We Try Shocking New Soda Flavors
Summary
TLDRIn this entertaining episode of Good Mythical More, the hosts taste test a variety of new sodas, including Coke Spiced, Canada Dry Fruit Splash, and 7UP Tropical. They also donate to The Jed Foundation to support mental health initiatives for college students. The video features humorous banter and a playful atmosphere as they rate each soda, with Canada Dry Fruit Splash Zero Sugar emerging as a favorite. The hosts also discuss their opinions on the taste and marketing of the beverages, and encourage viewers to check out Sporked.com for more reviews on new products.
Takeaways
- 💰 The hosts start by donating $1,000 to The Jed Foundation to support youth mental health and suicide prevention.
- 🥤 They taste test several new sodas, including Coke Spiced, Baja Blast, and Canada Dry Fruit Splash.
- 🍒 The Canada Dry Fruit Splash is described as the best cherry soda one of the hosts has ever had, with a tangy, non-mediciny cherry flavor.
- 🏔️ A prize is found during the show, related to a Mountain Dew clue, but it's revealed they already knew its location.
- 🤔 The term 'spiced' in Coke Spiced is misleading as it's not spicy, but rather has a raspberry flavor.
- 🍍 The 7UP Tropical is a bit too real in its fruit taste for one of the hosts, making it their least favorite of the initial three sodas.
- 🥤 The hosts express a preference for sodas with artificial sweeteners over those with zero sugar.
- 🍇 Mountain Dew Purple Thunder is favored for its dry grape and berry plum flavor.
- 💔 The Peaches and Cream Reserve Monster is not well-received, with the host feeling it's not for them.
- 🍵 The Monster Green Tea is likened to a sweet version of Arizona Tea and is considered the best of the Monster Energy drinks tested.
- 📊 The hosts' opinions on the sodas are found to be consistent with those on Sporked.com, where new product reviews are available.
Q & A
What is the first soda mentioned in the transcript that the hosts are interested in trying?
-The first soda mentioned is Coke Spiced.
What charity does the host donate to and for what cause?
-The host donates to The Jed Foundation to aid in their mission to reduce the youth suicide rate and improve the mental health safety net for college students nationwide.
What is the host's initial reaction to the Baja Blast soda?
-The host finds the Baja Blast soda to be cold and is curious about the 'spiced' aspect of Coke Spiced, but does not spill any while opening it.
How does the host describe the taste of Coke Spiced compared to Cherry Coke?
-The host describes Coke Spiced as a lot like Cherry Coke but milder in its berry flavor.
What is the host's opinion on the marketing of Coke Spiced?
-The host believes the marketing of Coke Spiced is misleading because the soda is not spicy at all, even though the term 'spiced' is used.
Which soda does the host claim to be the best cherry soda they've ever had?
-The host claims that Canada Dry Fruit Splash is the best cherry soda they've ever had.
What is the host's least favorite soda among the first three they taste?
-The host's least favorite among the first three is 7UP Tropical, as it tastes a little too much like real juice for their preference.
What does the host find in the cooler?
-The host finds a toy chair in the cooler.
What is the 'Dewy prize' mentioned in the script?
-The 'Dewy prize' refers to a golden can of Mountain Dew that is part of a game or challenge the hosts are participating in.
What is the consensus on the zero sugar sodas at the end of the transcript?
-The consensus is that the zero sugar versions of the sodas are not as preferred as the regular versions, with the host liking the regular Coke Zero and the Spiced version more than the zero sugar alternatives.
Which soda does the host express a strong preference for and consider adding to their life?
-The host expresses a strong preference for Canada Dry Fruit Splash Zero Sugar and states 'Welcome to my life', indicating they would include it in their regular soda routine.
Outlines
🥤 Soda Tasting and Charity Donation
The video starts with a commitment to donate to The Jed Foundation, focusing on youth suicide prevention and mental health support for college students. The hosts then dive into tasting new sodas, beginning with Coke Spiced, which they find to be similar to Cherry Coke but with a milder berry flavor and no actual spice. They also discuss the marketing behind the 'spiced' label and the anticipation of trying more beverages.
🍒 Canada Dry Cherry Ginger Ale Praise
The hosts continue their tasting with Canada Dry Fruit Splash, a cherry ginger ale that receives high praise for its balance of cherry and ginger flavors. It is noted as the best cherry soda one of them has ever had, and they express enthusiasm for its tangy, non-medicinal cherry taste. The conversation also touches on personal preferences in soda flavors and the idea of finding a new favorite to keep at home.
