I got far fewer pictures of the Coca-Cola museum.
I liked the old Underground Atlanta location much better.
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Pop art in the front lobby.
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Old advertisement signs in the front part, and the only part of the guided tour, where they try and fail to build up the museum the way Wonka did the giant reveal of the chocolate room of his factory.
There's a video of "what happens when you put coins inside a Coca-Cola vending machine" that I found to be both morbid and insulting.
Overall, I went without photographing much of anything inside the World of Coke. It's just boring.
Instead of feeling like a museum, it feels like a giant advertisement.
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Here's a part of the small, tiny reference inside of the "pop art" section of the museum where they address the "New Coke" incident.
The best part of the museum is the final part of the museum. They call it "Taste it."
You get to try products from all over the world.
There are five stations:
Latin America, Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America.
On each station, there is a triad of product to sample. Each station, with the exception of North America, has the same product on each side to prevent crowding.
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Asia Station.
Hi-C | Vegetable Water (?) | Aquarius | Fanta | Nestea | Smart Watermelon | Ice | Smart
I sampled the Vegetable water, Aquarius, the Watermelon, and Smart.
None of these left a real impression on me.
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Latin America Station.
Nestea (Mango?) | Delaware Punch | Ciel Aquarius | Simba | Nestea (I can't read the flavor
) | Fanta | Lift Cherry | Inca Kola
Delaware Punch is an excellent Grape Soda.
Simba, I think, was similar to Mellow Yellow. It's hard to judge. I haven't seen Mellow Yellow in ages and can't compare the taste of the two.
Lift Cherry didn't leave a great impression. It's decent.
Inca Kola is a cream soda. An excellent cream soda. A+ #1!
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Europe Station
Nestea | Fanta (?) | Nestea Lemon | A Sour Lemon Soda. I can't remember the name or read it from my photo. | Nestea Raspberry? | Fanta Grape | Mezzo Mix (Orange?) | Beverly
The Nesteas of all countries I skipped.
The sour lemon soda. This one should be expanded to other territories. I was impressed.
Fanta grape is average. Nothing compared to Delaware Punch.
Beverly is supposedly from Italy. There are better tasting Antibiotics. The happiness of the employee's day was talking people into trying Beverly.
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African Station.
Bibo | Sunfill | Bibo (apple?) | Spar-berry | Sunfill (?) | Krest Ginger Ale | I can't read that one | Fanta Mango
Krest Ginger Ale was the one I remember from this station.
It was stronger than regular Ginger Ale. I liked it.
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North America station.
This is where you start to question everything.
These are all fountain dispensers.
When I got to the North American station, I hit the drinks most familiar to me to get a fill before hitting the road. I'd not had anything to drink for most of the morning.
I hit up Tab and Fresca -- Flat. Then, I went to a side area. Coke Zero? Wrong. Diet Coke? Wrong.
I can't leave with an accurate impression of everything knowing that the drinks that were supposed to be most familiar tasted so incorrect.
It was a nice outing. Next year, though? I won't pick the same places. Neither the Aquarium or the Coke museum felt like strong outings.
Thanks again for the well birthday wishes!