Friday, just before the day shift was over, our assignment manager brought a pair of ice cold, Coca-Cola Blak into the newsroom for to sample. "Wait a sec. Coke Blak?" I said, to which she replied, "Yeah, it's that new fusion beverage from Coke." At the time I dismissed how much that sounded like a scene from a really bad television commercial. Maybe that was because I was simply too fascinated by the new beverage technology brought before me.

In case you're wondering: Coke + Coffee = Coca-Cola Blak



From time to time, TV newsrooms get random food samples and cases of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to try out. I think that the PR folks hope that we'll be so excited about "an interesting new product" that we might want to spread the word - which never happens. (Although, I guess I am writing about Coke Blak now...). Mostly, we just go, "Oh look! Food." and moments later it's gone. The rest of the day people who arrive later, walk by, and looking at the empty containers, say, "Oh man. We missed the food." Sometimes the empty containers stay there for days.

Anyway, back to Coke Blak. It's half-coffee, half-coke, half-crack cocaine, and one hundred percent AWESOME. I loved it, maybe too much. But, not everyone did. Some people had that, "I think I just drank Toilet Duck" look on their faces.

How will it be received by the general public? No idea. I liked Crystal Pepsi, so what do I know about anything? But, if you do decide you're gonna try it, then you better get to the story early because I will be stockpiling it.

Also, I think it would taste really good with Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum. I'll keep you posted.