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Beverage reviews for the curious connoisseur.Review: Trader Joes Vintage Cola » Cane sugar-sweetened cola in a glass bottle BevReview.com Home About Archives Facebook Newsletter Contact Us BevReview.com Beverage reviews for the curious connoisseur Feed on Posts Comments Review: Trader Joe's Vintage Cola May 21st, 2010 by Steve Trader Joe's is a specialty supermarket chain that has locations in about 25 states. They are known for having unique products, as well as gourmet and organic options at affordable prices (and incidentally are currently owned by one of the two brothers who run discount grocery chain Aldi well, at least the ones in Germany). To keep costs low, you'll find a lot of food with the namesake store brand name. Beverages are no exception, which is what brings us to Trader Joe's Vintage Cola. The other day a friend of mine handed me a bottle of Vintage Cola and encouraged me to try it out. What attracted me to this product was the sharp packa ging design, but also the promise that it was "naturally sweetened soda with cane sugar." Woo hoo! The packaging also proclaims that this drink is "vegan" and that "no gluten ingredients used". The logo design for a store branded-beverage is actually pretty good, reflecting a vintage take on a pop bottle cap. In fact, there was a real bottle cap used on Vintage Cola, though it only required a twist to review vs. a bottle opener. The color scheme on the label of light blue, dark blue, and red, combined with the patterns of bubbles and 60s style diamond shapes, provides a nice setting for the drinking experience. Upon opening the bottle, the drink smells like well, it smells like cola. Go figure. The flavor itself is very clean, as expected by a drink sweetened with cane sugar. Unfortunately, the taste is also somewhat bland. It probably skews more towards Coke than Pepsi, in that it's not overtly sweet. But the flavor profile is lacking in a real identity. That said, it&# 39;s a very clean identity that does not linger with syrupy ! residue like a high fructose corn syr...
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