who remembers Crystal Clear Pepsi?

Question

how nasty was that crap... they should bring it back

nice reference of surge too, that is funny, that stuff was really gross

Answer 1

I sure do.

Answer 2

Crystal Pepsi was a colorless, caffeine-free soft drink that was made by PepsiCo from 1992 to 1993 in the United States, Canada, and for a short amount of time in Australia. In Europe, Crystal Pepsi was sold for a somewhat longer time. It is considered by some to be the company's equivalent of New Coke, as both were massive commercial failures.

HISTORY
Healthy living had become a popular concept in the early 1990s, with some focus on a vague notion of purity. Due to this, Crystal Pepsi was marketed as a "clear alternative" to normal colas, equating clearness with purity. The marketing tagline for the new cola was "you've never seen a taste like this". The taste did not turn out to be much different from other colas, though; unlike many other colorless soft drinks, which usually have a lemon-lime flavor, Crystal Pepsi tasted much like original Pepsi.
Starting with test markets in April 1992, PepsiCo found that the new soda was approved by those who got to try it early on. Pleased with the results, the company began to sell it nationwide in 1993. A large marketing campaign was launched along with it, for which the company invented the world's first photo-realistic, computer-generated bus wrap printing. The most well known part of the campaign was the series of television advertisements that used Van Halen's hit song "Right Now," which premiered on nationwide television during Super Bowl XXVII on January 31, 1993.
Initial sales were good, but they quickly fell to the point that the product was failing to generate a profit adequate to warrant continued marketing of it. This was due to the fact that many consumers did not like the taste of it and many others thought it was too similar to the regular Pepsi soda to merit being sold as a separate product. As a result, Pepsi pulled the drink off the market. It returned several months later as a reformulated citrus drink and retitled "Crystal by Pepsi", but this was short lived as well.
Despite all this, Crystal Pepsi still has a small following, particularly on the internet, where several web sites have been created in honor of it. Some of the few remaining cans and bottles of it can be found for auction on the commercial website eBay. In late 2005, some Mexican grocery stores started carrying "PepsiClear" which was a limited edition of a clear Pepsi.

Answer 3

First of all, way cool avatar!
Crystal clear Pepsi, those were the days. Wasn't it just regular Pepsi without the turd color?

Answer 4

I liked it. Because I can taste the dye in the other cola drinks. Yes I really can and it's nasty. I like the clear drinks. Pure taste there.

Answer 5

oooh, oooh I remember. when it 1st came out it did have a similar taste to the cola. a period later it tasted like a fruity sprite. yeah, bring it back. Hello Pepsico company.

Answer 6

That stuff was awesome. Just don't drink it when you have a mouth full of Pop Rocks. Ah, I miss 90s products.

Answer 7

I don't remember that but I sure do miss the blue Pepsi!!

Answer 8

I remember that. It tasted very similar to the real thing, but was still a bad idea.

Answer 9

I do. Its kinda like clear Kool aid... clear, but taste relitivly the same

Answer 10

I don't remember that one. I remember Pepsi free that was awful!

Answer 11

Yes I remember it. It was good they need to bring it back for a while....wonder why they haven't people bought it...hum