Zaid

no coconut milk? for shame... as for actual milk, i have one very ultra-specific favorite vanilla milk in mind they have not made in almost 20 goddamn years that I miss dearly and wish they'd make again...

The final bev. We really didn't need the wheel anymore, I just wanted to be funny. We started with Fanta, and now we're ending with Fanta, quite fitting. This represents Fanta's Fourth attempt at an apple flavor, the other three being Apple, which didn't survive the Rebrand, Green Apple (which was a personal favorite of mine) that also didn't survive the rebrand, and Spiced Apple, which was released in 2024 to promote Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. So How is it? Well, it's an Apple Fanta, that's for sure, but not as in-your-face as my vague memory of the old US Counterpart was. a Trend with Japanese Fanta is that it's rather smooth, nice tasting and a great value for the money. - like the soda equivalent to a nice Cruise, of course, as it is a trend with the other two, yes, it is a repeat buy. Would I Recommend? - It's a Japanese Fanta review, what do you expect me to say here? Of course I recommend you try it, especially if you are a fan of one of the other 3 Apple Fantas that are now discontinued. Would I buy if it got a US Counterpart? - We had our chance for years, but because It was a poor seller, it did get the boot, that being said, if Coke ever explored the idea of bringing back Apple Fanta, please use this formula, and also give it a Zero Sugar Counterpart. Thanks for stoppin' by, this concludes this series (...for now)

Final 2, who will prosper? Cuttin' it real close with this one. My expectations are very high with this one, - I've known of the existence of Pepsi's J-Cola series (Multiple different kinds of soda under the unified J-Cola brand) in Japan for years, always wanting to try it, and while it's not technically in the J-Cola brand anymore, it was once a part of it, so consider it my first actual encounter with the brand. Essentially, the idea is that it's Pepsi but with a higher concentrate of Caffeine, think Prime US Pepsi Zero/Max's caffeine levels (pre-reforumation that took out the excess caffeine and taurine) but full-bodied, from what I infer. So how is it? It's a Standard Pepsi... with an aftertaste of Coffee, I'm assuming that's what they use for the extra Caffeine, thinking of it like what a Mini Pepsi Kona would be like in taste/flavor, which is still pretty cool to think about because Kona is something that sounded cool to me to wanna try, but of course, it never caught on so I never did. It does also have a nice sweetness to it, it isn't bitter like Coffee usually is, rather I gather this is the soft drink equivalent to the kinda cold brew I usually get at Dunkin, very sweet, barely actual coffee in terms of flavor. Would I recommend? - If you love Coffee and Pepsi, go for it; the former J-Cola Moniker factor may also be an interesting motivator to try it, but If you don't like Coffee and aren't curious about the J-Cola Brand, you'd likely be better off with a Regular Domestic Pepsi, though it Is sweeter in a pleasant way than the standard US Pepsi Can. Would I buy if it got a US Counterpart? - If they choose to go this route, please brand it as Pepsi Kona or Pepsi Coffee or whatever, it is quite a fitting branding for it, other than that - Use Slim, red bull size Cans for it, instead of these tiny Mini cans, Coke did this whole thing called "Coke with Coffee" a few years ago, and while it was a novel concept that I did like, the coffee flavor was a bit too overbearing. See you Tomorrow, if there will be a wheel to Use is to be determined.

