It takes a special breed of creepiness to scroll through Facebook comments on corporate pages. Seriously, you're better off finding more coherent reading in bathroom stalls. There you'll find many a plea for coupons, usually in return for sexual favors or forehead tattoos, as well as some entertaining campaigns for spin-off products. ("Hey, Oreo, please LIKE my awesome new cookie product, SPOREO, the Oreo for gardeners!!!") Sometimes, in rare moments of hilarity, corporate campaigns result in trolling. Anonymous has sent Pitbull to Alaska and Justin Bieber to North Korea. In the case of a recent Vitamin Water Europe contest to create the next flavor, it actually resulted in something delicious.
Coming straight to you from a tourist trap slash bagel kiosk in the heart of Paris, here's the Vitamin Water i-Create in peach, raspberry, and vanilla. It smells like the latest perfume collaboration between Nickelback and Will Smith's Daughter, Excretion Swag and has a similar color. Surprisingly, the vanilla is subtle and enhance the fruits without adding a fake, sugary flavor. The raspberry takes a backseat to the peach, the strongest note in the drink. It reminds me of a novelty hybrid rather than a layered set of flavors and eventually felt a little one-noted, if tasty.
Although this bottle was approximately 20% smaller than the bottles in the US and cost about 200% more ($1.50 vs. $3.20 USD) the serving size was just enough for me. I felt like any more of it would have been overwhelming to drink, as the quirkiness of the flavors, like many quirky things (Zooey Deschanel, giant eyeglasses, and Pinterest) gets irritating after a little while. Nevertheless, it definitely beat dragonberry and garbage (+grape) and whatever we've got going on across the pond. Also, it was released in the classiest of ways. "The party, hosted by Rick Edwards, was held in the sumptuous surrounding
of Shoreditch’s Lounge Lover, where guests sipped on delicious peach,
raspberry and vanilla i-create cocktails." Bang, Coca-Cola. Your move!
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