Inca Kola
Saturday, July 31, 2010 at 5:29PM Inca Kola. “The Golden Kola” aka “The Golden Carbonated Beverage” aka Inca Kola, sits in front of me in a golden can, wrapped in aluminum… wrapped in a mystery. This can seems to be full of chemicals, which is something I’m pretty sure the Incan’s didn’t use a lot of in their original kola… if in fact they did make kola. The drink buy date is in 2011, almost as if they doubt you’ll be around in 2012 to drink it… eerie, but not really. The unknown must become known, let us open this golden can.
I assumed it would smell like a cola… ahem sorry… kola, but it doesn’t. Inca Kola smells of cream soda and bubble gum. The “Golden Kola” has the aroma of “The Red Wonder”… Big Red. Not being a huge fan of Big Red, it’s not looking good for Inca Kola. Time to drink.
Good news, everybody! It doesn’t taste like Big Red. The bubble gum you smell translates into the taste of the beverage, except it also includes a hint of ginger. “Does Inca Kola have ginger in it?” you ask. No. No it does not. In fact this tastes like a generic mystery beverage. It’s a hodge-podge of chemicals made to be a sugary drink with nothing that sets it apart from the pack. Get it? The pack. A six pack of soda. Eh? Eh? Awwww, you don’t get it! If you see Inca Kola though…
Verdict – Buy a Bottle
~A
Back home, Twist is known at the Golden Iguana... I asked him why but he said it was embarrassing.
Reader Comments (6)
Inca Kola is the awesomest thing ever invented!!! I LOOOOVE it!
my peruvian girlfriend and her family LOVE inca kola.
I really like Inca Kola - but the only place I've found it so far is at Galco's Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles (and I live in San Diego): http://www.sodapopstop.com
@Kari
Smart and final extra carries the 2 liter bottle.
Well, the description above is a little off. First of all Inca Kola is made with no more chemical than any other soft drink in the world. Second the taste is so unique that it sets it apart from everything else. This is not another orange or grape or lemon lime. inca Kola has such a unique taste that everyone that tastes it gets a different flavor depending on your taste buds. Yes bubble gum is one flavor that people use to describe Inca Kola but there in fact five distinct flavors that people use to describe Inca Kola. Bubble gum, pineapple, cream soda, lemon lime and Banana/strawberry. You show me another beverage in the world that gets that many different flavors from the same can. Inca Kola The Golden Kola "Refreshment for the world."
Howdy,
First off thanks for your post, we love it when passionate soda fans find our site. Secondly you are correct in assuming that most all sodas use chemicals like Inca Kola... but not all of them do. Hotlips, Oogave, and Virgil's (just to name three) don't use any HFCS, Sodium Benzoate, or any artificial flavoring in their soda. As for the five distinct flavors I noticed two of them, both Bubble Gum and Cream. While non of this changes my opinion on the beverage itself I have noticed that Inca Kola has some of the most passionate fans in the soda world.... and that is something to be VERY proud of.
~A