Costa Rican Coke Zero

Earlier this winter, my family went to Costa Rica for a week. With my first meal at our resort, I had a Coke Zero with zero sugar, or "zero azúcar" as the can says:

My son had an orange Fanta with breakfast one morning (why not?... we were on vacation...) and he noted that it tasted better because of the cane sugar vs the HFCS we have up here in the US:

Checking the ingredients list.

Here's a video from a day we spent in a rain forest and here's LOTS of photos from this trip!

International Fanta Challenge

Recently, Rhett and Link tried to guess where different Fanta sodas originated:


Direct link on Facebook: fb.watch/j7tc188-vb/

That's the edited 6 minute version above, but here's the full version on YouTube if you're interested (which is 22 mins long).

What's Better? Fountain, Can, or Bottle?

Rhett and Link (the funny friends from the internet) just posted a video where they test sodas to see if they can tell if sodas came from the tap, a can, or a bottle. AND what they like better. They learned something. Check them out:

GLASS VS. BOTTLE VS. FOUNTAIN SODA CHALLENGE

Are fountain drinks as good as you THINK they are?

Posted by Rhett and Link on Friday, March 5, 2021

If the embedded video doesn't work, CLICK HERE to see it on their Facebook page.

Soda Flavored Lip Balm

I found this package of "Lip Smacker" lip balm at Target yesterday:

I'd probably eat the Barq's one. And I don't know how good Sprite would be on my lips...

Fanta Cans

Just a fun photo that I wanted to share that I found on 9gag:

Fanta Orange

On a recent warm evening, I opened this with supper:

Brand: Fanta Orange.

Origin: Mexico.

Purchase Place: Cub Foods, St. Paul, MN.

Sweetener: Sugar.

Review: Nothing fancy here, but decent orange soda. Smooth. Oh, and as I've noted before about Fanta sodas, the mouth of the bottle is super rounded and smooth. It's awesome.

Score: 6.5 out of 10.

Fanta Strawberry

Time for something sugary:

Brand: Fanta Strawberry.

Origin: Mexico.

Purchase Place: Kowalski's Market, St. Paul, MN.

Sweetener: Sugar.

Review: This was sweet (Fanta seems to usually be sweet). I would never call the flavor "strawberry" - it was almost more cherry. Kinda just "red" flavored. It was sweet and OK. Nothing too great or memorable, but OK.

Score: 5 out of 10.

Fanta Grape

I opened this a few minutes ago, and I'm still enjoying it:

This is the "Mexican version" that I got in the ethnic foods section. The back of the bottle is all in Spanish, and the bottle cap says "Grape" and "Uva" (Spanish for grape).


Brand: Fanta Grape.

Origin: Mexico.

Purchase Place: Cub Foods, St. Paul, MN.

Sweetener: Sugar.

Review: This is very sweet, sugary, and syrupy. The flavor was spot-on. It was "basic" and normal, but extra sweet, and I liked it a lot. Oh, and a BONUS: the top of the bottle is super rounded - I've never sipped soda from a smoother, rounder opening. It was a strange, special treat.

Score: 8 out of 10.