{"version":"1.0","type":"stack","id":"38f38683-7e58-419c-a25e-af43b6c615ca","url":"https://stacklist.com/c/food/stack/JTJd4HZqY9P4SIPTBM6L","title":"The Forgotten GOATs of Soda History","description":"A fizzy tribute to the GOAT sodas we lost. From Pepsi Blue to Josta, these icons walked so today’s drinks could run. Gone from shelves, but forever in our hearts (and tastebuds).","privacy":"public","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:18:58.605Z","updated_at":"2025-08-22T11:06:35.840Z","author":{"username":"kaye","name":"Kaye C.","url":"https://stacklist.com/kaye","type":"person"},"category":{"id":"food","name":"food","url":"https://stacklist.com/c/food"},"items":[{"id":"c73fe2ba-65b8-484c-886a-f0c36849957e","position":1,"title":" Pepsi Blue","url":"https://www.foodie.com/category/travel/","note":"That wild electric blue soda that tasted like cotton candy + cough syrup had a baby. Gen Z core.\nGone but never forgotten. Briefly came back in 2021. We need it permanently.\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/4a3537a1-5fa0-4fb3-ab2c-5861c0499b20/-/crop/898x899/11,0/-/preview/","alt":" Pepsi Blue","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/c73fe2ba-65b8-484c-886a-f0c36849957e","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:19:59.424Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"8d856bf6-83e4-45bc-baad-912dd7b1ec6a","position":2,"title":"Surge","url":"https://www.thedailymeal.com/1560477/is-surge-still-discontinued/","note":"Coca-Cola’s answer to Mountain Dew, basically neon chaos in a can.\nHad a cult following. Came back for a hot minute on Amazon, then faded again.\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/90e99250-8ea5-401a-accc-cca095b2e856/","alt":"Surge","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/8d856bf6-83e4-45bc-baad-912dd7b1ec6a","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:21:34.394Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"2e63ab41-87f5-426b-83e9-29ade8c33035","position":3,"title":"Coca-Cola Blāk","url":"https://theenterpriseworld.com/coca-cola-blak-blend-of-cola-and-coffee/","note":"Coffee + Coke in the early 2000s?? Bro… Gen Z would eat this up now. But it flopped.\nThey really walked so Starbucks Baya and Coke w/ Coffee could run.\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/7b847183-1350-4db7-82bc-e0146ced749b/-/crop/3024x3022/0,630/-/preview/","alt":"Coca-Cola Blāk","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/2e63ab41-87f5-426b-83e9-29ade8c33035","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:26:31.851Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"4aef4621-65dc-4181-8d5b-fcdee5779d94","position":4,"title":"Dr Pepper Berries & Cream","url":"https://the-soda.fandom.com/wiki/Dr_Pepper_Berries_%26_Cream","note":"TikTok kinda revived it with the “I’m a little lad” meme, but it’s still MIA.\nToo creamy, too dreamy.\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/d5b9a2e7-3fed-4e2c-bed6-a457758ec5d9/-/crop/828x828/0,55/-/preview/","alt":"Dr Pepper Berries & Cream","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/4aef4621-65dc-4181-8d5b-fcdee5779d94","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:28:12.247Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"47e23815-c062-45cd-9080-61ac46346fb4","position":5,"title":"7UP Gold","url":"https://www.collectorsweekly.com/stories/187062-7up-gold---a-failure","note":"A spicy ginger-ish version of 7UP. Didn’t last long, but it was weirdly good.\nPeople were like “wait… is this a 7UP or a root beer??”\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/fd35223e-1bfb-4cd1-b5da-38612ac7797b/-/crop/456x456/1,0/-/preview/","alt":"7UP Gold","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/47e23815-c062-45cd-9080-61ac46346fb4","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:29:55.714Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"65f8e3f8-e5ee-444d-b57b-d85a66536382","position":6,"title":"OK Soda","url":"https://www.messynessychic.com/2019/05/20/that-one-time-coca-cola-made-a-dystopian-soda/","note":"Coca-Cola’s existential crisis in a can from the ’90s. Literally marketed with nihilism.\nWild aesthetics. Weird flavor. Total vibe.\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/9411811b-f565-49b4-8c94-1d0e812ca8d7/-/crop/870x870/0,151/-/preview/","alt":"OK Soda","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/65f8e3f8-e5ee-444d-b57b-d85a66536382","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:31:14.387Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"4a52f918-184d-4845-ab66-e0f4b2cf006b","position":7,"title":"Josta","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/ypsvjd/josta_a_relic_from_the_preenergy_drink_boom/","note":"Pepsi’s first energy soda, released in the ’90s. Had guarana before it was cool.\n“Better do the Josta thing.” Absolute banger tagline. Bring it back, cowards.\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/d01577f0-6ec2-4178-aa61-30da7d53be01/-/crop/640x639/0,71/-/preview/","alt":"Josta","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/4a52f918-184d-4845-ab66-e0f4b2cf006b","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:32:33.683Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"a4bf2878-dd23-46c7-923d-614abf8849e9","position":8,"title":"Crystal Pepsi","url":"https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/04/business/crystal-pepsi-return/index.html","note":"Clear cola. Looked like Sprite, tasted like Pepsi. So weird. So ahead of its time.\nIt was a Y2K fever dream in a bottle.\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/e7f5f89c-5704-49f8-a0c3-8783c9febcba/","alt":"Crystal Pepsi","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/a4bf2878-dd23-46c7-923d-614abf8849e9","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:25:26.212Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"54c0e603-a349-41b4-8970-94726c50462f","position":9,"title":"Vault","url":"https://discontinued-foods.fandom.com/wiki/Vault_Soda","note":"“Drinks like a soda, kicks like an energy drink.” Yeah, it kicked… and then vanished.\nKind of a Surge 2.0 but with extra zoomies.\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/fe4e6624-4867-4a14-a81e-827049b8145e/-/preview/","alt":"Vault","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/54c0e603-a349-41b4-8970-94726c50462f","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:22:41.236Z","updated_at":null},{"id":"87d8072c-91ef-487a-823c-e842e2e07041","position":10,"title":"Slice","url":"https://www.historyoasis.com/post/slice-soda","note":"OG fruit-flavored soda line from Pepsi in the ’80s and ’90s.\nOrange Slice was iconic. Now replaced by… Sierra Mist? Lame.\n\n","image":{"url":"https://ucarecdn.com/cd24667a-9a10-4966-a927-17d25a270df8/-/crop/1500x1499/0,9/-/preview/","alt":"Slice","width":1200,"height":630},"direct_link":"https://stacklist.com/card/87d8072c-91ef-487a-823c-e842e2e07041","created_at":"2025-05-05T14:24:04.360Z","updated_at":null}],"stats":{"likes_count":0,"items_count":10},"_links":{"self":"/api/public/stack/JTJd4HZqY9P4SIPTBM6L.json","html":"https://stacklist.com/c/food/stack/JTJd4HZqY9P4SIPTBM6L","rss":"/api/feeds/stack/JTJd4HZqY9P4SIPTBM6L/rss","json_feed":"/api/feeds/stack/JTJd4HZqY9P4SIPTBM6L/json"}}