Entries Tagged as 'asides'

Friday, June 29th, 2007

What’s inside Red Bull

Kind of gross. They make it sound like Red Bull isn’t even vegetarian, but I’m fairly sure inositol is generally born in test tubes. Any scientists out there know what the deal is? Do any smart people ever read this site?

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Coke’s Simplified Redesign

Great article on the latest Coke redesign. “Compared with Pepsi’s blow-it-all-out how-many-designs-can-we-produce-in-a-summer strategy, this takes guts.”

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Pepsi Planet

Pepsi Planet features pictures of semi-clothed women occasionally posing with Pepsi products. That is all. [via Adrants]

Monday, June 18th, 2007

Top Ten Weird and Bizarre Japanese Soft Drinks

The first 10 inductees into InventorSpot’s Soft Drink Hell of Fame [thx, E]

Friday, June 15th, 2007

Future Cola

China’s #3 cola behind Coke and Pepsi is Future Cola. Wikipedia says it’s marketed as “a healthy way to cool off the Chinese youngsters and clean out their fiery livers.” Not sure I buy that, but it makes for a good read. How to go about smuggling some of this over the Great Wall, I [...]

Thursday, June 14th, 2007

Pepsi Ice Cucumber reviews

The reviews of Pepsi Ice Cucumber are starting to trickle in. My favorite so far: I was able to finish it.

Wednesday, June 13th, 2007

The mint-colored artificial taste of cucumber

Slightly more info on Pepsi’s Japan-only Cucumber Ice soda. Further updates as cucumber soda-related news warrants.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

The Bevolution

Coca-Cola’s new dispenser offers 50 flavor combos.  Come to me. Come to me, my pretty.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Vitamin Water Ads

Slate on the new Vitamin Water [sic] TV spots. I didn’t know people actually got paid to write long, forgettable beverage-related analyses. Kev were you aware of this.

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

Gum Arabic Embargo

“Try to stop the killings in Darfur, and we’ll take away your Coca-Cola.” [thx tmn]

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