes.

I got this cool mini coke fridge off ebay last year for about $30 or so. It fits one can. I love it. It plugs in via a USB port on your laptop to power it. It’s got a tiny blue light inside also.  It works best to maintain the temperature of a can, rather [...]

As a kid, I was curious about the taste inside this brown-coloured Coke can. I’d tried Diet Coke, and well, as a kid wasn’t too impressed. So I bought a can. It tasted gross. I didn’t event finish the can. Actually I shouldn’t even say it tasted bad, it’s just that it had no taste [...]

I can’t remember where I picked up this brass Coke bottle, but it sure looks home-made. It makes a great paperweight!

A friend gave me this Coke toy car many years ago. I appreciate the gesture, but what a piece of crap. Look at the picture on the package. An Indy car with a Coke logo – cool! Now look at the toy. A white cube-van. An Indy car says “power” and “speed”. A white van [...]

My wife insists that the value of my Coke can collection is equal to that of the value of scrap aluminum, minus the cost of shipping them to the scrap yard. I’ve been looking through my old copy of the Coca-Cola Collectibles Price Guide by Allan Petretti. (You can get one here)
The Coke can I’m [...]

I am missing out. There are a ton of flavors of Diet Coke out there that I haven’t been able to try. A quick search of Wikipedia reveals a host of flavors including raspberry, cherry, black cherry, and vanillia.
I suppose if I traveled more I’d have more chances to find these gems. Although it makes me chuckle a [...]

Holy crap. I just saw a set of 5 aluminum Coke bottles for sale for $199US! I love Coke bottles, don’t get me wrong, but who in their right mind would pay that kind of money for 5  bottles?
On the other hand, if you’re reading this and you have some interesting Coke bottles or Coke [...]

sexy aluminum Coke bottles

I recently bought a diet Coke aluminum bottle off eBay. Shortly after my brother Gord picked up a red Coke bottle for me in Toronto. I’d love to find a Coke Zero aluminum bottle. What do you think of Coke zero? I love the black bottle with white script

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Ever seen these? I picked up a couple of packs of Coke trading cards back in 1993. It’s a neat idea, but I think you have to be a real collector to want to own these things. Each card had a reproduction of an advertisement for Coca-Cola. On the back was a bit of detail [...]

This is the centre piece of my collection. Cast from 24k gold, it was found among the treasures of King Tutankhamun by famed archaeologist, Howard Carter in 1922.  Bottles such as this were placed inside the sarcophagus as it was believed the beverage would offer the dead refreshment as they passed on to the next life. [...]

I’d love to know how this game worked. There’s a lot of red circles you can push out of this card. On the right, is a list of first names. The title on the card reads “Win a 24 Bottle case of Coca-Cola for only $.05.  Interestingly, the names are all very 1950’s. If anyone [...]

Coke Classic

Here’s a Coke can from 1986 or 1987.  It’s one of the small 280ml cans. I can’t remember what year Coke went to the larger cans in Ontario. This one is heavier, with more tin content. Some cans had “Original Taste” in yellow. I love this stuff. I recall the controversy when Coke [...]

OMG. Are you kidding me? Diet Coke with vitamins? What next? Cigarettes with fluoride?
I’m pretty sure the Aspartame in Diet Coke will cause cancer. Can I feel better about killing myself by drinking a small amount of vitamins with my soda pop?
On the other hand, I do like the Diet Coke with vitamines can. Lovely [...]

About 12 Years ago I bought a Vendo 80 Coke vending machine from a retired antique dealer in Niagra Falls. I began to restore it, but wasn’t happy with how it was going. I tore it down and decided to re-paint it. Other things came up in my life, like marriage, kids, etc, and the [...]

I’m really excited to try the new Coca-Cola Orange! It’s only available right now in the UK and Gibralter. I hope it comes to Canada! I liked Coke with Lime. Check out this article from a bottler in the UK.
Does anyone remember Orance Crush in a brown bottle? I learned that they used a brown [...]

This plastic cup was given to me by Jack Hanson from Canada Cup in Toronto. It was made by his company to supply the first McDonalds in Russia!

These shoes are hanging in my basement. They are from the mid-80’s. There was a time when Coca-cola clothing was in fashion. A very brief time

I really wanted to like Coke Blak. I bought a few bottles to try. Some things you should just not mix with Coke. Don’t get me wrong, I like Coke Cherry, and Diet Coke with Lemon, and all the variations inbetween. But this stuff s just awful!