Vikings

And this week brought a cool surprise.

This cool Monster Juice can with a Viking theme.

The flavor is Viking Berry but I didn't think to ask what it tasted like.  The can has a nifty story which ends "Grab your drinking horn and take a swig, skoll".

What's a skoll?  In Norse mythology, Skoll is a wolf, alongside his brother Kati, who are fated to chase and devour the sun and moon respectively, ultimately leading to the end of the world during Ragnarok.

So this week you've seen a cool can and possibly learned something.

Olipops

As an alternative to the prebiotic soda brand Poppi, I've collected a few Olipop cans.

On the can, these read "Prebiotics - Botanicals - Plant Fiber".  They also have a stamp "Plant Powered - Microbiome Approved".  To be honest, none of that sounds like it should be a drink, haha.

The flavors here are Cream Soda, Crisp Apple, and Strawberry Vanilla.  And I was told they are really good.  Maybe one day I'll try one for myself.

I like the simple, yet effective, artwork on each can.  You can tell what flavor they are even if you can't read.

And of course they support digestive health, as do I.

Herbal Tonic

This is an interesting one.  It's been a while since I've featured and AriZona can, but here's a recent one.

This is from the AriZona Rx Energy line.  It's called Herbal Tonic and is self-described as this:

    "An invigorating blend of green tea, tropical & citrus fruits, panax ginseng, eleuthero root, guarana, schisandra, and vitamins A, C, and E."

Wow, a lot of new words in that.

And I love the old-timey-looking art on the can.  They could have just called it Snake Oil.

Orange Creams

It's great being a collector and knowing people who only drink "diet" versions of sodas, or "zero sugar" versions, or regular versions, etc.

Because when a new design comes out, chances are I'll be getting a couple different variations of the same design.  That's what happened when Coca-Cola released its orange cream flavor.  My parents prefer Zero Sugar, so they had to try this flavor in that variation.  Another family I know buys regular sodas, so I got the regular variation of this can from them.

As in the business world, its best to network and make connections among your collecting circles.  One man's trash...

Tropical Days

Summer is coming!  And I got this can from a guy at work last week.

Such a great design!!!  So different for 7 UP.  This is the zero sugar version of their newest flavor, Tropical.  It's hard to tell from the list of chemical ingredients, but I would guess there's a splash of mango or orange flavor to this.

A couple days after I received this can someone else texted me a pic of the regular version, so I'll be featuring that can in the upcoming weeks.

Bring on the tropical...

College Poppi

I visited my daughter at college yesterday and had a nice surprise.

Seven new cans she's saved for me.  I'll be featuring them in the coming weeks, but this week I chose to show the new Poppi cans.

It's surprising I didn't have the orange can yet.  And I received my first little Poppi, a 7.5oz can of Doc Pop, their version of Dr Pepper.

Overall it was a great trip... as is her journey to try all the Poppi flavors.

Two Peppers

It's been a while since I've mentioned Dr Pepper here, but last week I was given two new cans.

It continues the recent trend towards Zero Sugar and its color black motif.

This is a new version of Cherry.  It's now in line with the current Blackberry design, which to be honest, I didn't even know Dr Pepper had a blackberry flavor.

I think it'd be neat to line up all the Dr Pepper cans I've collected in recent years to show the variations of the can designs and different flavors they've released, but ain't nobody got time for that.