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New Article? Yes! About old soda!

There was a time, many, many years ago, when I wrote these things called "articles." I was feeling nostalgic, so I decided, what the hey? Let's use, a lot of commas, and see if it still feels, okay, to write articles.

Today's feature chooses "eleven" as its arbitrary token number and examines "eleven" different soft drinks that are no longer with us, running the gamut from Surge to Strawberry Burst Pepsi and beyond. It's my way of getting a return on the many thousands spent to amass a ridiculous collection of old, sealed soda cans.

I hope you find the article to your liking, because I gave up watching Wolf Creek to write it, and I really wanted to see that "head on a stick" part.

Posted by Matt on 02/04/2007. E-mail me!

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I have to say, I totally forgot about orbitz until I saw this… and I used to drink it all the time. It’s crazy how many things go in and out of market.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica @ 02/07/2007 2:02 AM

Man, I stayed up WAY too late reading this article. I saw it and knew I couldn’t wait to read it because I am a soda fiend!

Pepsi Blue was without a doubt, my favorite soda for the 6-12 months it was around. I remember drinking one with breakfast every morning the summer it was out. That was good summer for new sodas. There was Blue, Red Fusion and I believe that was the same year that Vanillal Coke hit the shelves.

My new addiction is Vault Zero. Now I am older and need to cut the caloires, and Zero tastes REALLY good for a diet drink. It still has a HUGE kick too despite the lack of sugar.

Drinks I would like to see in the Part II of this article: that green 7Up DNL stuff, 7UP Gold, Pepsi Holiday Spice, Dr. Pepper Red Fusion and Pitch Black (the first version, not the bastardized sour version from the following year). I know there are more oldies I would like to see, but they escape me right now. Does anyone remember a Bubble Gum soda from the mid 80s? I can’t remember what is was called but it came in a pink bottle. I thought it was great when I was a kid, but I bet if I tried it now it would be terrible.

Sodas that I think are likely to become “old sodas” in the not too distant future: Pepsi Lime, Coke with Lime, Pepsi Twist, Diet Coke with Lemon, Black Cherry Vanilla Coke (or whatever it is called), both types of Pepsi Jazz and Berries and Creme Dr. Pepper (but hopefully not Cherry Vanilla Dr. Pepper- I love that stuff). Nothing againt any of these, there are just too many different products on the shelf right now to stay in production.

And finally, why have Coke and Pepsi refused to try a chocolate soda? It might end of pretty bad, but I have been wanting them to try it for years. You think that with all the vanilla sodas the thought must have crossed their mind at least a few times. It’s even a classic soda fountain kind of drink like cherry and vanilla, so there is history there already. I mean, they made a freakin’ coffee flavored Coke. Come on already!

Chestnuts roasted by broctoon @ 02/07/2007 2:15 AM

I don’t know if you just didn’t list it or if you don’t have any original coke. I actually have 3 bottles one even being an 80′s model 16 ouncer with a styrofoam label and aluminum cap. I will consider parting with one or all of them if you are interested however they won’t come too cheaply. Let me know if you are interested and I can email some photos to you. Find me on myspace at http://www.myspace.com/braacing_4_success.

Chestnuts roasted by Pat @ 02/07/2007 2:40 AM

The worst thing about waving to Vince McMahon at midnight is not having anyone awake enough to call and brag to about it. *off topic I know but if anyone would understand that, it’s here. *

Chestnuts roasted by Ed @ 02/07/2007 3:18 AM

How can you possibly forget about OK Soda? It was totally disgusting but there were 800 numbers printed on the bottles that you could call and you could take quizzes and stuff. It was good. Damn, you missed out brother.

Chestnuts roasted by disturbd @ 02/07/2007 3:35 AM

i totally forgot about surge, i used to drink it to stay awake in class during high school. it used to give me stomach aches so i switched to tequilla and have become a full fledged alcoholic. DAMN YOU SURGE

Chestnuts roasted by cloy @ 02/07/2007 3:49 AM

God, how I long for a nice cold can of Surge! This post almost made me cry.

Chestnuts roasted by Mita @ 02/07/2007 4:15 AM

In Canada, pop is made from sugar (as God intended).

