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Like many surly teenagers in the 90s with nothing better to do than loiter, I hung out way too many hours for my own good at the Target up the block from my house. The electronics department was a social hub for most of the boys in the neighborhood due to the fact that they had every current gaming system out in the open and set on free play. None of that demo nonsense that Sears did.<\/p>\n
This was all well and good until the one of the managers would let us know in no uncertain terms that we had to buy something or leave. Squeezing every last minute of gameplay we could, those of us with a few spare quarters would pool together about 75 cents to buy a bottle of this new beverage that was seemingly only available at Target: Clearly Canadian.<\/p>\n
With its sticky sweet, syrupy \u201cclear\u201d taste that mingled deliriously with a decidedly crisp berry sensation, we passed the bottle around like grade school hoboes warming themselves around an 8-bit barrel fire. Looking back, it was a flavor out of and ahead of it time, especially during the crystal cola wars of the 1990-somethings. Sure, after pounding three or four at a time, it gave us the worst headaches and a little bit of nausea on the way home to dinner, but for that price to stay and play, who gave a good gosh-darn.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s been a flavor sensation that I have been nostalgically chasing for almost 20 years and, while I always knew it would be those flavor wizards at Sprite that would probably be the ones to resuscitate that drinkable emotion, I had no idea it would be found on accident while I was looking for the Going by the fake corporate DJ nom de plume<\/em> of Mix by Sprite: Tropic Berry, this is most definitely the second coming of that Mountain Berry or Western Loganberry Clearly Canadian if there ever was one, right down to the high-fructose headache after excitedly slurping two large-sized cups of the carbonated beverage when, as an adult, you should really know better. <\/p>\n The typical lemon-lime zest of Sprite that we\u2019ve come to expect is pushed down the taste scale pretty low to point of being barely noticeable as the artificially-flavored tropical (which tropic though?) berry (which berry though?) dominates proudly. It also comes complete with a tongue-coating aftertaste that will definitely call for at least a full cup of Mix by Sprite: Tropic Berry is definitely worth tracking down and most definitely worth the taste, if only for curiosity\u2019s sake. While it is far too sickly sucrosed-up to be an everyday thing, it\u2019ll make for a delightful once a week treat as you nosh on a Big Mac and fries. Just keep that bottle of aspirin on the ready. \u00a1C\u00f3mpralo ya!<\/em><\/p>\n (Nutrition Facts – (small only) \u2013 100 calories, 0 calories from fat, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of cholesterol, 55 milligrams of sodium, 27 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of fiber, 27 grams of sugar, and 0 grams of protein.)<\/small><\/p>\n Purchased Price:<\/b> $1.00 Like many surly teenagers in the 90s with nothing better to do than loiter, I hung out way too many hours for my own good at the Target up the block from my house. 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<\/p>\nPowerAde Mountain Berry Blast<\/del> cold filtered water to swig around as you leave the restaurant. Or Wal-Mart, if you\u2019re in nasty and\/or in Oklahoma. <\/p>\n![\"McDonald](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/McDonalds-Mix-by-Sprite-Tropic-Berry-3.jpg?resize=600%2C450&ssl=1\" "\\"McDonald's"){kind=icon}
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\nSize:<\/b> Large
\nRating:<\/b> 8 out of 10
\nPros:<\/b> Great berry taste. Surprisingly crisp. Extremely refreshing.
\nCons:<\/b> Can be too much of a sweet thing. Bad aftertaste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"