I know, I am a bit slow to be reviewing Coca-Cola Zero. It had been in the stores for a while already but I wasn’t into reviewing drinks then. So now, I will review my all-time favourite beverage - Coca-Cola Zero. Apparently, Coca-Cola Zero is just like Coca Cola just that they have no calories. I suppose what they meant by that is there is no sugar in the drink? So it should be just like Coca-Cola Light? Or all those variations of Coca-Cola which doesn’t have any or less sugar in them?  And they claim that it is real Coca-Cola taste. Does that mean that the original Coca-Cola is fake? Wow, that means that we have been drinking fake Coca-Cola all these time. Their CEO must be from China.

Anyway, I know it is very confusing. Too many marketing gimmicks and what-not these Coca-Cola guys tend to come up with and we have no idea what goes into the actual drink. Worse, it seems that in different countries, they have different ingredients! I think that the main reason why they come up with so many slogans, logos, ingredients and variations is because the top guys, just like our government officials, are just too free. If you are paid big bucks and you don’t have anything to do, you will tend to think of new logos, slogans and shit to ply on to the consumers. What can I say but to just enjoy the great tasting drink.

 I have taken a few photos of the Coca-Cola Zero I bought.

That’s the PET bottle which the Coca-Cola Zero is being stored it. The label looks a bit different from the original Coca-Cola bottle but the beverage looks exactly like the original. If you expect it to be pink or yellow or even clear like Sprite, you are mistaken.

The nutrition facts of the Coca-Cola Zero. Apparently it doesn’t provide any energy, protein, fat or carbohydrate to the consumer. This must be some sort of miracle drink! And no wonder it is called “Zero“. And we should all note that although it doesn’t come with any sucrose (sugar), it does have artifical sweeteners, artifical flavourings and for those who like coffee, it contains caffeine. Wow, it is like all sorts of articial stuff mixed together to make a great tasting drink. I wonder what’s the recipe for Coke? I am just surprised that it did not contain rat poison.

That’s the Coca-Cola Zero poured into a glass. This is how the beverage should be drunk - in a glass. From a glass, only then can you appreciate the fine colour, smell the delicate aroma of delicious caramel and let it tickle your senses. I mean by looking at the above photo, doesn’t it make you want to grab the glass and gobble it all down? Drinking this Coca-Cola Zero is like drinking from a well in heaven. Maybe years later, you would thank the Coca-Cola company for hastening your trip to heaven, but that would be another story. 

This is another shot of the glass of Coca-Cola Zero. The amount of carbonation is just right for a drink like this. The development guys at Coca-Cola got that right. The amount of sweetness is also right. I don’t like my beverages too sweet anymore. And of course I would like to thank the Coca-Cola guys for developing a great tasting drink like this for all of us to enjoy. I really hope that they will make it cheaper because the price of everything is rasing in Singapore and with a beverage that is Zero in everything, it should be cheap. Plus unlike the ingredients in other drinks, all the ingredients in Coca-Cola Zero are artifical stuff unlike root beer, ginger ale and others, which again can be obtained cheaply. Please pity us poor folks. We just want to enjoy a fine refreshing beverage after a hard day’s work in the fields. Ok, ok, I work in an air-conditioned office but it amounts to the same thing.

Thank you for reading. And oh, for those who are curious, I am using the Coca-Cola Zero to clean my computer’s Heatsink. Apparently, it works very well in removing dirt and dust from hard to reach places in the heatsink. Wow, this stuff is just great!