Chestnuts roasted by Visaman @ 02/07/2007 6:25 AM

Casual Jeff: Your story with pictures about Casual cafe was probably the funniest thing I have ever read. “Sitting on your pig…” will stick with me for a while. Very funny, pal.

Chestnuts roasted by Bill @ 02/07/2007 7:09 AM

I loved pepsi blue! I can remember seeing the bus ads with a little dumbledor wizard + a big blue raspberry = a bottle of pepsi blue… mmmm blue liquid sugar….

Im also a big fan of Ironbru (sp?) and the random sodas i find at the local chinese market.

PS im in Canada and Sprite Ice has discontinued…nasty stuff. like drinking listerine and sprite mixed…and yet it was addicting. We called it Make-out pop.

SURGE IS GONE??? WTF mate.

I like Coke Blak….but i also like bubble tea so that probably doesnt say much.

Good Job Matt! Love your articles, been a fan for some time (over 2 years now….or at least a year…bad memory)

Should talk about Faygo cola (the official drink of the ICP yo) they make like 50 flavors of pop.

ciao

Chestnuts roasted by Kitty @ 02/07/2007 8:04 AM

The artist that promoted the “Cool Can” Pepsi cans was Young MC.

Chestnuts roasted by Spread @ 02/07/2007 8:09 AM

what, no OK soda? I loved OK soda.

Chestnuts roasted by Stephen @ 02/07/2007 8:25 AM

It looks like Vanilla Pepsi/Coke are both gone now, which makes me really upset. I loved the vanillas Pepsi Clear and Orbitz were awesome, as well. Pity.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean Kecskes @ 02/07/2007 10:52 AM

haha OMG you mentioned woodbridge mall! i still go there occasionally!

Chestnuts roasted by E @ 02/07/2007 11:05 AM

Thats pretty cool, i’ve got some really old (10-15 yrs.) Special K unopened cans if you want them. I think there are like 3 citrus drop and 2 or 3 cola.

Chestnuts roasted by sirkkelley @ 02/07/2007 11:27 AM

I actually enjoyed Crystal Pepsi. At the time, I also thought Howard the Duck was one of the best movies ever made, so there’s no accounting for taste.

On the topic of cancelled sodas, I really miss Holiday Spice. When it first came out, I bought 4 or 5 2 liters of the stuff and was hooked. Future X-mas’s will fell a little emptier without it.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeremiah @ 02/07/2007 12:03 PM

I love the discontinued sodas, and if I could get a can of Surge I’d run over people for it.

Chestnuts roasted by Sir Jorge @ 02/07/2007 1:05 PM

Matt ought to draw X-E International Headquarters and All-Night Minigolf Emporium.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 02/07/2007 2:22 PM

I want pepsi blue back! and orbitz flavor was great it was the thoughts running through your head as you try to swallow the fish eggs..

Chestnuts roasted by Damien @ 02/07/2007 2:25 PM

Hey, this article got a MetaFilter FPP! Welcome to any new readers who make their way over!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 02/07/2007 4:36 PM

I bought some Storm during what I assume was a test marketing in Milwaukee in 1999 — the bottle can be seen here. I also once bought something called Sprite Ice in Toronto, which had a nice crisp lemon-lime taste, until the horrible mint aftertaste kicked in.

Chestnuts roasted by Aaron S. Veenstra @ 02/07/2007 4:45 PM

During the summer I was down in south america and they have some crazy flavours of pop down there. The one that I really liked was called manzana verde. It was made by a company called Samba. They also made one that was supposed to taste like pineapple and another that was supposed to taste like peach though all they really tasted like was sugar. And the Fanta down there actually tasted decent unlike the stuff we have up here.

Chestnuts roasted by knetpet @ 02/07/2007 4:48 PM

Hey, what about Tab Clear (1993)? Do you have any cans or bottles of that? Would love to see a picture of it…

Chestnuts roasted by Josh D. @ 02/07/2007 6:38 PM

They had Tab Clear?!

Chestnuts roasted by Bob @ 02/07/2007 7:24 PM

Pepsi Blue was fantastic! I drank it like everyday! One of my favorite all time sodas and now its gone…

Chestnuts roasted by Morbid Zen @ 02/07/2007 7:50 PM

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