Apples and Coke

So this is some big news in the soda world...Apple just passed Coca-Cola as the world's most recognized brand.  I don't know exactly how they compute that stuff, but I am more interested in what that says about the world, and I guess it means that people are more interested in technology than good old fashioned sugar drinks.

But I think it will fade.  While technology may be ubiquitous, the companies that bring it tend to cycle around.  I predict Coca-Cola will rise again, even if it is far enough in the future where I will never bother to check to see if I'm right.

Coca-Cola Slander

Soda gets a bad rap, but no soda gets a worse rap than Coca-Cola.  If you don't believe me, check out the http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/cokelore.asp page that has article after article debunking cruel, slanderous Coca-Cola myths.  Fight your ignorance.  Stand up for Coca-Cola today!

Pepsi Flavored Cheetos

For those of you who don't think soda merits enough attention to bleed into the mundane areas of your life, consider what is happening in Japan.  Last month Cheetos and Pepsi teamed up to make, you guessed it, Pepsi flavored Cheetos! Apparently, the Cheetos are covered in a Pepsi powder, that, reminding us of Crystal Clear Pepsi days, is not brown. No word yet if these are coming to the U.S. yet.

Pepsi Flavored Cheetos!

Pepsi Jazz

Do you know one of the reasons why I enjoy collecting soda cans?  It's because they are so quick and limited.  The often exist for only a brief moment in time before they are discontinued or designed differently. Also, since I rarely had soda as a child, I find as an adult I really appreciate it when I have it to drink. Consider the cans below, which sadly, I don't have in my collection.

These are discontinued Pepsi sodas.  They definitely seem exotic now.  I remember buying them and drinking them with my friend in his apartment playing Texas Hold 'em.  Not a grand memory, but a nice one. And I associate the memory with these cans.

These nifty cans only lasted from 2006 - 2009.  Then they went kaput. So sad.  They came in Black Cherry French Vanilla, Caramel Cream, and Strawberries and Cream. One reviewer thought the Caramel one was best. I was prone to agree.

RC Cola

I got a new soda can over the weekend.  It's been one I've been meaning to collect.  I finally got it because my friend who was visiting loves this cola more than Pepsi and Coke, so he bought a 12 pack for our fridge. It's Royal Crown Cola, made by the same people who bring us Dr. Pepper.

RC Cola 2013

Caffeine Free Coke Zero

I found a new can shortly after it was released.  Apparently, Coke Zero is doing great.  So great that they decided to release a Caffeine Free Version.  It came out this very month and I picked up a 12 pack at my local store.  I think the black and gold can is rather stylish.

2013 Caffeine Free Coke Zero

The target audience is apparently also people like me: young adult males (just look at the official site.) Diet Coke is too womanly, so the Coke Zero line is targeted towards men.  Interestingly, it was already available in France and Japan, but not here.  To correct this oversight of leaving North America out, a petition was made to bring it here.  It only had 5 signatures, but I guess that was enough!

It's Still Going On...

It's been some time since I've last posted.  But less you think I have given up on my soda can collecting habit and written it off as some childish fad, here is an updated picture of the "basement" where the cans in my collection are located.

Not bad, huh?  Back in February I only had a photo of 15 cans. I will try to be more diligent in posting...perhaps not once a day but a goal of once a week.  As a side note, I set a goal of having at least 100 cans by summer.  Well, it certainly is summer now and I have exceeded my goal and have a total of 123 different soda cans in my collection.  As always, what the mind can conceive and believe, it CAN achieve.(See what I did there?  I am awesome.)