Thursday, May 05, 2005

New Zealand's Got It Made

While I will admit the new Coke/Diet Coke with Lime commercial is remarkably catchy (who wouldn't love the punny masterpiece of "Put the Lime in the Coke you nut!"), I still am not sold on the flavor. Not that it's a bad product, I just don't particularly enjoy it.

But THIS is a flavor I wish we had in the states...

[below is an excerpt from
www.just-drinks.com]

"Coca-Cola is to launch a new flavour in New Zealand later this month. The drinks company has announced that Coca-Cola Raspberry will hit retail outlets in the country on 30 May. A sugar free version – Diet Coke with Raspberry – will launch at the same time.

Speaking to local Web site Scoop, Alison Sykora, region corporate affairs manager for Coca-Cola Oceania in New Zealand, said that New Zealand had been picked as the test-market for Coke Raspberry because not only were New Zealanders proven early adopters of new experiences, but they had been asking for Coca-Cola Raspberry for quite some time.

Coca-Cola Raspberry and Diet Coke with Raspberry will only be available for a limited time. "

6 comments:

Johnny C. said...

I must say that I am a fan of Diet Coke w/ lime. I didn't think I would care for it, but it won me over.

I drink alot of diet soft drinks now that I realized that I'm hypoglycemic.

It's not so bad though. I get to explore a sugar-free world.

Morris said...

natural sweetner causes cancer! You would be better off smoking.

Morris
Ask Morris

Elaine said...

See... when I drink the Diet Coke with Lime, it reminds me too much of drinking a rum a Coke... which of course is flavored with a Lime. Thus, when the absence of rum presents itself, it is a disappointing predicament. I think that may be my DC w/ lime hangup.

Johnny C. said...
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Johnny C. said...

I understand what you're saying, because it reminds me of drinking a Corona when I taste the lime. I can't drink Corona or rum and coke at work either. So I figure it's the next best thing.

Oh yeah. Morris, I smoke and drink coke with natural sweetner as well. I enjoy the double whammy of death in my life.

Elaine said...

Mmmm.... Corona at work...