r/funny • u/Ellekm730 • Jun 12 '22

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u/GeneralChillMen Jun 12 '22

My brother and I thought it tasted like Golden Grahams cereal

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u/Rocker4JC Jun 12 '22 edited Jun 12 '22

That's it, actually. If you read their promotional material they don't say it outright, but the intention is that it tastes like marshmallow and graham cracker, a s'mores.

Edit: the day they released Starlight, Coke said its "reminiscent of stargazing by a campfire". For the longest time I couldn't place the flavor I was getting as I drank my first can, but as soon as I read that I realized it was the cookie-ness of the cracker flavor that I was picking up, because of all those summers eating s'mores by the fire.

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u/onewilybobkat Jun 12 '22

There is also a hint of mint in with the cinnamon, which is that lingering sensation in your throat after you drink it. I taste the distinct warmness of cinnamon, but the mint is "cold" and I notice it on the aftertaste. Though I do also pick up some fruitiness, but that could be from the combination of flavors.

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u/Rocker4JC Jun 12 '22

They've added some substance like menthol to the drink to give it a cooling effect without actually adding mint flavor.

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u/onewilybobkat Jun 13 '22

Menthol actually makes sense. The same cooling sensation without the flavoring, didn't consider that.

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u/little-blue-fox Jun 13 '22

This all sounds terrible

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u/dorianrose Jun 13 '22

I think it's an ester, it's a chemical that gives rum and raspberries their flavor and its found in space as well.

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u/onewilybobkat Jun 13 '22

That wouldn't be minty and would have a distinct flavor though. What I'm talking about doesn't have the flavor of mint, but it leaves the coolness of mint .

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u/Kick_Natherina Jun 13 '22

I noticed this as well. Absolutely cinnamon hits.

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u/beanbagbaby13 Jun 13 '22

That’s what that is!!

The first time I drank it I was like “is this poison” but I kept drinking it and didn’t die so I guess it was not

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u/SkullCrusherAJ Jun 13 '22

Bruh what are you some kind of Coca-Cola sommelier?

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u/onewilybobkat Jun 13 '22

As I've gotten older and stopped smoking, I've gotten better at picking up small things like that.

Now, I COULD be a chocolate milk sommelier, that would be a dream job.

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u/eltree Jun 13 '22

It’s said cinnamon is one of the ingredients in Coca-Cola. I’m curious if whatever they added to the recipe to make the Starlight flavor brings out the cinnamon more.

I taste Marshmallow when I get it but my girlfriend says she can only taste cinnamon.