This week, I am in London for work. Rather than seeing the sites, I am focused on the amazing kinds of junk food to be found in Britain. Yesterday, I saw this in the company canteen. Of course, I had to try it.
I took the bottle back to my hotel room and went to work. First, notice that Coke Orange is 1% ‘orange fruit from concentrate’. A wee bit more than the usual drop of artificial flavor in most flavored drinks.
The soda pop itself looks like regular Coke. For some reason, I was expecting a bright orange color like the bottle, but it had the standard dark brown/caramel color in the glass.
When I first smelled it, the aroma of Tang, a powdered orange drink, was very strong. The smell was dominant over the usual sweet smell of Coke. After tasting a bit, I was surprised to find that the flavor was not nearly as strong. In fact, the orange taste was subtle and not that bad at all. I think that Coca Cola is counting on the strong smell and subtle taste to entice drinkers. While I likely won’t seek it out, the Coke Orange was OK and if offered it again, I wouldn’t turn it down.
does it taste like St. Joseph’s baby aspirin?
In the book “Big Secrets,” William Poundstone noted that the “dominant” flavor for Coca-Cola was orange, and for Pepsi it was lemon.
One hundred years from now, all colas will be shunned for the carbonated battery acid they are. CRISWELL PREDICTS!
Wow! you put a lot more thought into drinking a bottle of Coca Cola with Orange than I did. Personally I thought it tasted like someone had accidentally spilt some orange tango into my coca-cola. Having said that, after a couple of cans the taste does start to grow on you. I personally prefer the Coca Cola with Lime.