🍹 Tropical Sodas and a Dewy Prize Hunt
The tasting moves on to 7UP Tropical, which the hosts find to be quite fruity and reminiscent of a fruit punch. They compare it to other citrus-flavored sodas and discuss the preference for artificial sweeteners in diet drinks. A game ensues where they search for a 'Dewy prize,' which involves finding a hidden golden can, leading to playful banter and the discovery of a toy chair.
🍑 Monster Energy Drinks: Love and Disdain
The hosts evaluate various Monster Energy drinks, including Ultra Fantasy Ruby Red, Peaches and Cream Reserve, and Green Tea Rehab. They discuss the taste profiles of each, with the pink lemon-grapefruit flavor being too sour for some, the peach flavor proving divisive, and the green tea flavor finding a middle ground. The hosts decide on their preferences, with some flavors being savored ('sip') and others being candidates for chugging or spilling.
🍋 Exploring Zero Sugar Sodas and a New Favorite
The video concludes with a tasting of zero sugar versions of popular sodas, including Baja Laguna Lemonade, Point Break Punch, and Mountain Dew Purple Thunder. The hosts also try zero sugar versions of 7UP Tropical and Coke Spiced. Throughout the segment, they discuss the challenges of adjusting to the lack of sugar and share their final thoughts on which sodas they would choose to sip, chug, or spill. A new favorite, Canada Dry Fruit Splash Zero Sugar, is welcomed into one host's life, and the video ends with an invitation to visit sporked.com for more reviews on new sodas and products.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Coke Spiced
💡The Jed Foundation
💡Baja Blast
💡Canada Dry Fruit Splash
💡7UP Tropical
💡Sporked
💡Mountain Dew
💡Zero Sugar
💡Taste Test
💡Reserve
💡Charity and Donation
Highlights
Donation to The Jed Foundation for youth suicide prevention and mental health support for college students.
Introduction of Coke Spiced, a new soda variety.
Coke Spiced described as milder than Cherry Coke with a hint of berry flavor.
Canada Dry Fruit Splash, a cherry ginger ale, is praised as the best cherry soda by one of the hosts.
7UP Tropical is a caffeine-free soda with a fruit punch flavor.
The hosts express a preference for zero-calorie or low-calorie sodas.
A playful search for a hidden Mountain Dew can as part of a game.
Discovery of the hidden can leading to a humorous moment.
Tasting of various Monster Energy drinks including Ultra Fantasy Ruby Red and Peaches and Cream Reserve.
Hosts express mixed opinions on the Monster Energy Reserve flavors.
Sporked.com is mentioned as a resource for new soda reviews.
Baja Laguna Lemonade and Baja Point Break Punch are introduced as new flavors.
Mountain Dew Purple Thunder is highlighted for its berry plum flavor.
Comparison of regular and zero sugar versions of popular sodas like 7UP and Coca-Cola Spiced.
Canada Dry Fruit Splash Zero Sugar is well-received by the hosts.
Final recommendation to visit Sporked.com for more in-depth reviews on new sodas and products.
Transcripts
Welcome to Good Mythical More.
We're trying some new sodas, including Coke Spiced, which
I'm interested to try.
But first, let's donate $1,000 to The Jed Foundation
to aid in their mission to reduce the youth suicide
rate and improve the mental health safety net provided to
college students nationwide.
You can be a part of this.
You can join us in giving at jedfoundation.org/donate
Ooh, I'm gonna slide this out without spilling anything.
Spilling is something that we decide later.
Yeah, but we're about to get spilt pretty hard
because.
We lost.
Oh, KG's gonna Baja Blast us right in the face.
How's it going, guys?
It's going great, KG.
Yeah, today's a good day.
I'm always happy to see you.
Yeah, I'm having a great day.
You're doing such a good job.
Oh, I see you brought your fish.
With your fish friends.
Yeah, you know, it's just show and tell day.
You guys ready?
Oh, wow.
No questions asked.
Just went for it.
Yes, I'm ready.
Thank you.
It's cold.
It's cold.
Baja Blast.
It's cold.
Is that everything you thought it would be?
Well, the thing is, is that, you know, we
have the mountain clue.
And it, like, it would be fun for you to read that clue,
and then find the prize, and then not get to keep the
prize because you didn't win.
So maybe, okay, I was going to say maybe if you're good,
but you already got it, so.
We already got it.
Okay, well let's, you know what, let's
hold on to this clue.
Let's get to this, Coke Spiced.
And let's try.
So, I was at the theater.
They're pushing it hard at the theater.
And I saw the commercial, and I gotta say, the commercial
was very off putting to me.
Like, zooming in on everyone's mouth.
- Yeah, and then something. - No, it's more like, and
they open their mouth, and they zoom into the mouth.
