Ellen Kim: Just-arrived Vanilla Coke has a taste that says, well, vanilla. Vanilla is prevalent … It coats that delightful, battery-acid kick Coke is known for. … The Coke aftertaste is there, but by then it’s too little, too late.
Is this what it’s come to? We miss the classic taste of battery acid? Will we be waxing nostalgic to our grandchildren about original Coke (not to be confused with New Coke, Cherry Coke, or Coke Classic, mind you) and how it had that great battery acid taste that just hit your mouth and made your lips twinge in excitement? And nowadays all you can find is this vanillaed-down stuff that teases you with the battery acid taste, but boy you know it’s nothin’ like what we had, back in the day…
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It’s possible that I had a point once, but I’m pretty sure I’ve lost it by now.
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