# Crystal Pepsi is coming back **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288 "2015-06-11T20:41:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JayRx1981](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71e660/32.png) [@JayRx1981](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayRx1981)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/21 "2015-06-13T12:39:32Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > I don’t care what anyone says, THIS IS AWESOME As long as they don’t change anything, I agree wholeheartedly. If that makes me wrong, I don’t wanna be right. > [@hotflungwok](#): > > You’re one of those perverts who likes Zima aren’t you? Guilty. Zima with a jolly rancher in it. Yum. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/22 "2015-06-13T13:54:07Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > I think I’ll go to a rave and drink my Crystal Pepsi after I update my 'zine and watch the latest episode of _90210_. Right now? ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/23 "2015-06-13T15:46:22Z")
I am waiting for Sapphire Diet Coke. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/24 "2015-06-13T16:26:10Z")
I loved it. Being clear was mostly just a gimmick, of course, but I thought there was a subtle improvement in the flavor, and I really appreciated having a widely-available caffeine-free cola with sugar. It seems like if you have options on your cola, they’re almost always regular, diet, and diet caffeine-free. ---
**Author:** ![Pashnish\_Ewing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8797f3/32.png) [@Pashnish\_Ewing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pashnish_Ewing)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/25 "2015-06-13T17:30:42Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Right now? Hey! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/26 "2015-06-13T18:15:24Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Well, I’ll be damned, it’s like the 90s are here all over again. I think I’ll go to a rave and drink my Crystal Pepsi after I update my 'zine and watch the latest episode of _90210_. Actually they just added season 1 of 90210 to Amazon Prime…go forth and watch! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/27 "2015-06-13T22:35:11Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > No, Crystal Pepsi was caffeine-free. Good, because the clone version that’s been around a while (Not See Kola) had caffeine. I’m curious how others would describe how it tastes different from regular Pepsi. I know what I remember, but it’s been so long I don’t trust my memory. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/28 "2015-06-13T22:40:28Z")
I’m still waiting for PepsiCo to re-introduce [Aspen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMInb7bu63I). (Not really.) . ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/29 "2015-06-14T00:51:42Z")
> [@bienville](#): > > PepsiCo made the “Slice” line of fruit flavored sodas. Mostly they pushed the Lemon-Lime and the Mandarin Orange but for a short time they produced an Apple flavor. Apple Slice was my all-time favorite soda. I loved it and I miss it. It must be about 30 years since I’ve had one. Slice actually contained 10% fruit juice from 1984-1994. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/30 "2015-06-14T01:21:18Z")
> [@hotflungwok](#): > > Jumpin Jebus on a pogo stick, wtf? H > > Also, if you even look at Pepsi Kona I’m coming over there and dope slapping each and every one of you. EVERYONE KNOWS THAT A BURROW OWL LIVES. IN A HOLE. IN THE GROUND! Why the hell do you think they call it a burrow owl, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/31 "2015-06-14T10:11:22Z")
> [@](#): > > Crystal Pepsi is coming back **Why?** 😕 ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/32 "2015-06-14T10:51:54Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Slice actually contained 10% fruit juice from 1984-1994. Wow! Spanning TWO decades!!! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/33 "2015-06-14T14:02:59Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m curious how others would describe how it tastes different from regular Pepsi. I know what I remember, but it’s been so long I don’t trust my memory. They’re practically _giving_ away hard drives, why rely on your memory?? ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/34 "2015-06-14T16:02:22Z")
If Diet Crystal Pepsi returns, I will be in love. My 12-year-old self, who thought she was the size of the Goodyear blimp, loved Diet Crystal Pepsi. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/35 "2015-06-18T17:13:22Z")
Wow. I thought Crystal Pepsi was just regular Pepsi with the artificial color taken out. I have now found out from this thread that it was caffeine free and apparently tasted more like cream soda. Didn’t someone do a soda with no artificial coloring; but everything else stayed the same? ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/36 "2015-06-18T17:23:12Z")
Dare I hope that since consumer pressure has contributed to bringing back crystal Pepsi, it might someday prevail in the battle to bring back Planter’s Cheez Balls?? ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/37 "2015-06-18T19:06:46Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Good, because the clone version that’s been around a while (Not See Kola) had caffeine. That’s a horrible brand name, just because of the homophone. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/38 "2015-06-18T21:28:36Z")
> [@stillownedbysetters](#): > > Dare I hope that since consumer pressure has contributed to bringing back crystal Pepsi, it might someday prevail in the battle to bring back Planter’s Cheez Balls?? No kidding. How can we live in a world where those cans of Cheez Balls no longer exist? ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2015, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288/39 "2015-06-18T23:30:59Z")
> [@Diceman](#): > > Perhaps we’ll see the return of Lemon Coke next. It never left. They just went back to selling it under it’s previous [name](http://images.sodahead.com/polls/001589197/534261350_more_lemon_pledge_consuela_xlarge.png). I wish Pepsi would bring back [Josta](http://savejosta.dumbdouches.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/cansicon.jpg)! I loved that stuff. Was one of the only non-diet sodas I’d drink. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crystal-pepsi-is-coming-back/722288.md?page=1)