On The Coca-Cola Orange Cream

It exists. But should it?

“Creamsicle fans will love it,” says Food & Wine, which is a proclamation that can only be described as “grand.” Coca-Cola mixed with Orange Cream Soda is a brash experiment – maybe even admirable. But is it successful? We conducted a short test.

After Trinity – the 1945 nuclear weapons test – bystanders would tell tales of indescribable colors that didn’t exist in nature. It was something one had to experience to understand, a true shared event.

Drinking Coca-Cola Orange Cream – a cacophony of indefinable sensations that are neither orange-flavored nor creamy – isn’t much different. It’s impossible to convey the sensation a flat yet inexplicably effervescent cola brings. How does one even start to explain a wax that doesn’t coat the tongue until after the last sip? I’ve never imbibed Orange Essential Oil, but I imagine it’s not a million miles away from Orange Cream. I’ll leave it to braver researchers to confirm or deny.

Explaining the unexplainable is impossible, but the short of it is that Coke Orange Cream is not my thing. I’m sure the comparison to nuclear weapons gave that away.

Still, I can’t help but admire Coca-Cola’s chutzpah. Taking such a big swing is admirable, and I’m a proponent of any and all weird experiments. Orange Cream may not be for me, but I’m kind of glad it exists – which is more than I can say about nuclear bombs.

This is not the first time Coca-Cola has jumped in with both feet. Many may remember New Coke, the beverage that made Bill Cosby end his relationship with the Coca-Cola Company because (and I quote) “it had hurt [my] credibility.”

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