On coffee-flavored soda

Around lunchtime today I hit up a nearby deli in search of something to drink. While I tried to decide what that might be, I noticed they were selling Coke Blak - a curiosity of which I had heard, but not tasted. It's another of these coffee-cola blends that most normal people are horrified by. I picked up a bottle along with my usual Vitamin Water just to give it a try.

Now, the thing about me is that I already like coffee-flavored soda, so the taste wasn't as surprising as I gather it is to some people. Actually, it really reminded more than anything of Jolt Espresso - a fabulous god-sent concoction that you used to be able to order at ThinkGeek - only it's more soda-like with less coffee flavor. All in all, it's okay, but nothing special. I am neither repulsed nor enchanted, and mainly it just makes me wish I could still find somewhere to buy Jolt Espresso or Manhattan Special Coffee Soda (of which Chris is a devotee).