Chapter 3 – “Get that shit off the air.” Zaid left the set again, and got back in the car. He had been on the set for several hours, so it was already nighttime by the time he left. He put the key in the center, twisting the key, and turned the car on, the radio came to life as he put the shifter into gear and drove off. He then began to drive home in silence, the radio was set to Bluetooth mode, and was playing music from a streaming app. The vocalist of the song began to exclaim “Could it beeeee, any haaaaarder, to say goodbye? And without you…”, while backup vocals began to exclaim “fade away, fade away, fade away ohhhhh…” Zaid’s ears twitched slightly as he thought, maybe he was being too harsh on his employees. He wanted this reboot to work so badly, because he felt so responsible for the awful quality of the original. “Fucking hell, think! Think!” he thought to himself, before sighing and deciding to pull in for a coffee, Caffeine might get his brain going again. He pulled into a coffee shop with a drive thru, he got what he needed and paid, then pulled into an empty parking lot. Pushing a button to set his cup of macchiato down into the very tiny European standard cupholder, he pulled out a notebook and a pen from the glovebox and began to write. Zaid wrote for hours, taking sips of his coffee and brainstorming both ideas that would save the show and ways he could work his vision better, before eventually finishing his coffee, and putting everything away so he could drive back home again. The next morning, well rested, Zaid left his studio apartment and began to head back down to the studio, arriving at the light, he waited… and waited… and- KER-SMASH! “AGH SHIT!” Zaid Exclaimed… lifting his sunglasses into his hair, visibly shaking. Zaid got out of the car, and looked behind him, his fear began to turn to pure anger, he was upset over someone clearly not paying attention on the road. Smashed into the back of his car was a Yellow Pontiac Fiero with a substantial bodykit installed in an attempt to make it look like a Lamborghini Countach. “you gotta be fucking kidding me… this dude is not gonna have the money…” he exclaimed internally, not knowing the shit he’s about to be in. “you know how expensive it is to get parts for a fucking 2010 Saab 9-3 these day-“ Zaid looked up from the bent rear bumper, in pure fear. It was god himself, Danny Devito. Danny got out of the “Countach”, and looked at the damage. Zaid began to stammer his words, “m-m-m-mr. devito! Eh-heh…” then gulped. Danny took one look at the damage and one look back at the heathenous Sunglasses wearing brown-haired cartoon Corgi, he clearly didn’t create something like that, and yet, he doesn’t know how it came into existence. Zaid just stood there, frozen in total fear, he knew this wasn’t his fault but he was not going to question the authority of god himself. “p-please mr. devito, spare me, I will pay for both…” he whimpered, putting his hands out in a “please don’t touch me” motion. Danny did not say a word, only handing him a card saying “call me.”, with a phone number on it. The bright yellow “Countach” then drove off, Zaid then quickly picked up the pieces, throwing them in the trunk that could now barely even open and sped off, now trying to keep calm, he was lucky Mr. Devito was late for something as well. “d-d-damn it! I can’t afford this crap!” Zaid sat for a moment to think, he then got up to check the damage, It wasn’t bent in too much, but it would require some kind of repair, one that had to come out of zaid’s own pocket. The Corgi began to panic, his ears twitching like crazy, “Fuck, I need this shit to work now, for sure!” he exclaimed, kneeling next to the bent in bumper, tears streaming down his eyes. As Zaid arrived to the studio once more, something felt… different – something had changed, a shift in how things were going to be done, and it wasn’t on his end, for some reason. When he walked in the building, everyone was waiting, lined up in uniform rows, staring at him. Zaid, already stammering his words and adrenaline still rushing from the accident, swallowed his nerves and tried to utter a question. “h-how long have you all been… waiting here… like this?”, he said nervously. “About an hour, sir.”, one of his assistants chimed in. Zaid tugged at his Collar nervously, but pulled himself somewhat together to finally deliver the grand plan that would change everything with production. “alright… so, uh, it’s been clear to me that we have been going quite… off the rails with production, as of… erm, late…” Zaid nervously stammered once more. “but that’s ok, I don’t know what I’m doing either.” The crew murmured amongst themselves in confusion. “I’m wondering if maybe we’re going about this too fast.” Zaid then replied. The confused murmuring turned into quite concerned murmuring. “No, no, you’ll all still have your jobs!” he then replied with a shocked expression, almost like he was thinking he lost control of the ship. “I’m just saying I think we’ve been looking at this all wrong, I wrote down some ideas on how we can retool this for the better!” Zaid then nervously, and somehow mysteriously pulled the notepad out from an unknown part of himself towards his neck-dewlap. “instead of trying to be exactly like Full House, why don’t we just… try something new?” Zaid exclaimed. - if he could sweat, he’d be sweating bullets right now. “You mean like Fuller House?” an Actor chimed in. “NO!” Zaid yelped suddenly at the roof, only to then look back down noticing how he kinda frightened his subordinates, “I mean, No.” Zaid then calmly re-iterated. “I mean like, forging our own path, what did following Full House in the first place get us? Cancelled.” Backing up what he said. His crew then talked amongst themselves, one of them approached him. “We’ll talk this over at the office, but you do realize that this means we’re scrapping production yet again.” They told him. Zaid nodded in agreement and then held out his hand. “well, I hope it’s the last time.” The two shook hands, and production had ended on the old version of the show, but a new version was just beginning. As everyone walked out, one person noticed the damage on Zaid’s bumper. “woah, dude, what the hell happened?” they exclaimed. “I uh, backed into a light pole… yeah, that’s what happened.” Zaid replied. “Hah, did you see a strong Fox guy or something while backing up, bro?” they casually said while bumping zaid’s shoulder in a casual way. “er, yeah…. That’s exactly what happened.” Zaid replied. The person would then laugh, ruffling his hair. “boss got a cruuush!” “Shut up Tyler.” Zaid said, he had to play it off, knowing what hell has just been unleashed this day with the encounter that caused it. Tyler would bend Zaid’s ears in front of his face. “You know I like to mess with ya, boss man.” Zaid sighed and let it happen. “and that’s why you still somehow have a job.” “Wish ya the best of luck getting parts, bro.” Tyler then replied. “Thanks… thanks.” Zaid then finished, looking back at the car, “a long road ahead for all of us, it seems.” He thought to himself.

