Have you heard of Coca Cola Blak? Coke advertises it as “Coke effervescence with coffee essence.” I didn’t know what the hell effervescence meant, so I looked it up. It’s another word for fizzy. Thus, Blak is coffee dumped in fizzy Coke.
The other day, I went to buy a bottle of Diet Coke at Mac’s, and the clerk told me that there was a deal on: Buy two Coke products, get a Blak for free. I can’t pass up trying new stuff, especially for “free”, so I went for it. The guy said that I’d hate him for pointing out the deal. “Because it’s good and I’ll spend too much money on it, or because it tastes horrible?” I asked. “The second one,” he replied.
To my horror, though, it actually tasted pretty damn good to me. Since it’s marketed as an “energy drink”, the stuff costs $2.00 per (tiny half-sized) bottle. Fuck that shit. I immediately got to work on creating my own version of Blak, for a fraction of the price of the real stuff. After many weeks of effort, millions of research dollars, and much trial and error, here is the perfect recipe for pseudo-Blak that tastes just like The Real Thing©:
1. Take some Coke.
2. Take some coffee.
3. Mix them together.
You are so lucky I’m giving away this recipe for free. Here are some additional helpful hints: Don’t add cream; aim for about 30-35% coffee in the mix; and drink it cold.
“ENJOY.”
Edit: In a sizzling ball of syncronicity, just as I was writing this post, the following news story broke: DEEP FRIED COKE. I guess it really is possible to deep fry anything.
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34 responses to “Adventures in Caffeine”
Dude!!!! You actually like that crap??? Nikki & I picked up a 4-pack at Price Chopper one day (for $7!!!!). I had one bottle and said to Nikki, “You can have the other three.”. Coke Blak??? More like Coke Blechh.
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Dude!!!! You actually like that crap??? Nikki & I picked up a 4-pack at Price Chopper one day (for $7!!!!). I had one bottle and said to Nikki, “You can have the other three.”. Coke Blak??? More like Coke Blechh.
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One tablespoon of coke per cup, you fly all night.
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One tablespoon of coke per cup, you fly all night.
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it doesnt even sound appealing to me, not one bit.
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it doesnt even sound appealing to me, not one bit.
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let me see if I got this right.1. Take some Coke.2. Take some coffee.3. Mix them together.
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let me see if I got this right.1. Take some Coke.2. Take some coffee.3. Mix them together.
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You’re all wrong. It’s good stuff.YJA: You forgot the “resist urge to dump cream in it” step. It would get chunky.
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You’re all wrong. It’s good stuff.YJA: You forgot the “resist urge to dump cream in it” step. It would get chunky.
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I always have to “resist urge to dump cream”
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I always have to “resist urge to dump cream”
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Just how much f****** caffeine is enough ? We’re are creating a manic jittery mess of a generation.
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Just how much f****** caffeine is enough ? We’re are creating a manic jittery mess of a generation.
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[shudders]
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[shudders]
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What if you don’t like coffee?!? Can I substitute a nice darjeeling?
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What if you don’t like coffee?!? Can I substitute a nice darjeeling?
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I didn’t like it. I was dissapointed.
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I didn’t like it. I was dissapointed.
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Food logic: Shrimp goes good with chocolate. This is like that. Or not.
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Food logic: Shrimp goes good with chocolate. This is like that. Or not.
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I’m scared i might like it.
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I’m scared i might like it.
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No. I don’t
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No. I don’t
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Dang. I’m sorry I lead you guys astray. I seriously kinda like it though.Perhaps Dr. Zombie’s suggestion to substitute tea would fare better. It’d be a sort of iced tea/coke combo. Hmmmm.
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Dang. I’m sorry I lead you guys astray. I seriously kinda like it though.Perhaps Dr. Zombie’s suggestion to substitute tea would fare better. It’d be a sort of iced tea/coke combo. Hmmmm.
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Dude how is it free? They made you buy two coke products when you were only going to get one in the first place, I can assume. That means you pay twice the expected already. And now you have 3x the bad health.
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Dude how is it free? They made you buy two coke products when you were only going to get one in the first place, I can assume. That means you pay twice the expected already. And now you have 3x the bad health.
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That’s why I put “free” in scare quotes. 🙂But in my defense, Coke pretty much lasts forever, and I would have bought more Coke eventually. So in the long run, it was free. Plus I needed Coke to do my little experiment which screws Coke out of more money…so really, I made money out of the deal. Yup.
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That’s why I put “free” in scare quotes. :)But in my defense, Coke pretty much lasts forever, and I would have bought more Coke eventually. So in the long run, it was free. Plus I needed Coke to do my little experiment which screws Coke out of more money…so really, I made money out of the deal. Yup.
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I’m surprised no one decided to mix Coke with 7-Up.Coke-Up: The perfect high-impact beverage!
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I’m surprised no one decided to mix Coke with 7-Up.Coke-Up: The perfect high-impact beverage!
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