I don't like zooming into people's mouths.
You know what?
Now I know why you didn't want to look into my mouth.
Yeah, cause of these Coked Spiced commercials.
Coked, coked, spiced.
Raspberry Spiced.
Interesting.
It's a lot better than Cherry Coke.
It's a lot like Cherry Coke.
But it's milder in it's berryness.
Much milder.
Where's the spiced part?
This is marketing, man.
It's not spicy in the least.
I mean, and they didn't say spicy.
I understand that.
They said spiced.
But what would the spice be?
Raspberry flavor?
Is that all?
Is that what it is for all of it?
Or are there multiple flavors?
This is it.
Spiced is a raspberry.
That's what it is.
Well, how would you describe it?
Like Coke with a little bit of berry.
Oh, I thought you were gonna open your mouth and
we were gonna zoom into it.
Like, not much, not much to talk about.
I wouldn't zoom into my mouth.
It's not worth zooming in for.
It's not worth, I like it compared, I mean, I
don't like a lot of, newfangled soft drinks, but
I actually do like this one.
I like Cherry Coke.
Because it tastes like Coke.
So, I think I would chug this one.
I just thought it was going to be spicy.
Well, you don't, hold on, you don't know yet.
We gotta try the other ones.
Sporked agreed.
I think I'm putting it at chug.
I like it.
That it was, it was, it was mostly raspberry,
a little spice.
And why not just go raspberry?
Because people, people like spicy stuff.
And they think it might be a little spicy.
It's not supposed to be spicy.
It's supposed to be aromatic.
But you can't taste that.
But it isn't really.
I don't, there's no oregano in there.
Yeah.
Right.
Can I try another one?
Yeah, man.
You can try Canada Dry Fruit Splash.
So, this is a cherry ginger ale
Made with a splash of real juice. One percent.
- I really like this. - Of course, caffeine free.
I like ginger ale and I like cherry flavored things
and I don't think this has the super mediciney cherry
flavor that a lot of cherry flavors have.
This is the best
cherry soda i've ever had.
Yeah, see, I'm chugging this, man.
This is, I don't
like any cherry soda.
Did we find something for you to drink in disguise?
Canada Dry?
It's, it's so tangy.
Oh my goodness.
It's like sour cherry almost.
Yeah, it's, it's, yeah, it's very sour.
Ooh, that's good.
I'm a fan.
I'm a fan.
Well, but, but there's going to be.
There's more.
We're tasting more than three.
So what we're saying is both of these are chugs.
No, we're making a decision from these three.
And, yeah.
That's why I was like prematurely
placing things in chugs.
I understand.
I didn't, I didn't, but I do.
Yeah, I gotta, I gotta agree.
Well, but we still got 7UP Tropical.
Dang, these are all good.
Tropical what?
Look at this one.
It's just tropical.
I like the 7UP logo.
Do you?
Yeah.
I really do.
Got that red spot.
Tropical flavored soda with other natural flavors.
Of course, caffeine free again.
Pretty fruit punchy.
So is it like a Sunkist?
It's honestly, it's not bad at all.
It just tastes a little too much like, actually
I don't want juice when I drink soft drinks.
- Do you know what I'm saying? - What about lemon juice?
And lime juice?
I don't think Mountain Dew or Mello Yello taste
like lemon or lime juice.
I think they just have lemon and lime flavor.
This actually tastes a little bit too real.
It's not horrible though, but it's, it's my least favorite
of the three because.
Agreed.
Your opinions on all three of these aligned with Sporked
opinions on all three.
There you go.
Like opinions.
We deserve a clue for that.
Yes, we're feeling good about these.
That Cananda Dry.
I mean, if it were zero calories, then that
would be, that would be something that I would
have to keep in the house.
It's 140 calories.
Oh, I see. It's full.
It's full cal.
Around you now is a Dewy prize.
Dewy capital D.
We will leave these out here.
A golden can hides from your eyes.
Eyes. Though mountains are high.
You must search low.
Under a place a hairy beast would go.
Under a place a hairy beast would go.
What's the Dewy part?
It's a can of, it's a can of Dew.
Mountain Dew, right?
It's Dewy with a capital D.
Dewy prize, golden can.
It's somewhere low.
And a hairy beast.
So, that's really the only clue is that it's something
low where a hairy beast would, what? Would hide?
Hide.
Is it under the desk?
Where's a hairy beast gonna hide?
I bet it's in here.
No, a beast wouldn't be in here.
Oh, look at this.
I looked in here.
We got drawers and drawers.
Link, don't smash anything.
Look what I found.
I found in this cooler.
Oh my gosh, y'all.
There's a toy chair.
