Transparency in 20oz
January 24, 2017 | 23:18 | Written by: snake911
I came across what I believe is a rarity of a beverage while waiting in the checkout line at the grocery store yesterday. In the countertop cooler that lines up a variety of soft drinks for impulse buyers, I saw something that was clearly different amongst the other bottles that contain darker colored liquids. I saw a bottle of Crystal Pepsi!
Probably the last time I saw a bottle of this clear stuff was back in, like, the early ‘90s when clear, non-colored drinks were a short lived fad that even crossed over to liquor with brands like Zima. Even back then I don't remember ever participating in this phenomenon by drinking any transparent sodas, so I never knew what it tasted like. But twenty years later I was given a second change to rectify my past sin and can now taste what I've been missing for all these years. And as you can probably expect, the anticipation was high when I finally had it in my hand, cap removed, and ready to take a swig.
The results? Meh.
It does kind of throws you off with the first sip because knowing ahead of time it's a Pepsi, so you expect to tie together the taste to what you visually see in the bottle to what you already know about the drink, but with my brain expecting it to be black rather than clear, it confused my taste buds, but after you take a second mouthful is when you get it figured out. To me it doesn't taste like a traditional Pepsi. It had a strange after taste to it. I've never drank hand sanitizer (and I never plan to), but that back taste I got from it gave me that inclination. Next time I see one, I think I'll pass on it.
So in conclusion: I didn't miss much.
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