FOOD REVIEW

Coke Ultimate Review — Undefinable Flavor

“Tastes like xp,” that’s an advertising quote

XP? Have you lost your mind? That’s a flavor about as appealing as “weeping clock”.

Backward record scratch “zzzzz”.

Eweee! New flavors! Photo by Wendy Snyder.

Guys. Excuse me. What does “xp” taste like?

Let’s try this new brown label with the ultimate hard to find name Ultimate Coca-Cola. Photo by Wendy Snyder.

Ultimate Coca-Cola, by creations. Photos by Wendy Snyder.

One Saturday afternoon, I asked my family, “Do you guys want to try a new flavor?”

Do bears like honey? Hello yes!

My family loves taste testing every single new crazy fun horrible, ridiculous flavor the marketers throw at us. I’m not sure how selling one-off’s helps, but I have to say, most of the new flavors are not worth buying a second time.

We “purchased” with a coupon, our free Coke Ultimate Zero. That’s my kind of purchase.

Three of us tested it. We tried the zero-calorie version, but don’t fear, there’s also a plenty o’ calorie version too.

Bubblicious, pop, sizzle, fizz

It’s packed with carbonation. Photo by Wendy Snyder.

The sniff test

The Dad figure said, “It smells fruity with a hint of alcohol.”

The Mom figure agreed, “I’m not sure…fruity,” with a lot of, “wow that’s weird.”

The daughter, not caring one wit about the smell, passed go directly and dove straight into a head-back full two-gulp guzzle.

I blinked and her glass was empty.

Ultimate Coca-Cola Zero. Photos by Wendy Snyder.

The taste test