Yeah, you've already broken it.
Well then.
You can't re-break it.
How disappointing.
What is this?
Toy chair.
What's this?
No, that's a beautiful handmade piece of.
No.
I can't break that.
What about this one though?
What if I broke that one into that one?
Why you gotta break things, man?
I don't have to break anything.
I won't break anything.
I want, I want people to like me.
Did you find the can?
Maybe.
Amidst all that, you found the can?
Where was it? Where was it?
I was gonna do a trick.
Where the can?
I was gonna do a trick.
Do it.
Look away.
And I was gonna be like, I was gonna hold it
behind you like this.
And I was going to get you to do things and
everyone, but you would know that I had found it.
It was going to be so fun.
That's why you had that look on your face.
Can I be honest with y'all?
I found this can 25 minutes ago.
What? What are you talking about?
I reached out to adjust my seat.
Felt a can,
and thought, that's something.
And then I began to think of all the things
I could do with it.
And then you saw me.
Well, wait, if, I mean, Link, he wanted
to use the mallet.
Well, it was really hard to get in here, but yeah.
That's what I'm saying.
You want him to bust the can?
I'm just saying it's something for him to bust
that we won't be sad about.
Oh.
Oh, is it full?
Yeah.
Oh.
Sorry.
Don't give him any ideas.
Can I, I want to poke at the lineup that you have
going on because, you know, it's a, it's a bleep, marry,
kill situation and so in my mind, sip is like marry.
You know, and it's something that you.
Like, really enjoy.
You want to sit with.
Exactly
and so based on what your descriptions were I just
don't think that's accurate of, you know what i'm saying?
Yeah, I get what you're saying sip means you
really want to savor it.
Yeah.
Okay, all right, we'll switch it up then.
Yeah, okay.
Monster Energy Ultra Fantasy Ruby Red.
Ultra Fantasy? 10 calories
Very pink lemon.
Grapefruit juice.
Very sour.
Don't love it yet.
Don't love it yet.
We gotta see.
We gotta go to the next one.
Oh, we're still, now we're just in this.
Peaches and Cream Reserve Monster.
Oh, Reserve.
Yeah.
They held this one back.
Okay.
Mango.
Very mango.
No, peach.
Very peach.
That's what it is.
That's pretty good.
It's tough for me to drink any of these.
You have to sip all of these though.
Ooh, this is tough.
I mean, hey!
I mean, hey!
I like this one better than that one though.
This one just tastes, having cream in my Monster
drink is a little weird.
I don't know.
I want to spill the Monster cream.
I feel like I could go a little bit further
with the pink one.
And then we've got Rehab.
Monster Green Tea.
Well, this is for like recovery?
Yeah.
Refresh, revive, 15 colors.
That's like a sweet green tea.
Like almost like an Arizona Tea.
I kind of like that.
Yeah, it's the best one.
Yeah, I like that.
So, we're gonna sip on this tea.
We're gonna sip on
it forever and ever and ever.
But we're gonna, we're gonna, like, voraciously chug.
Yeah, we're going to chug.
The Ultra Fantasy.
And then we're going to spill the Peaches and Cream.
I just did not like this.
It's not for me.
It's not for me.
It feels like it might be a bit polarizing.
Yeah.
Be afraid of the Reserves.
Are we in line?
With Sporked on this.
Oh, I'll have to look it up.
You didn't seem like you were, you know, begging me for.
It's the only thing that I'm interested in and.
She wants you to beg her for it.
Okay.
Stevie, please, please tell us how we compare to Sporked.
Well, now I need a moment.
So talk, talk amongst.
Look at the butyl on this can.
Oh my goodness.
One of the things I love about my job,
is that over the years, I've learned words that if I had
just stayed in the creek, I would have never learned.
Like, butyl?
Butyl!
And duvetyne.
Duvetyne is my favorite!
Hold on, we're not allowed to? We're not allowed to
say filmmaking terms?
I just said butyl and duvetyne
I thought it was over.
I dried myself and everything.
It only got one of your eyes.
It's like when you wipe and then you have to
get back on the toilet.
Yeah, sometimes it happens.
Oh, I guess I'm not done.
I don't like teas.
What's the chug one?
We want to chug.
The Fantasy.
Pink fantasy.
Ultra Fantasy Ruby Red.
We thought that was pretty good.
Yeah, Sporked liked that one the best.
And the other two, they didn't really love.
They didn't like the Peaches and Cream, and
the green tea is kind of in the middle.
Okay.
So, still pretty consist.
Okay.
These are interesting cans right here.
It feels like Easter.
It feels like Easter.
Look at,
all of these cans in this next round, we're going
cray cray with some.
