Coca-Cola Energy Cherry Drink Review

Coca-Cola Energy Cherry is the clumsy official spelling here, rolling off of the tongue ungracefully compared to, say, Coca-Cola Cherry Energy, but I suppose it is not the end of the world. But it is a small part of the product's overall misguided misfortune, as the can does not quite grasp what makes that famous red can so legendary. The pink hues do not lithely bring images of the popular cola to mind, and the funky script backdrop feels more corporate than it does sophisticated.

The flavor does in fact taste like "cola" and "cherry," but it does not taste like "Cherry Coke." The cola flavoring is is reduced to mentions of vanilla and citrus, suffering from a salvo of candied cherry flavor. The onslaught destroy any nuance the caramel colored cocktail could compete with, leaving your palate remembering only that something cherry washed across your tongue. Sweetness, thirty nine grams of high fructose corn syrup and glucose, sips more aggressively here than traditional branded offerings, sipping with a teeth-rotting pleasure that feels more on par with something competitor Pepsi would produce. But all this sugariness only goes so far in masking the taste of guarana, which gives every imbibe a medicinal bite that gets more tolerable as sips commence, but not any more enjoyable; what ever is washed away by one gulp is replaced by a fresh coat of acrid earthiness. The front of the can glows with its mention of the herb, but it only takes a few sips to realize Coke wants to use the stimulant, but does not know why or how.

Each can contains 114 milligrams of caffeine, which is a good start but does not have a lot of support from other supplements. Only two B vitamins and guarana are along for the party, the generally subpar two hour buzz of a party. In the end, Coke Cherry Energy (a far better name, for what it is worth), is just OK. Not bad; not great; just, OK.

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