Energy from Co-Workers

Another week, another 3 energy drink cans from co-workers.

Three brands, three sizes, three flavors.

The first is a 16oz Monster Energy Ultra Strawberry Dreams can.  Pink and pretty, they said it tasted really good.

The second is an 8.4oz Red Bull Watermelon can.  She said a rep came to her other job and handed these out.  So why not take a free sample?

The third is a 12oz Alani Nu Sherbet Swirl can.  Alani Nu always has colorful cans, and this one is no exception.  She said it was really good, also.

As long as my co-workers keep up the variety of what they drink, I'll stay energized at growing my can collection.

Let's Do Rehab

A couple more recent Monster finds at work.

These are Monster Rehabs.  Here we have Peach tea and Wild Berry Tea.

The "recover" aspect makes them nothing short of a miracle tonic:

• Advanced hydration
• Electrolytes
• Reduced fatigue
• Increased concentration
• Vitamins
• Coconut water
• Botanicals
• Can collection expansion

I may have added the last bullet point, but it's the most important one to me.  I feel better already.

Three More Monsters

I have a co-worker who is on a Monster kick!  And from this I've acquired a few new cans lately.

This is Ultra Blue Hawaiian, Ultra Vice Guava, and Zero Ultra, which isn't a new flavor to my collection but it does have a Call of Duty ad to make it a variant I didn't have yet.

As long as people keep drinking them, I'll keep collecting them.

Sponge Bob

Are you ready, kids?

As last week's post said, I recently visited my daughter in college.  One of her favorite sodas is Poppi, which I've done many posts about here.  But she also likes OLIPOP.  So I'm glad she got these special edition cans for me.

They are Pineapple Paradise flavored and feature Spongebob Squarepants.

I did see a few more yellow cans in her refrigerator, so they are either doubles of these or more designs coming.  I'll certainly feature them again if there are more designs.

Aye, aye, Captain.

Korean Taste Test

While visiting my daughter at college this weekend, she took us to a place that specializers in weird drinks (there's also food there).  She had found some small 8.05 fl oz cans there of various fruit juices and thought we could have a taste test with all four flavors.

We bought one of each can and waited for the other drinks to be made.  The cans are from Korea.

We got back to her apartment and the four of us tried each one, pouring 1/4 of each can into 4 glasses.  Each claimed to be pure fruit juice.  We like fruit juice, so this should be fun.

Orange - Very thick pulp.  None of us like pulp.  

Grape - The can had four peeled, soggy, gooey grapes inside.  Coincidentally, each glass we poured into was awarded with one of the gross grapes.

Peach - Pure peach juice, no solids present.

Pear - Small white floaties, assuming small pieces of pear floating inside.

The results... peach won by far!  Although 75% disgusting, the taste test was fun nonetheless.

Pure Energy

As I've stated here before, I see a lot of energy drink cans at work.

Here are three of my recent acquisitions.  C4 strawberry blast, V8 strawberry kiwi sparkling energy drink, and Gorilla Mind bombsicle.  I was told that last one was very good, tasted just like the famous bomb pops.

Maybe my co-workers just need to get more sleep at night?  

80's Crush

No, I'm not talking about Alyssa Milano or Daryl Hannah, I'm talking about this can.

The first cans I ever collected were the four retro Pepsi cans as they were released in the 1980's.

(I borrowed this pic from Google, my set is buried in a box somewhere)

But those were the only four I collected for a long time.  This current found of collecting started in April, 2011, with my very first post here.

But enough about me, this Electric Blue Razz Crush can is very rad.  Some might even say righteous.

Summer Monsters

I see a lot of energy drinks at work.  And these two cans caught my eye.

I featured an Ultra Peachy Keen in a previous post, but this is a variation of the other can.  Notice the Zero Sugar at the top of the can.  The other post had a red stripe around the top of the can, this one doesn't.

And this is my first Ultra Paradise can.  I love the muted green color of it.  Monster Energy certainly has some of the best looking cans out there.

If the green can is Frankstein's monster, what monster would the pink can be?

Bubbl'R

Yeah, weird name.

Earlier this summer I went to swim at my sister's house.  She had a pack of this all-natural, sparkling water energy drink.  I told her to save one of the cans for me.  She told me to just take one.  So I did.

It was just a week or two ago that I finally drank it.  I felt I needed a little extra energy, not to mention antioxidant and a little balance restoration.  And it was surprisingly good.  It wasn't the bland no-taste sparkling water, but had a surprising dash of wild cherry flavor.

Even with the weird name and a can that looks like it was designed in a kindergarten classroom, I highly recommend it.  After all, who couldn't use a little restoration to their balance?

