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Holy 90s. Where did these drinks go?! (i.imgur.com)

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[–]Rob1150 7 points8 points ago

I didnt like the consistency of balls in my pop.

[–]SteveyDevey 23 points24 points ago

I read that as "balls in my poop."

[–]imredditting 5 points6 points ago

wow, I did too until I read your comment and checked the first one again..

[–]matthank 20 points21 points ago

Converted to puke, every one.

[–]Jadith 0 points1 point ago

Looks the same coming out as it did going in...that just can't be a good thing.

[–]blightedstars 20 points21 points ago

Ah, the drink that had a very similar texture to semen.

[–]Massgyo 9 points10 points ago

I fucking loved these.

[–]ChocodilePile 3 points4 points ago

I believe we were in the minority. Orbitz and Crystal Pepsi, wasted drinks of my youth.

[–]Massgyo 1 point2 points ago

Haha I forget it pepsi Blue or Crystal was the one I hated.

[–]loradey 5 points6 points ago

It must have been crystal; blue was the nectar of the gods.

[–]SmileAndGlasses 2 points3 points ago

Do you also enjoy the taste of tapioca and sugar water vomited up by a kid on acid?

[–]Massgyo 8 points9 points ago

Yes.

[–]RoyallyTenenbaumed 1 point2 points ago

yeah, he already said he loved the drink...

[–]3drake 2 points3 points ago

I kinda miss these. I had only tried one flavour, but it was pretty good.

I mean, Bubble Tea is ridiculously popular in my city, so what's the big difference? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble_tea)

[–]A-zen-do-attitude 4 points5 points ago

I loved these....

[–]snowlion13 1 point2 points ago

my friend kept a bottle for a long time before she finnaly threw it away. i recall them not tasting very good, the concept was cool though

[–]lychee-twist 3 points4 points ago

I had one once. It was gross.

[–]JamesIncandenza 2 points3 points ago

Straight back to hell.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

no one liked drinking that many balls constantly.

[–]flux_the_deal 1 point2 points ago

They turned into gum.

[–]HawaiianBrian 1 point2 points ago

Same time period as Josta. Man, I loved that drink.

[–]GhostSongX4 0 points1 point ago

That stuff was delicious

[–]Cubedesigner2 3 points4 points ago

Recalled, due to carcinogenic concerns.

[–]ethanwc 2 points3 points ago

Nah, really? Source?

[–]secretpandalord 7 points8 points ago

No, not really. Discontinued due to poor sales.

[–]ethanwc 0 points1 point ago

That's what I thought. I was part of the target audience, and I never bought one. Looking back, I really should have, but the thought of "Swill" from Saturday Night Live probably ruined it for me.

[–]ethanwc 0 points1 point ago

I should have got one when I saw them. You can buy them, fully intact, on ebay for $20. Nooooooooo thank you. Pictures are all the evidence I need.

[–]funkgerm 1 point2 points ago

Here's one for 8 bucks.

[–]danman11 0 points1 point ago

*Not including shipping.

[–]gadorp 0 points1 point ago

Barf.

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[–]plainOldFool 0 points1 point ago

I'm a sucker for trying anything new. I saw this while in college and gave it a chug. Never.again. I didn't even finish bottle. Nasty, nasty stuff.

[–]Vapour428 0 points1 point ago

These scared the shit out of me when i was a kid. never trusted those little balls. thought you weren't supposed to ingest them. I was also 5.

[–]f0rcedinducti0n 0 points1 point ago

Back to where they came from, Japan. Where people don't mind bits of things floating in their drinks.

[–]sw0lfe 0 points1 point ago

Actually, they're Canadian...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearly_Canadian

[–]WittyNick 0 points1 point ago

Orbitz... I had one once. I wasn't sure if i was gagging from the bits of gelatin floating in my drink or the gawd-awful sickeningly sweet flavour.

[–]switchever 0 points1 point ago

went back to the hell from which it came. stuff was like bottled dick with side of seamen

[–]ThirdProject 0 points1 point ago

These were awesome, I had them all the time. The only bottle I know if still existing has all the gel sitting at the bottom.

They also put their website on the top of the cap, around 1997 it was one of the first companies to do that. Now it's a travel site.

[–]toadinthehole 0 points1 point ago

Into the dustbin of history along with their foulness

[–]Easythaiger 0 points1 point ago

In Asia they have drinks with bits of aloe, stange. The one's with asian pear are delicious though.

[–]gex80 0 points1 point ago

The aloe drinks are korean (at least the ones I had in the square bottles). They some how made them sweet as regular juice with no where near the same amount of sugar as we normally buy in the store.

[–]Easythaiger 0 points1 point ago

This was in Korea. they aren't as sugar crazy as places like the philippines. They go nuts for chocolate down there. In Korea, even they're pastries and other sweets are really low in sugar. Everything tastes kind of like a croissant, sugar wise.

[–]DAIRYFRESH 0 points1 point ago

To the base of every lava lamp.

[–]itsbigboss 0 points1 point ago

Does anybody remember Mr.Green? that was the drink of my youth. so good!

[–]maldio 0 points1 point ago

They were what's meant by form over function.

[–]pzwhite 0 points1 point ago

I have a bottle of the red bubbles one that I bought at Kroger in the 90's. Never could bring myself to drink it for so long that it's now collectible. Kind of makes me wonder what other fad foods I should buy but never consume.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I showed this to my boyfriend, and he starting whining saying he'd give anything to have an orange beaded one. I missed that fad, I was a bit to young.

[–]kinboy 0 points1 point ago

They were burned with fire.

[–]j102ede 0 points1 point ago

QUICK REDDIT QUICK BEFORE ITS GONE http://www.ebay.com/itm/Orbitz-Drink-Lot-of-Two-Unopened-/261037155296?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cc706e3e0#ht_500wt_949Q

[–]Dewstain 0 points1 point ago

I only ever had that when we went to the Museum of Science in Boston. I'm going to guess that sort of distribution strategy was probably one of the issues that led to its discontinuation.

[–]redditacct 0 points1 point ago

These were around at the same time as http://koalasprings.com/

[–]washburncrosby 0 points1 point ago

Back to hell where they came from...

[–]tootlintinker 0 points1 point ago

I was thinking about these this morning, they were awesome!!!!!!

[–]sw0lfe 0 points1 point ago

Got violently ill from a spoiled one of these when I was a kid. My mom called the number on the bottle (the drink hadn't expired so it was on them) and we ended up getting a bunch of these in the mail as restitution.

[–]SimilarImage 0 points1 point ago

Age User Title Reddit Cmnt Points
5 months fullcircle_bflo Oh god... Stomach ache incoming. here 20 109
1 year Count_Choculitis 90's food fads: remember this? there's nothing like chewing your drink! here 68 136
9 months craxy0 An extinct drinkform. here 53 139

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[–]mdehevilland[S] 3 points4 points ago

Never knew it was posted. I posted it from my own upload.

[–]ethanwc 2 points3 points ago

Ignore the "repost" whiners.

[–]fullcircle_bflo 0 points1 point ago

But it should be MY karma!

[–]fizban7 0 points1 point ago

something similar is aloe juice, it looks cool and tastes good.

[–]JennBella 0 points1 point ago

the only one on ebay

[–]iamkmac -1 points0 points ago

I still have about 6 of these.

[–]Loveovore -1 points0 points ago

That drink tasted terrible! I'm surprised it stuck around for as long as it did.

[–]vicktor3 -1 points0 points ago

My father is a food scientist and has a few of these on display in our house. He will not let me drink them.

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