Coca-Cola Blāk

Infobox Beverage
name = Coca-Cola BlāK.


type = Coffee flavored Cola
manufacturer = The Coca-Cola Company
origin = France
introduced = 2006
discontinued = 2008
related = BibiCaffe; Pepsi coffee drinks including Kona (Pennsylvania, 1994-1996), Tarik (Malaysia), Max Cappuccino (France, Finland, Norway, Ireland and the UK), and Cappuccino (India, Eastern Europe, Mexico, some Central American), Future Coffee Cola (China)
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Coca-Cola BlāK is a coffee-flavored soft drink introduced by Coca-Cola in 2006. The mid-calorie drink was introduced first in France, before making its way to the United States and other markets.

Coca-Cola BlāK launched in the United States [ [http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/nr_20060315_americas_welcome_blak.html Cola Blak arrives in the United States] , 2006-03-15] on April 3, 2006. Coca-Cola BlāK launched in Canada on August 29, 2006 [ [http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=2a0fa06d-246f-400c-a1a8-35bbe85c38d0 Coca-Cola Blak enters Canada] , 2006-08-31] with an event staged in Toronto, Ontario at Dundas Square offering free bottles of the product. [ [http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=5d25461d-cf87-4265-8fdb-93b848101c37 Coca-Cola launches Blak with a bevy of beauties] , 2006-08-30] On 31 August 2007, it was announced in trade magazine Beverage Digest that Coca-Cola would discontinue the drink once concentrate supplies ran out [ [http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/stories/2007/08/30/cokeblak_0831.html Coke Blak goes dark] , 2007-08-31] .

In February 2007 the drink made its way to Central Europe as it launched in the Czech Republic. French produced Coca-Cola BlāK can also be found in Lithuania and in E.Leclerc stores in Slovenia.

The U.S. version of Coca-Cola BlāK is sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, aspartame and acesulfame potassium.The French and Canadian versions of Coca-Cola BlāK replace the high fructose corn syrup with sugar.

Consumer Reports taste-testers found the French version to be less sweet and to contain more coffee flavor.

The American and Canadian versions have a plastic resealable cap on a glass bottle that resembles the classic Coke bottle, whereas the French version is a bottle shape formed from aluminum.

Nutritional facts

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ee also

Coffee-flavored Pepsi

References

* [http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/nr_20051207_corporate_blak.html Coca-Cola BlāK to make its worldwide debut] The Coca-Cola Company, 2005-12-07

External links

* [http://www.coca-colablak.com Official Site]
* [http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/food/taste-test-coke-blak-306.htm Consumer Reports Taste Tests Coke BlāK] , March 2006
* [http://x-entertainment.com/updates/entries/archives/00000760.html Coca-Cola gives out thousands of Coke BlāK samples] in Times Square