Star Wars Collection

Someone sent an article to me a month ago or so.  It was an ad showing a new 30-can Star Wars set coming from Coca-Cola, each featuring a different character.

Pepsi did this in 1999 when The Phantom Menace came out.  You can read about my adventure with that here in this post.

There have been other Star Wars tie-ins also.  But these cans look really good, especially being red and black.

My first can is Kylo Ren.  I would love to have the whole collection, but I just don't have the time or patience for that kind of collecting now.  And I don't drink soda, so I can't just go out and buy a bunch of packs.

So I'll sit back and use the Force to will some more of them to come to me.  I wonder what a midi-chlorian flavored soda would taste like.

Ice Cream Sundae

I was surprised to see this can when my son brought it home one evening.

It's the first Ice Cream Sundae flavored soda in my collection.  I think.  And I love how the top of the can looks like it's dripping with chocolate.  I asked if it was good, he said it's ok.  Maybe not as good as a root beer float.

Definitely a neat idea.  And a neat can.

Newest Ski

Ski doesn't change their can design very often, so it's always exciting when I see a new one.

And that's what happened this week when I saw this can at someone's house.  I asked if I could have the can when they were done, received the usual confused looked from them, and then my collection was one can bigger.

It may be a while, but I'll be watching for their next design.

Coca-Cola Summer Cans

The Coca-Cola summer cans with phrases on them started showing up at work last week.

My first two are "Friend" and "Sis".  

I'm not sure how many there are, but I'll keep my eyes open and grab any I don't already have.

Mountain Dew

I've been collecting cans with the new Mountain Dew logo recently, but there was one I still didn't have...

Just the regular, plain old Mountain Dew.

And now I have it.

Another Rescue

Lately I've been collecting Mountain Dew cans with their new logo.  Last week in the top of a trash can at work I saw the new logo on a Diet Mountain Dew can, which I didn't have yet.  But the problem was whoever drank it was a "squeezer", one who feels the need to squeeze the can before throwing it away.

But many years ago I did post about a tool I have that can pop the cans back into shape from the inside.  I haven't used the tool for a while, but I got it out and was able to get this can back into decent shape.

It's not perfect, there are still a couple small dents and creases, but until I find a can in better shape for my collection this one will definitely dew, I mean definitely do.

Yes, I thoroughly cleaned the can before touching it with my hands.  There is some etiquette to can collecting.

Happy 6th of July!!!

Ok, so this is a couple days late.

A couple weeks ago someone texted a pic of this can to me and asked if I had it.  Nope!  So they bought it, drank it, and gave it to me.

It's a 16oz Cherry-flavored Coca-Cola can.  But what makes the design so neat is the American flag they were able to represent on the shapes of Coca-Cola bottles.  There's the blue/white star field in the upper left and the white/red stripes on the rest of the bottles.

This was a good can to release during the 4th of July season.  What's next for big red?

Summer Freeze Makes Me Feel Fine

New Mountain Dew cans are coming out in force.  This week I received two new ones.

The first is the newest Code Red design.  I've featured Code Red on my blog a few times before: 2014, 2020, and 2023.

Now it's back with its newest logo.  I also received a limited edition summer flavor cherry lemon raspberry called Summer Freeze.  Sounds like it would make a good slush!

I know there are more flavors out there, so I'll keep looking...

Cherry Twist

With the recent influx of Alani Nu cans to my collection, I looked at Walmart to see how many designs they currently carry.  I had all of them except Cherry Twist.

The next day at work I mentioned to someone I had them all except one from Walmart.  She went out for lunch that day and when she returned she was drinking a Cherry Twist.  She said it was the random drink she grabbed from her fridge when she went home for lunch.  Lucky me!!

I'm sure there are many more designs out there.  In fact, Walmart may even have different ones now from the day I checked.  The summer flavors are out.  Let's keep looking...

Alani Two

Last week at work I saw this sitting on a shelf...

It can be embarrassing the first time I ask someone new for the can when they're done, but it has to be done.  So I asked her, she said I could have it (with a confused look), then I explained my collection.

Alani Nu cans have great designs.  And I didn't have a Pink Slush yet.  But now I do.

Later in the week I got home from work and saw a can by the curb in front of my house.  It turned out to be this Alani Nu Cotton Candy.  What are the odds I'd find two Alani Nu cans in one week?

A double-can victory.  And now it's Father's Day.  Will more cans be coming my way?  

Party Favor

Yesterday I went to a graduation party and what did I see sitting on a window ledge?

A Starbucks energy drink.

Someone had brought it to the party and when done they set it on the window ledge to give to me later.  It's Watermelon Twist and they said it was really good.  I guess a little energy boost at a party never hurts.

I wasn't expecting to get a gift at the party for recent graduates, but I'll take it!  And I did.