You clearing these out?
Yeah, let's clear them out.
Just to feel like we have some
sense of control here.
All right.
So first up, We are trying Baja Laguna Lemonade.
Laguna.
170 calories.
Dew with a blast of natural and artificial
mango lemonade flavor.
It is, it must be the case that constantly churning out
new flavors that are slightly different, appeals to a large
segment of the population.
Like, how many of y'all like drink all these different
sodas all the time?
Where is this happening?
I don't think it's happening in Los Angeles very much.
Is this happening here?
I don't think so, but it's fun, I guess. You
know, find a little something else to drink.
People are really into soda. Soda always hits
on Sporked for sure.
Soda sells.
- This is. - Interesting.
I wouldn't have called it lemonade at all or mango.
It's weird. It's still kind of Baja-y.
There's something in there.
It's blastedness.
There's a little coconut.
There's a little coconut.
Which makes me hate it.
Oh, now that I pointed it out now that you're
able to place it.
Well, I wanted to ignore it, but now that you
see that it's there.
It has a little bit of a tropical, I'm not
a, I'm not a huge fan.
I'll say I'm not a huge fan.
Okay.
All right.
But we got a pink one.
Let's try this one.
Baja Point Break Punch.
Tropical punch flavor.
It's a beautiful can.
They've done good work.
And here you go.
Better.
What's that got in it?
It's, it's very fruit punchy, but it's also.
It's got a little pineapple.
Yes.
And.
Let's put that at, I don't think that's the one
I want to enjoy the most.
If I drink it fast, I'll like.
Pineapples and some other kind of berry.
Now this is, this is the one that I'm excited to try.
Oh, is it grape?
Is it grape?
Mountain Dew Purple Thunder. Blast of berry plum.
I want grape.
Berry plum.
Y'all need to do more grape stuff.
Mythical Beasts don't like grape.
Grape's the best flavor.
It's dry.
It's a dry grape.
It's almost.
Almost like it's not a grape at all.
More of a plum.
It's growing on me.
The more that I sip it
Oh crap, we have one more round?
Okay.
Alright.
We gotta make a decision.
It is the best.
It's the best one.
We're sipping that thing.
We're making mouth love to it.
Please, Stevie!
Yeah?
Tell us what they said over at Sporked.
Laguna,
I can't, they haven't tried yet as far as I can tell.
Not great.
The other two align.
They're both a 9, 9.5
as expected delivery on flavor.
Oh, there you go.
All right, and then to wrap things up, we're gonna try the
Tropical 7UP Zero Sugar, the Coca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar.
So, we're into basically zero sugar of the same
thing we started with.
Oh, yes!
Look, they have it!
Oh, this could be a life change for you.
A Fruit Splash, man.
Fruit Splash.
Get the boys Fruit Splash.
Yes.
So, what we're gonna do is I'm just gonna do this.
I don't know why I just didn't bring the whole thing over.
As we are making this final decision, you know what?
As we've already demonstrated, our opinions are somewhat
reflected at sporked.com
Because we've got a team over there that has even better
tasters than we do and tastes even more stuff than we do.
So go over there and check out their new product reviews.
They got a new section for, they got a
section for new sodas.
Taste test.
They're just tasting sodas all the time.
You got to adjust to the zero sugarness of this.
Tropical flavored 7UP.
Not bad, but.
I prefer the fake sweetener because I'm,
I've dialed into diet drinks, you know, my, so my palate
has adjusted to fake sugar.
I'm going to like these two better.
So I just want to get to it.
So, Coke.
I'm gonna say this is the worst and then we
can move it in a minute.
I'm just predicting that.
Spiced?
Spiced Zero.
I like this, Coke Zero and I like the Spiced so.
It feels like it's, it feels like it needs, it needs the
sweet, sweet a little bit.
I don't know there's something.
Yeah.
It's not bad.
It's, I'm a little disappointed.
But I'm definitely not gonna get that over a Coke Zero.
Is this not? The Fruit Splash that we had, the
Canada Dry, was it fruit?
Was it?
It's the same one.
Yeah, cherry.
It's the same thing.
Cherry and ginger ale.
Yes.
I was saying I wish that it existed, and here it is.
It's still good.
It's still good.
It tastes very similar.
Because it's so tart.
There you have it.
Looks like you've just changed up your little,
soda routine, Link.
That's trouble right there.
You've done it again.
Yep.
You've done it again.
And, I gotta take note, Canada Dry Fruit Splash Zero Sugar.
Welcome to my life.
I thought that came from you somehow.
Yeah, I wouldn't get that excited.
I thought you did something.
Welcome to my life.
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