Olipops 2

I posted earlier this year about some Olipop cans, here are some more...

These are an alternative to the highly popular brand poppi, both prebiotic sodas to help promote gut wellness.  These are vegan, paleo, gluten-free friendly additions to those types of diets.  

Here we have Cherry Cola, Ginger Ale (with a nice holiday design), Vintage Cola, and Tropical Punch.  

In addition, each flavor has its own unique, wordy description of the thoughts and feelings one may have while drinking these.  I admit, these detailed paragraphs are better than anything I ever read in Readers Digest.  Does that give away my age?

Bubble Milk Tea

Straight from Taiwan, we have these bubble beauties.

There is nothing about this that makes me want to drink it.  The word "milk" on a can makes my stomach turn.  Add the word "bubble" and it's even less appealing.  Yes, this is canned boba.  

I bottom-opened the Taro Flavor can to drain it.  The thick liquid slowly came out, but the clump of boba bubbles was still in the can. So I had to open the top and shake 'em out.  I can't say this made the drink any more desirable in my eyes.

In my humble opinion, this "Taiwan classic" can stay in Taiwan where it's properly appreciated.  But that's just me.

Tall Fantas

And now two tall Fantas.

Recently Fanta had their Halloween can collection.  These are back to their everyday can designs.

These 16 oz cans are Grape and Pineapple flavor.  And what I like about these two cans in particular is the complimentary colors.  

I'll be watching for more Fanta cans as the year comes to a close.

Two New Dews

And now my two newest Mountain Dew cans:

These are Cherry-Lemon and Dragon Fruit.  The Cherry-Lemon gets its flavor from the Trolli gummy candies.  I heard neither of these flavors were especially good, but I'll have to take their word for it.

I also like the similar vertical stripe theme.  Looks like pants Greg Brady, or should I say Johnny Bravo, might wear.  More of this please.

Little Cans

Every once in a while a smaller can will make its way to me.  These have been collecting in my pantry for a little while.  So here are the most recent little cans added to my collection.

We start with an 8oz V8 energy drink.  It's called Winter Berry.  So I suspect it's been on my shelf for at least 6 months, probably longer.

The next is my first Sparkling Ice 7.5oz can.  This one is Kiwi Strawberry-flavored.

Then a plain Diet Pepsi 7.5oz can.

And finally a 6.5oz can of Starbucks Espresso, which I found lying around at work.

A benefit of these little cans is they don't take up as much space.  But really, when you have around 10,000 cans in your collection a couple fluid ounces doesn't matter that much.

Halloween Fanta

This is exciting and disappointing.  So far, I've only collected 2 of the 5 Fanta Halloween special edition cans.

The first is Chucky's Punch, from the Child's Play movies.  The second is Orange, featuring Freddy Fazbear from the Five Nights at Freddy's movie (and video game).  Btw, the second movie in the series is set to release on Dec 5 of this year.

The can I really want is the Pineapple can featuring Michael Myers.  I'd seen the first Halloween movie years ago, but didn't realize twelve more had been made!  So I began a little journey to watch all thirteen movies in order before Halloween this year.  I barely met the deadline, but after watching Halloween Ends this morning I accomplished a major goal.  Now I need to accomplish the goal of getting a Michael Myers can...

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.