3 down, who will go next? do i have to submit my ID to drink this one? Funny enough - this is Thicker, yet shorter than a US Standard Can, despite their similar looking appearance. That's not important, get on with it! how is it? - Pleasant scent, with an equally excellent taste, Miles better than Dr. Pepper Strawberries and Cream, i can tell you that, glad I bought two, it has a very sweet strawberry flavor, paired with a smooth and not in your face cream (is actually described as Vanilla on the back) flavor paired with a really well-balanced Fizz and standard Pepsi Max (Zero for us) flavoring, It's quite honestly possibly the best one of the bunch, and because it's Zero Sugar, I feel confident in having this one more often. Would I Recommend? - Yes, definitely, like, this may actually knock out the Cherry and Cream Zero we get here, it's very mid in comparison to what the Brits are getting, plus lately Cherry and Cream somehow leaves me with a Stomach Ache, so that's not good, at around a Buck a can, these are actually very worth it for the money, an easy no-brainer repeat buy for me. Would I Buy it if it got a US Counterpart? - Yes. Yes, YES! - This should replace Cherry & Cream as-is with no changes, it would really help Pepsi sell more in comparison to what they could in certain markets with the Inferior Dr. Pepper Strawberry & Cream. - I'd definitely be adding it to my shopping list if this ever made it Stateside in standard 12-packs. See You next year.

4 left to go... who will be first? This one i'm excited for. As a huge fan of Red Bull's 2025 Summer Edition, White Peach, I was safely in the category of "Hyped" for this one, in fact, I almost bought 2 Cans instead of 1. What do I think of it though? - it has a different taste to it than the Red Bull White Peach (i know, not the same company but worth comparing since i've had a domestic reference point), it's pretty good, but not as good as the Red Bull, very smooth though and the flavor is a bit more out there, but not with the usual Domestic Regular punch to the senses, which is good, not very much to say other than, peachy and good, same as what I said about the Muscat Grape fanta. Would I Recommend? - Definitely, like this should be a US Flavor, it's that good. Would I buy if it got a US Counterpart? - Yes, in fact, If it ever does somehow, PLEEEEAAAASEEEEE make a readily accessible Zero Sugar version, i'd drink it all the time If they did, i'm still upset over Coke making a Zero Sugar only Fanta Dragonfruit, only to then turn around and make it Limited time only. See you New Years Eve, probably live while I'm flying with Hawk in FSX.

Back to the old grind. Still in China. I'd like to know what the difference really Is between the US and Chinese counterparts, Wish I brought myself a Can of the US version to compare, but Coke has not fucked with the formula of that... yet at least, the US Counterpart is a smooth vanilla, and was one of the reasons I did not drop Coke Zero completely for a while following the disasterous reformulation, and even more disasterous second reformulation (Seriously, Coke does not know the concept of "if it ain't broke don't fix it", as they have consistently made good tasting drinks taste absolutely disgusting without fail multiple times for literally no reason, with the only exception being Fanta Zero's 2nd Reformulation.) - My hopes is that this will taste like Holiday Creamy Vanilla, a flavor coke infamously (likely intentionally) Under-produced the Zero Sugar version of this year for the Holidays, which was actually quite nice. Does it Hold up to those? - Honestly so far, Kind of, - the Aroma of the drink is quite... off and the taste is somewhat similar, - It's not terrible, and does have a sweetness to it, But I can see Coke taking notes and using this formula sometime soon in the states, when they really did not need to. it's yet another one of Coke's "It's not Broken, so we're going to Fix it" kinda formulations, when other, better examples already exist elsewhere, but for whatever reason Coke just simply does not choose to use them. - I guess, for China's standards it does taste relatively close to the original Vanilla Zero, but it does not have that sort of Punch that makes the drinks work for me with our stateside counterparts, it does however, still have a similar, but not the exact same smooth not-so-in your face vanilla flavoring that Vanilla Zero is known for. Would I Recommend? - If you like Domestic Coke Zero Vanilla already, then yeah, it's right up your alley, but if you've never had either before, just go for the US Counterpart, as it's more readily accessible and slightly better anyway. Would I fork over the extra money to buy multiple bottles of this at World Market over a case of Stateside Vanilla Zero? - that is up to Math to decide, one of these bottles is 500ml or 16.9oz, the same amount as a US Standard "Grocery Store 6-Pack Bottle", Coke, being Coke, does not sell Coke Vanilla Zero in 16.9oz bottles as far as I know, with the closest we ever got to that sorta thing being Coke Cherry Vanilla Zero, which never survived the "Black Text shit redesign V2" Transition (the same one where Coke cut off Orange Vanilla, so that they could bring it back as "Orange Cream", nice try but it's literally the same fucking flavor), so we will be judging based on BarleyTheBurr's beloved Diet Coke, instead. - coming in at $5.28 for 6 bottles, or about 87 cents a bottle, the price I paid for this single bottle of Coke Zero was $3, so if Coke had offered Vanilla Zero in said bottles, for about $2.28 more + that bloody food tax, I could get 101.4oz worth of Liquid of the better, Domestic Version, but since that hypothetical 6-pack does not exist in our timeline, and the only way you can buy Coke Vanilla Zero in this town is through a $12 12-pack of Cans, it isn't Completely insane to buy 2 or 3 of these for $6 or $9. See you Tomorrow.

