{"id":33160,"date":"2018-11-23T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=33160"},"modified":"2021-01-22T21:28:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T07:28:07","slug":"coca-cola-clear-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2018\/11\/23\/coca-cola-clear-review\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK REVIEW: Coca-Cola Clear (Japan)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Coke-Clr.jpg?resize=449%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coke Clr\" title=\"Coke Clr.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>What is Coca-Cola Clear?<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m in Japan &#8211; the mecca of novelty junk food! Of course, I sought out some new and quirky offerings. Coca-Cola has introduced a colorless version of its signature pop \u2013 trailing a quarter of a century behind Pepsi in the clear soda arms race. Without all that pesky caramel-y cola, it&#8217;s billed as lemon-flavored and is a zero-calorie drink. It is currently only available in Japan.<\/p>\n<h3>How is it?<\/h3>\n<p>Right out of the bottle, the aroma veers away from the usual Coke. It&#8217;s milder with a low-level citrus smell.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Coke-Clr-2.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coke Clr 2\" title=\"Coke Clr 2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I was expecting something with a strong lemon taste, ala Sprite or 7Up, but this was subtler &#8211;\u00a0like squeezing a lemon wedge into your already-sweet seltzer water and adding a dash of cola.\u00a0Despite the lemon base, it was identifiable as a Coke derivative and had the same sweeteness level, but was lighter and brighter than regular Coca-Cola.\u00a0It didn\u2019t have the neon citrus feel of other sodas.<\/p>\n<p>While not unpleasant, Coca-Cola Clear failed to establish its own flavor personality. Hence, it\u2019s easier to describe what it <em>ISN\u2019T<\/em> \u2013 it\u2019s not cola, it\u2019s not un-cola. Because of this vagueness of character, I wondered why this? Why now? Is 2018 the right time just because Coke hadn&#8217;t done it yet?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Coke-Clr-3.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Coke Clr 3\" title=\"Coke Clr 3.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Is there anything else you need to know?<\/h3>\n<p>Be prepared for the pop. The Coke products I sampled in Japan were packaged in a way that caused the initial rush of gasses out of the bottles to be downright explosive. My travel companion and I startled each other all week with the loud cracks of Coke bottles opening.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion:<\/h3>\n<p>Overall, an OK lightly lemon soda, but as <a href=https:\/\/youtu.be\/0Nz8YrCC9X8?t=115>Dr. Ian Malcolm<\/a> would say &#8211; Coca-Cola scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could that they didn&#8217;t stop to think if they should. Try it if you\u2019re a hardcore noveltyist, but only one bottle.<\/p>\n<p><b>Purchased Price:<\/b> 48 yen (approx. 69 cents US)<br \/>\n<b>Size:<\/b> 500 ml bottle (17 oz.)<br \/>\n<b>Purchased at:<\/b> MEGA Don Quijote Shibuya, Tokyo<br \/>\n<b>Rating:<\/b> 5 out of 10<br \/>\n<b>Nutrition Facts:<\/b>\u00a0(100 ml) 0 calories, 0 grams of fat, 0 grams of saturated fat, 0 grams of trans fat, 0 milligrams of sodium, 0 grams of carbohydrates, 0 grams of dietary fiber, 0 grams of total sugars and 0 grams of protein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Coca-Cola Clear? I&#8217;m in Japan &#8211; the mecca of novelty junk food! Of course, I sought out some new and quirky offerings. Coca-Cola has introduced a colorless version of its signature pop \u2013 trailing a quarter of a century behind Pepsi in the clear soda arms race. Without all that pesky caramel-y cola, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1440],"tags":[1545,1493,1536,1488],"class_list":["post-33160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-beverage","tag-coca-cola","tag-japan","tag-soda"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17839,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2014\/12\/02\/review-coca-cola-orange-japan\/","url_meta":{"origin":33160,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Coca-Cola Orange (Japan)","author":"Marvo","date":"December 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"In order to taste an orange-flavored Coca-Cola, you could do it the easy way. 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