Comments on: The Great Gross-Off: Java Pop (Hazelnut) Edition

By: leeswanson

leeswanson — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:09:40 +0000

I bought my supply of Java Pop at Ocean State/Job Lot, which is a discount chain out of R.I.
I just drank my first bottle, and it was as advertised, Hazelnut flavored coffee soda. I agree it is probably best ice cold, on a sweltering day like today. There is nothing new about Coffee Soda, various beverage companies have offered it since about 1906. It comes and goes in popularity.
My bottles are marked java06 with other numbers after it, it may be the formula designation, and not the date it was produced.

By: leeswanson

leeswanson — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:09:40 +0000

By: kwhit190211

kwhit190211 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:12:52 +0000

I agree with you all for a bit. The first bottle of Java soda that I had, i hated. The first to the last swallow, there was no change, it was terrible. Then I found out the secret to drinking the stuff. it has to be damn cold & you have to be damn hot. Then you'll find out that the stuff is delicious.
After getting use to the stuff, I found out that I don't need it chilled any more & now i have found out that I was addicted to the stuff. Now, the only trouble being, I can't get any more. I drank out 2 stores thyat sell the stuff around here. I've been nursing the last case that I have found for the last 3 weeks so-far. The supply is slowly dwindling & I am lost without my bottle of Java pop.
NUTS!!

By: Xander

Xander — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:33:30 +0000

I actually like Java Pop. I bought up my local Big Lots' supply last week, lol. I've never tried the Hazelnut though.

By: Chris Stewart

Chris Stewart — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 22:24:04 +0000

Man, I bought some of this stuff at Big Lots today, same flavor too… It was ardly carbonated, and when I shook it up a little, it didn't spew or fizz or anything. “I guess this drink is different,” I thought. I drank half of one and poured the rest and the remaining three unopened bottles out.

Something odd I noticed afterward… the printed date on the side of the bottle read January 2006… That's almost three years ago…

I felt like a total sucker.

By: javajeff

javajeff — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:16:48 +0000

Actually my experience is almost oppisite of yours. My first taste I was not impressed. By the time I finished the 4-pak, I was addicted to the stuff.

I am actually afraid of waking up one day and my supplier (Big Lots) will be dry. Then I will have to go to Javasoda(dot)com and pay 2 or 3 dollars a bottle with shipping!

Maybe I should go down to B.L. and hoard the stuff… hmmmm

By: javajeff

javajeff — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:15:03 +0000

Actually my experience is almost oppisite of yours. My first taste I was not impressed. By the time I finished the 4-pak, I was addicted to the stuff.

I am actually afraid of waking up one day and my supplier (Big Lots) will be dry. Then I will have to go to Javasoda(dot)com and pay 2 or 3 dollars a bottle with shipping!

Maybe I should go down to B.L. and hoard the stuff… hmmmm.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 30 May 2008 15:09:57 +0000

Manhattan Special is a decent espresso soda, and they use actual sugar instead of corn syrup.

http://www.manhattanspecial.com/

By: mojo

mojo — Thu, 29 May 2008 16:54:25 +0000

Seagal doing an energy drink?

No thanks, I'm holding out for Jean Claude Van Damme's natural male enhancement tabs.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:56:10 +0000

Specialty beverages made in Brooklyn, NY since 1895 - http://www.manhattanspecial.com/

My father used to drink this stuff growing up in Brooklyn in the 40s. And, yeah, they are sold mostly in Italian delis and specialty stores.