Novelty Drink Reviews

Me and a few of my friends like trying out odd drinks (like limited edition sodas), so I figured I'd just formally review them here.

Retroactive reviews:

Coca-Cola Dreamworld:

Tasting date: ??? (whenever it came out)

Review date: 9/20/23

I remember it having a kinda bubblegummy, cinnamony, vaguely ramune-esque vibe? I liked it, but I didn't like it better than normal Coke.

Novelty: 4/5 Rebuy value: 3/5 Taste: 3/5

Final score: ~3.5/5

Final verdict: Meh, not bad

Coca-Cola Move:  

Tasting date: ??? (whenever it came out)  

Review date: 9/20/23  

I hate coconut. I think my friend Buns described it having a suntan lotion-like quality. I wasn't a fan, but I'm sure that there's somebody out there that REALLY liked it.

Novelty: 4/5 Rebuy value: 2/5 Taste: 2/5  

Final score: ~2.5/5

Final verdict: tasted like it had an SPF rating

Grimace shake:   

Tasting date: ??? (whenever it came out)    

Review date: 9/20/23    

I think I expected grape. It tasted like blueberry muffins, but CHEAP blueberry muffins. I described it as "tasting like what I imagine a pregnancy craving to be".

Novelty: 3.5/5 Rebuy value: 3/5 Taste: 4/5    

Final score: 3.5/5  

Final verdict: Blueberrish

Coca-Cola Y3000:  

Tasting date: ~9/16/23

Review date: 9/20/23  

Coke says it was developed with the help of AI. I'm choosing to interpret that as some poor underpaid intern telling Chat GPT "come up with a unique flavor combination for a cola". It tasted a lot like Dreamworld to me. But less fun. I can barely remember it.

Novelty: 2/5 Rebuy value: 2/5 Taste: 3/5  

Final score: ~2.3/5

Final verdict: don't worry about the singularity

Current reviews:

What the Fanta? (0 Sugar):  

Tasting date: 9/20/23

Review date: 9/20/23  

Spoilers: it just tastes like artificial cherry. Maybe with some artificial grape. It also tastes like black food dye.

Novelty: 4/5 Rebuy value: 3/5 Taste: 3/5  

Final score: ~3.5/5

Final verdict: I like the gimmick! If the label is actually glow in the dark I'll come back and bump up the novelty score. Update: nope :(

Update 2: (mildly gross, select the text to uncensor) it turned my crap green