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another day, another nickel aw shoot. Pepsi Osmanthus, certainly the most Unique flavor in this Gallery, coming in at around $4, this is about the same size as the Pepsi Zero Raspberry I tried a while ago - this one i'm going in completely blind because I've never had anything with Osmanthus flavor in it at all, I don't think in my entire life. - this bottle alone apparently has 230 Calories, so it is quite sugary, maybe I have high hopes for it's flavor after all? I dunno. It's got a pleasant Aroma and an even better, sweet taste to it, considering the nature of it's flavor it is very floral, of course - Don't taste very much on the Pepsi end, nor that punch I usually get with Domestic Full-bodied drinks, which Is very nice for a change. Not much else to say but I'm open to anything with Osmanthus in it in the future, as it's a nice taste, it's not overbearing or lingering, just nice and pleasant to drink, I can see myself buying this again soon. Would I Recommend? - Definitely, If you know somewhere physical that sells it, buy it. and if it Has to be online, find someone who will sell it to you as a 4-pack or 6-pack for a good price, $4 isn't good for multiple, but my local WM has a steady stock of these, with not much takers for some reason, so It likely won't be hard to find either. Would I buy if it got a US Counterpart? - while I definitely don't see PepsiCo offering something similar in the US Market as a limited edition flavor, It would be nice to see this flavor come stateside and maybe also get a Zero Sugar variant at least, much like what China already has for Raspberry. See you Tomorrow.

As you can see here, I have an assortment of International Drinks, ready for my disposal to review. (Not included: Pepsi Zero Raspberry (China), because i've already tried that and it's cheating.) And, to make things interesting, a wheel decides my fate... Let's spin it, shall we? The Inaugural Drink Is... Already gettin' in the "Unusual", Fanta Shine Muscat Grape. - This is a Japanese exclusive flavor of Fanta that is, as the name states; Grape flavored. - Interestingly, World Market this time had several different kinds of International Fanta, with it being divided between China, Japan and... Bulgaria? - I have opted to just try the 3 Japanese flavors that I deemed Unique. Quite a decent size can, a running theme with the 3 Japanese Fantas I have, they are one of the few $4 items that I feel in terms of size justify the Markup, as they are all 16.9oz a piece, or about the same fl oz as a US Standard "Grocery Store 6-Pack" bottle of Soda, as for taste - it's not too sweet, reminds me of the flavoring of those Hi-Chew things, it's subtle but nice and smooth, the fizz you expect goes very well with it too; and I can see this being a repeat buy once Tariffs calm the fuck down and prices settle back to acceptable levels, doesn't have as much of a lingering factor on the tongue that Regular Colas and stuff always have without fail, either. Would I Recommend? yeah, go for it, genuinely. - it's a refreshing difference from the sea of over-sugary, over-caloric and over-chemicalized stuff we have here, Yes; it has High Glucose Syrup, but somehow It feels better than Corn Syrup. - though, that's just me, I personally love Hi-Chew Grape, so this flavor was an instant hit for me as it was a staple with those as well. Would I buy this If it got a official US Counterpart? - that depends on how it's formulated, these are 48 calories a can, but I can see Coke US fucking it up during the transition, bumping it up to 150+ Calories and overloading it with High Fructose Corn Syrup and other nonsense, that Is just what they do with literally anything made for 'murica. - and if by chance it ever also somehow got a Zero Sugar variant, they would pull what they did with Holiday Creamy Vanilla, over-produce regular, under-produce Zero. - Really, just stick with the Japanese version at World Market, yeah it's pricier but it's also quite pleasant. See you Tomorrow.

-World Market gift card -Barnes & Noble gift card -some reese's trees -dove men care stuff -candy

Im gonna shovel so much, this place will look like the cover to Holes when i'm done!

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