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Our American Traditions

April 30, 2006 by Daniel Nichols

Anyone who cherishes them must surely be appalled by this.

–Maclin Horton

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on April 30, 2006 at 7:36 pm | Reply Jason LaLonde

It’s here already. I first found in at a gas station in Live Oak, Florida of all places about 3 weeks ago. I normally don’t drink sodda, but decided to try it. It’s actually quite good.
on April 30, 2006 at 8:52 pm | Reply Christopher Blosser

It has been done before, but not by Coca Cola. I saw a variation of ‘coffee / soda’ blend at a convenience store in my neighborhood — The Manhattan Special. I tried it and will never buy it again.

Coke will either perfect the formula or it will go the way of ‘New Coke.” =)
on May 1, 2006 at 8:31 am | Reply The young fogey

I remember when Pepsi Kona was test-marketed – it even had a cool commercial with Tom Jones singing ‘It’s Not Unusual’ (he’s no joke – the man can sing – and is now Sir Tom) – liked it very much and missed it when Pepsi decided not to keep making and selling it.
on May 1, 2006 at 10:10 am | Reply Maclin Horton

I rarely drink soft drinks but have a serious coffee problem. So I’ll probably try it out if I run across it, just because it sounds so weird. It sounds pretty gross to me, though, as I drink my coffee black and don’t particularly like the combination of sweet and coffee flavors (unless chocolate is also involved).
on May 1, 2006 at 4:15 pm | Reply Eunomia

Coca-Cola Blak is the New…Oh, Nevermind

On the scale of cultural importance, there are few things that rank below the introduction of a new Coke product, such as Tom Cruise, almost all blogging, and Max Boot’s books. Still, one good irrelevancy deserves another, so why not…
on May 1, 2006 at 9:47 pm | Reply Politeuma

Coca Cola Blak

Maclin Horton is appalled, but I’m intrigued. Tradition? Somehow, Coca-Cola doesn’t strike me as one of the “permanent things”….
on May 2, 2006 at 11:09 pm | Reply Jon Luker

I don’t imagine I’ll go out of my way to purchase Blak, but if given an opportunity, I’d try it. I prefer my coffee black as well and am rather particular about the bean and how it’s roasted (I roast my own most of the time). But, I do enjoy the combination of good chocolate with (not in) my coffee. Try extra dark chocolate and a fine Indonesian coffee. Can’t beat it.
on May 3, 2006 at 2:05 am | Reply Franklin R. Salazar

What’s with all this talk about taste? Coffee exists to be consumed for one overarching reason: Caffeine, and the more the caffeine the merrier.

Years ago I use to be able buy this ground coffee called “high yield” as in high yield caffeine. Did it taste good? Who knows? I certainly don’t. I don’t have the foggiest memory of how it tasted, but I do remember it delivering the goods. So if Coca-Cola Blak delivers the goods, it sounds good to me.

Besides, after about the fifth or sixth pot, coffee starts to taste wretched, (as I take another slurp), so a different mode of caffeine delivery, other than espresso, might just be the ticket.
on May 3, 2006 at 9:29 am | Reply Maclin Horton

I think Mr. Luker and I are of one mind as regards coffee and chocolate. Although some of those coffee-chocolate mixes are tasty, I don’t really think of them as coffee. And they’re usually too sweet.

Franklin, you need to check this out.

I’m pretty much of the diametrically opposed view. Caffeine for me is a decidedly addictive drug that I have to strictly regulate, and which eventually produces bad effects that can only be alleviated by an even more unpleasant withdrawal. But I love the taste of coffee. Frequently my last thought on going to sleep at night is “in a few hours it will be time for coffee.” Really, I’m not making that up. I would drink decaf if it didn’t taste so foul. It’s on my list of things life is too short for, along with “lite beer.”
on May 4, 2006 at 8:06 am | Reply Daniel Nichols

Amen, Maclin, and make mine freshly ground. Franklin’s attitude sounds like a teenager’s approach to liquor: gulp and stagger, missing the whole point.
on May 4, 2006 at 4:59 pm | Reply Franklin R. Salazar

What is coffee? Is decaf. coffee? Or is it pretend coffee? Coffee can taste miserable, but it’s still coffee, but remove the caffeine, and it’s but a shadow pretending to be what it is not.

As a friend of my wife once commented while taking in the scenery at Paris on the Platte, “coffee’s the perfect drink because it’s black, it’s hot, it’s got zed calories, and it’s full of caffeine.”