Sport Cars and Soda

I've mentioned before that I'm a huge fan of the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine.  It makes the most delicious drinks and looks amazing.  And guess what?  Here is a fun fact about it.

2013 Mountain Dew Code Red

The Coca-Cola Freestyle machine's curves were designed by none other than the same Italian company that plots out the curves for a Ferrari.  That's right. Getting you to that high tech soda fountain was so important that they literally made it look like a sport's car.  So find one near you and tank up on the sugar!

Can Draft and Coca-Cola Slogan Number 19

Can 19 is posted!

In 1942, Coca-Cola trimmed their awkwardly longest slogan ever and left us with a Dr. Pepper-one-of-a-kind-type-slogan of "The Only Thing Like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola Itself."  Leaving the uniqueness behind, Coca-Cola decided to add a little more big hearted hospitality to their slogan in 1948.

1948: "Where There's Coke, There's Hospitality"

I like it.  I lived in the Philippines for two years and whenever you visited someone they would serve you a soda as refreshment, usually Coca-Cola.  It was sign of hospitality I found lacking when I returned to the States.  Perhaps if we brought this 1948 slogan back we'd see a little but more kindness to folks who stop by to visit.

Sprite Fights Cancer!

Yeah, yeah, we know that soda is bad and makes people fat and is corrupting the world with bad business practices.  At least that's what wealthy, elite, Democrats tell us. Well imagine their faces when you tell them this little tidbit from your soda research: Sprite helps fight cancer!

2013 Mountain Dew White Out

Turns out researchers discovered that flat Sprite helps an anti-cancer drug be absorbed into the body more effectively.  Who knew?  So next time you chug a Sprite, know that you are not only supporting the NBA, but a tiny niche of cancer research.

Defunct Color Changing Mt. Dew Cans.

I started my soda can collection in February 2013.  This means I was too late to collect some unique cans, notably ones released in 2012 by Mountain Dew.

2014 Mountain Dew Baja Blast

In the summer of 2012, Mountain Dew released cans with special ink that changed color when exposed to different temperatures.  In other words, the cans changed from purple to green when they got cold.  I missed out.  It would have been particularly nice since as I keep my "cans in the basement", they would have probably been caught in an in between color shift in the cool, but not cold, basement air.  Oh well, maybe they will release them again someday.

Coca-Cola Goes to Court

People usually only pay attention to the Supreme Court of the United States when one of those hot topic cases are playing out such as gay marriage or Obamacare.  Well the Supreme Court listens to the soda related cases too, as this one with POM Wonderful suing Coca-Cola over a Minute-Maid juice drink.

The Offending Label, Which I Now Want to Find in Can Form

The drink in question is called Pomegranate Blueberry, which is actually a blended drink with five juices, but it has less than 1 percent each of blueberry and pomegranate juice. The Supreme Court is deciding if the label counts as false advertising.  So next time you want to be a Supreme Court justice and take part in the big, political cases, remember you have to sit through the soda company ones too.

Dr. Pepper Vanilla Float

My wife went out to visit friends last night and came home with an amazing can for me.  I didn't even know it was available.  And now, you can't argue, that can looks pretty swell, doesn't it?

2014 Dr. Pepper Vanilla Float