Sunday, August 14, 2011

TaB Cola Review

There's no reason to discuss the history to the surprisingly still produced TaB cola, but with its ghost availability and general redundancy makes one really question the decision to keep this beverage available. Back in 1963, the colour pink certainly would stereotypically attract women, with the sexist thinking that this demographic would be the only to worry about wasting their waist, but presently it looks far too retro and barren to warrant even a passing glace outside one of curiosity. The background resembles the most basic of vintage wallpaper, or something of the such, and in all honesty it just doesn't look good. And the lack of any indication as to it being a cola is quite detrimental, as although it must have a fan base for it to be still brewed, it limits the growth of new consumers by avoiding clarification as to what genre of soda it belongs to.

Orange peel that's bitten by a sharp metallic tasting bitterness is what the first sip is described as. There's a stern of vanilla that's obstructed profoundly by the latter, however this alleviates one from really noticing its severe blandness and insipidity. There's a pleasantly present acidity and a surprisingly balanced sweetness, though it will never be mistaken for the real stuff. What is uncommon is that the experience doesn't taste as chemically hollowed as most, though the flavour is obviously fictitiously erected. Unfortunately though, the taste is all muffled prosaically together, and never does it become the least bit engaging, and it certainly grows more difficult to come closer to depleting the can in entirety. There aren't any moments when the profile depict any anticipated spices, such as cinnamon or nutmeg, though it is possible their presence is incapacitated. But by simply being more palatably delightful, TaB gets a recommendation over the drink that ultimately replaced it from Coca-Cola's prolific line up, but morosely it's wholly impossible for to once again be the little pink cola that could.

The sweetener that generated the slight aforementioned praise is of course saccharin, though it is bred with aspartame. Initially it used sodium cyclamate, but once banned the former was exploited, and it's use of the such is one of the few sodas that continue to do so, with the personal favourite braid of acesulfame potassium and sucralose becoming the desired synthetic sugars. In the end, TaB's obscurity, in both its scarce availability and public knowledge, censors the slight superiority it has over its popular younger brother Diet Coke.

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