{"id":603,"date":"2009-01-08T16:52:15","date_gmt":"2009-01-08T23:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/?p=603"},"modified":"2009-01-08T16:54:04","modified_gmt":"2009-01-08T23:54:04","slug":"soft-fruit-and-fresh-cola-mentos-from-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techory.com\/blog\/soft-fruit-and-fresh-cola-mentos-from-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Soft Fruit and Fresh Cola Mentos from France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some new Mentos arrived in my mailbox the other day from my aunt and uncle (they’re now Mentos Ambassadors<\/a> BTW). They send a couple 4-packs from France. One was a flavor I’ve had before, Soft Fruit (fruits rouges). The other was a new flavor I’ve not seen before, Fresh Cola. I’m always excited to get rare Mentos, but am especially excited when they are flavors I’ve never seen before. After a few photos, I opened up the fresh cola package and gave it a\u00a0 try. The color of these candies is definitely brown (even though the photos make it look a bit orange). It’s a color of Mentos I’ve not ever seen. They are an interesting flavor to say the least. I don’t think I’d say it tastes like Coke or Pepsi, or even RC Cola. It tastes like… artificial cola flavor, like they tried really hard to make it taste like cola, but keep it sweet. I think cola is one of those awkward flavors that is hard to duplicate outside of the actual (liquid) thing. It is a sweet flavor, but also a bit tangy. I’m not sure if the tanginess is to try and mimic fizz, but it definitely isn’t a smooth flavor like the mint variations. There is virtually no aftertaste. These remind me a lot of the gummi cola bottles<\/a> I had as a kid. There must be only one flavor our there for cola candy. Fresh Cola Mentos fits into the same category as the licorice flavored variety. They are definitely an acquired taste (which is probably why they aren’t sold in the US). So they at the bottom of the Mentos scale, but even the very last player on the Mentos scale is still head and tails above all other candy… c’mon they’re Mentos, the candy of the gods!<\/p>\n\n\t\t