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New Limited Edition Coke Starlight Coca-Cola Space YOU CHOOSE CAN/PACK/BOTTLE
$ 6.33
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What is Coke Starlight?
Overview from yahoo
“Its taste includes additional notes reminiscent of stargazing around a campfire,” reads the press release, “as well as a cooling sensation that evokes the feeling of a cold journey to space.” Yeah, well. I’ll be the judge of that.
I received a sample from the company and decided to see for myself if it tasted like any of those words above, because as interesting as that all sounds (campfires?), it feels like quite a stretch.
Starlight comes in both Original Taste and Zero Sugar varieties. I received a sample of the Zero Sugar (which is fine, since it’s my preference) in a 20-oz. plastic bottle. The drink itself has a deep reddish tone to it, like a slightly darker Cheerwine. After cracking it open, it did have that familiar Coke scent to it, with a slightly sweet, not-quite-berry note. Cut me some slack—I’m doing my best to play soda sommelier here.
How does Starlight taste?
As for the flavor, well, it tastes like Cotton Candy Coke. That’s the best way for me to describe it. While actual cotton candy tastes like wispy spun sugar, cotton candy
flavoring
always tastes like a toned-down generic berry flavor to me. You know what I’m talking about, right? So just imagine either a mild berry flavor or cotton candy extract supplementing the familiar taste of Coca-Cola.
But man, this outer space marketing is a huge stretch. No, it doesn’t taste like lounging by the fire and staring up at the sky (there’s no smoke flavor, so that was an odd comparison). And while I’m no
Jeff Bezos
and have never been launched into space, I can’t imagine space travel evokes the taste of artificial cotton candy. Astronauts, please correct me if I’m wrong.
Why is Coca-Cola Creations a thing?
What I suspect is that both this Starlight drink and the broader Creations platform are just excuses for Coca-Cola to invest in a massive cross-marketing push whenever it debuts something new, flashy, and temporary, which I’m guessing will be regularly. For example, this drink is being promoted by pop star Ava Max (whose music sounds like Lady Gaga’s), and she’s featured in an exclusive augmented reality (AR) performance that you can view by going to the
Coca-Cola Creations website
and scanning a Starlight product. I even gave it a whirl. This is what awaited me.