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Diet Coke flavors

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Mar 5, 2009

By Derek
Filed in diet coke

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 little when I recall a passage from For God, Country, and Coca-Cola (a book I really enjoyed). The author described a meeting between a new Coke sales rep and his superior. In the meeting the trainer asked the young rep how he ordered a Coca-Cola when he visited a soda bar. He replied, “dope with lime”. The superior scolded him and told him that Coca-Cola was a perfect drink, and did not need, nor should it be diluted with additional flavors.

Fast-forward to 2009. Soda sales are flat. The only increase in sales Coke sees are when it introduces a new flavor.

Check out this article on Coca-Cola’s plans to change product mix.

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  1. 3 Comment(s)

  2. By Johan on Mar 30, 2009 | Reply

    Most New Zealanders (who are used to mixing raspberry with their Coke) didn’t like Raspberry Coke. It was only distributed in NZ, and was discontinued after 6 months.

    Cherry Coke came out once in 1996 in Malaysia. I had a taste, and immediately didn’t like it. It had some sort of medicine flavour. It was quickly discontinued in Malaysia.

    Vanilla Coke however, is my favourite flavour out of all Coca-Cola brands. I like it best when sipped slowly at room temperature. It will give off a very nice hint of sweet vanilla in your mouth.

  3. By Derek on Apr 4, 2009 | Reply

    Thanks for the reply, Johan. I didn’t mind Cherry Coke when it was popular in Ontario in the mid-80’s. I wonder if the formula tastes different depending on what country you’re in?

    So when you say you’re used to mixing raspberry with Coke, do you mean raspberry syrup or juice?

  4. By Johan on Apr 6, 2009 | Reply

    Well, I’ve only tasted Cherry Coke once, and all I could remember was “tastes like medicine, don’t like it”, lol.

    Anyway, I’m not a New Zealander, I’m a Malaysian but currently living in NZ as a student. I’ve never tasted the Coca-Cola version of Raspberry Coke, because it was discontinued a few months before I got here.

    But anyway, I had a taste of NZ’s Coke with raspberry the other day, it tastes kinda like Ribena, only less sweet with a bitter cola flavor. Not bad I guess, but I like regular Coke better.

    They use raspberry syrup in the mix. You can get it in bars and Burger King.

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