Crystal Pepsi

Merrytoon · #1 07-17-2004, 09:40 AM

After watching "I Love the 90's" and realizing that I would give my first born child for the chance to drink Crystal Pepsi again, I went on ebay and found a few cans for $65 apiece. Athough, I was willing to give my own flesh and blood, I was not willing to give $65, I did come by this petition though:Bring back Crystal Pepsi!
so, any other CP lovers like me can feel free to sign it. Man I used to love this stuff! I remember everytime I'd go on a trip with my parents we'd always stop at the gas station and grab pops, I remember saying "make sure you get me CRYSTAL diet pepsi, CRYSTAL not regular"! I think I was 8. So yeah, anyone else have fond memories of Clear Cola or am I just weird(er)?

**Lord Dalek** · #2 07-17-2004, 11:50 AM

One feels a FLCL reference coming on.

SilverKnight · #3 07-17-2004, 12:15 PM

I never liked Crystal Pepsi. To me, it tasted like a weird amalgam of Pepsi and Sprite. While you'd think Pepsi and Sprite would taste good together, sadly, it did not. To me, at least.

Opaque · #4 07-17-2004, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Merrytoon

I remember saying "make sure you get me CRYSTAL diet pepsi, CRYSTAL not regular"! I think I was 8.

You were drinking diet soda when you were 8? Please tell me you have diabetes, because that's the only reason anyone should ever drink diet over regular, especially if you're 8.

Xada-Hgla · #5 07-17-2004, 01:53 PM

I actually liked (and would drink) Crystal Pepsi when I was in college.

It really wasn't all that bad, but I guess that the idea of a clear cola was perhaps something that the masses just couldn't get used to...

Dark Soul · #6 07-17-2004, 01:57 PM

Crystal Pepsi I hate it. It looked like water but it was really bad but it depends on the taste of people. Anyway I am a Coke fan

Terminatah · #7 07-17-2004, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SilverKnight

I never liked Crystal Pepsi. To me, it tasted like a weird amalgam of Pepsi and Sprite. While you'd think Pepsi and Sprite would taste good together, sadly, it did not. To me, at least.

It tasted exactly the same as Pepsi. Maybe you were drinking Diet Crystal Pepsi, because Diet sucks.

-Terminatah

PaQ · #8 07-17-2004, 05:28 PM

Ya know, I've heard of Crystal Pepsi.. but I don't think I ever got the opportunity to try it.. At least I've gotten to try Vanilla coke, and that blue pepsi thing whose name I've forgotten, and Mountain Dew's Code red..

Usually I just end up sticking to the originals though..

Kevin the Geek · #9 07-17-2004, 06:03 PM

I've never tried Crystal Pepsi, but since I hate cola (Coca Cola, Pepsi, RC, etc), I probably don't want to drink it.

Merrytoon · #10 07-17-2004, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Opaque

You were drinking diet soda when you were 8? Please tell me you have diabetes, because that's the only reason anyone should ever drink diet over regular, especially if you're 8.

No, I've never liked regular soda too much, probably because we never had it in the house so when I did try it somewhere else it seemed sickeningly sweet. I have agree with my mom on this one too, that soda is just empty calories, so if you;re gonna drink it, you might as well have 0 calories instead of 150. I've never been anywhere near overweight, and neither has my mother, whereas my dad, who abhores diet soda and only drinks regular is alteast 50-100 lbs overweight, so the way I see, we must have done something right.

Elven Moon · #11 07-17-2004, 07:26 PM

I'm told I've never experienced Crystal Pepsi because in the South, where I grew up, it wasn't popular. So I don't remember it at all :/ That and I don't drink soda.

cross blues · #12 07-18-2004, 01:48 AM

I loved Crystal Pepsi. It's my favorite soda of all time. however... I was young when Crystal was around and nostalgia could be causing fuzzy memories, so I'd be hesitant to try it if it were to make a comeback. you see, I've tried other things (including relationships with exs) a second time and imo the first time is always better.

Good Ol' Batmanuel! · #13 07-18-2004, 04:36 PM

I remember that stuff back around 1994. I had it at least once, but I don't remember what it was like, especially since I didn't drink stuff like that a lot back then. Nowadays, my favorite cola is Pepsi, so I'd love to try it again and compare.

True Noir · #14 07-18-2004, 06:05 PM

Yeh, it was the episode about 1993 wasn't it. I don't remember what Crystal Pepsi tasted like since I was only 3 or 4 around then. I asked my bro about it and he said that there was no difference besides them taking the food coloring out. Was that all?

**Lord Dalek** · #15 07-18-2004, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by True Noir

Yeh, it was the episode about 1993 wasn't it. I don't remember what Crystal Pepsi tasted like since I was only 3 or 4 around then. I asked my bro about it and he said that there was no difference besides them taking the food coloring out. Was that all?

Yup, they just took out the Caramel Color. Same thing hapened with the even less remembered Tab Clear.

Merrytoon · #16 07-18-2004, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Dalek

Yup, they just took out the Caramel Color. Same thing hapened with the even less remembered Tab Clear.

Wha???? There was a "Tab Clear"? When did such a product exist?

**Lord Dalek** · #17 07-18-2004, 08:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Merrytoon

Wha???? There was a "Tab Clear"? When did such a product exist?

At the same time as Crystal Pepsi. Since Coke rarely acknowledges the existance of Tab anyway, TC has been wiped from history. Except by those who actually drank it.

shogunthethird · #18 07-18-2004, 08:54 PM

I vaguely remember Crystal Pepsi, but if I recall it kinda tasted like tropical sprite remix but then again maybe it's just me, pepsi blue I abhorred, then liked for some reason and I'm clinically addicted to code red (I accidentally mixed CR with wild cherry pepsi and it was actually pretty good)

Terminatah · #19 07-18-2004, 10:04 PM

Crystal Pepsi tasted EXACTLY the same as regular Pepsi. The color that regular Pepsi has is something they put in. This is why Crystal Pepsi works. When they tried to make clear beer, it didn't work, because beer is not naturally clear, so they had to add something in and it didn't taste right.

-Terminatah

cross blues · #20 07-19-2004, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by shogunthethird

I vaguely remember Crystal Pepsi, but if I recall it kinda tasted like tropical sprite remix

yea, it kinda tasted like that. one thing I'm sure of is it didn't taste exactly like regular Pepsi. I'm not trying to start any arguments about it, but I have to wonder if some of you even tried Crystal Pepsi... what would be the point of only removing the coloring? maybe that's why it never caught on, because most people just assumed it was regular Pepsi without the caramel color. sure it was marketed as a clear cola, but it didn't taste the same. Regular Pepsi and Coke suck and if Crystal tasted like that, I wouldn't have liked it.