Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Guest Reviews, Imported, Reviews, Sprite, The Coca-Cola Company on Jun 20th, 2010 4 Comments »
This guest review explores Sprite – Botella Edicion Limitada, a natural sugar Sprite from Mexico.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Lemon Lime, Reviews, Sprite, Stevia, The Coca-Cola Company on Mar 16th, 2010 12 Comments »
Drinking Sprite Green is like experiencing a gruesome amusement park ride of flavor doom! The aftertaste is the culprit, sneaking up on you with a non-food flavor, almost like you accidentally swallowed hair spray. Given that this drink has a stevia-powered aftertaste, maybe I wasn't expecting exactly what my mouth was saying… which was pretty much, "what did you just do to me?"
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coming Soon, Mello Yello, The Coca-Cola Company on Mar 9th, 2010 20 Comments »
Coke is returning Mello Yello to the frontlines with a package redesign and additional marketing support. The new look, slated for April 2010, is a modern take on the original 1979 design for the soft drink.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coke, Commercials, Super Bowl, The Coca-Cola Company on Feb 8th, 2010 1 Comment »
BevReview.com takes a look at the beverage-related Super Bowl commercials. A guy goes sleepwalking through the Africa savannah… and nothing eats him. But hey, Coke is around, so it's all good!
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coke, Commercials, Super Bowl, The Coca-Cola Company on Feb 8th, 2010 No Comments »
BevReview.com takes a look at the beverage-related Super Bowl commercials. Coke teams up with "The Simpsons" to showcase how happiness can be found even in the hard times… by drinking a bottle of Coca-Cola.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coke, Coming Soon, Imported, News, Pepsi, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company on Jun 5th, 2009 6 Comments »
Japan is slated for some new, interesting flavors from Coke and Pepsi. Coca-Cola Plus Catechin will have a green tea influence, while Pepsi Shiso sports a basil-inspired taste. These fit in line with other recent oddities from the Land of the Rising Sun, including Pepsi Ice Cucumber, Pepsi Blue Hawaii, and Pepsi White.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coca-Cola Zero, Coke, Commercials, Diet Pepsi, Gatorade, Life Water, News, Pepsi, PepsiCo, SoBe, Sports Drinks, Super Bowl, The Coca-Cola Company, Vitaminwater on Feb 2nd, 2009 5 Comments »
Another Super Bowl has come and gone, and with it, a whole new batch of high-profile commercials. Given that we're a beverage reviewing site, I'd like to take a look at the non-alcoholic drink ads that graced our TVs during the matchup between the Cardinals and Steelers. We've done detailed analysis on each of these ads individually, but here's a quick overview…
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coke, Commercials, News, Super Bowl, The Coca-Cola Company on Feb 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
BevReview.com takes a look at the beverage-related Super Bowl commercials. This Coke commercial — part of the new "Open Happiness" campaign — features a bunch of bugs trying to steal a bottle from a guy in a park. Lots of CGI and a cheery music score make this a happy spot.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coke, Commercials, News, Super Bowl, The Coca-Cola Company on Feb 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
BevReview.com takes a look at the beverage-related Super Bowl commercials. This spot for Coke "shows how people in today's busy world use technology to stay virtually linked", but it also showcases how two people connect over high fructose corn syrup-sweetened goodness, while sitting in a diner that doesn't exist on Earth, using straws (seriously, straws?) to drink out of glass bottles that Coke doesn't even use in mainstream distribution.
Posted in Carbonated Soft Drinks, Coca-Cola Zero, Commercials, News, Super Bowl, The Coca-Cola Company on Feb 2nd, 2009 1 Comment »
BevReview.com takes a look at the beverage-related Super Bowl commercials. In this tribute to the original 1981 Coke commercial featuring Mean Joe Greene, The Coca-Cola Company debuted the first Coke Zero Super Bowl ad that features Troy Polamalu… and a storyline that seems similar, but different, from the original spot.
