welcome today is a day for another soft
drink review and this is one that you
the people of the internet have asked
for a lot like really quite a lot to the
point where I was like okay okay okay I
get it I will get it and thank you to
Michael for traveling to New York not
just for this but bringing back a
substantial bottle of Manhattan special
oh yes
it is the premium premium coffee soda
now this company has been going since
1895 and they are definitely gonna make
sure you know about it there's no way
they can let you ignore that they they
are so proud of this that they even put
the word delicious right on the bottle
which is confident and I appreciate that
now they claim this has not very much in
it except pure coffee water cane sugar
caramel color and then our friendly
preservatives which are potassium
sorbate and sodium benzoate delicious
this is where it gets interesting for me
these are hand brewed from freshly
roasted coffee beans I don't know what
they mean by hand brewed in this
situation if you're making some sort of
espresso I don't understand
does that mean that kind of doing
massive pour overs and then dyeing it
with the caramel color so it looks
espresso colored I'm very confused by
this but I want to drink it I want to
taste it I want to find out if it's any
good it's got a gold medal apparently it
just says gold medal wait can I read
them they have a gold I don't understand
something about Rome in 1925 and gold
medals whatever so it's a heritage thing
right like it's a very heritage II
feeling thing it's a very you know if it
was English ye oldie coffee soda now
espresso wasn't really espresso in 1895
so I'm not sure they'll have been
producing an espresso soda that long but
I'm sure they were doing something
delicious and New York ish we need to
drink this so let's get some ice ready
and let's crack it open I'm pretty
excited I mean I'm not gonna lie the
fact that this comes in a 32 ounce
bottle its confident again I like a
confident beverage oh no if not a big
fizz oh no
oh dear okay dear I was hopeful before
now I'm nervous it looks like a cola and
I respect that you know right now this
could be a delicious Cola but it's not
it smells of rubber rubber rubber is
what I'm smelling here that kind of the
coffee rubber smell
if you've tasted coffee that tastes like
rubber it's that rubber which is like
regular rather for any well they haven't
skimped on the coffee flavor that's
that's there that's loud and proud I
don't know if I'm gonna keep doing these
if life keeps dealing me cards like this
I had hopes this is this is popular
people apparently are really into this
right now but it's not good it's just
got this kind of dark roast nasty little
aspect and then this kind of rubberiness
and in the middle that kind of classic
fake coffee taste you know that like the
kind of like coffee sweets thing the
kind of typical coffee flavor in
confection right it's that flavor in the
middle but it's bookended awfully by
this kind of burnt rubber gasoline Oh
creosote it's like tarmac it's just I
don't like it and I feel bad Manhattan's
special special this sets me up to think
I'm gonna drink a coca-cola or other
branded Cola and it just dashes my hopes
and destroys them it ruins them and it
just slams me in the face with this
bitter harsh unpleasant just no good bad
yeah coffee flavor I'm out of words I'm
into sounds you know I've got nothing
left but oh no no I keep wanting you to
be better and you're not and you're not
gonna be better it probably has about
the same caffeine maybe more as a cola
it's about as sweet as a cola
it has none of the fruit none of the
acid and none of the complexity none of
the joy and aromatics of a good Cola
it's just got a gut punch of coffee
flavor that is not even the good coffee
flavor who is smashing 32 fluid ounces
of this who-who are you are you out
there are you watching this video if you
love this cool I don't get it I just
don't get it I don't get it at all
there's not enough words in the language
to describe my frustration or the
unpleasant taste of these drinks if
you're watching this and there's a good
one there's like actually a good one
this one that is delicious and you would
strongly recommend and doesn't just say
delicious on the label and then just lie
to you horribly then then let me know
please let me know because I don't think
I can keep doing this anymore alright
before we wrap this up just one quick
thing lots of you have been asking about
the poster that I had on the wall behind
me let me just get that so this is that
poster it's it's a poster of coffee
brewers divided by the century in which
they were created as well as to whether
they are an infusion or percolation brew
these are hand drawn designs and I think
they're really beautiful I really like
the colors this one here is actually a
one which we were not selling it's
because it's actually just way too big
there is an a2 available as a link down
below check it out if you want one of
these be quick they're pretty limited
and when they're gone they are gone
alright I'm done that's it that's it do
you like this drop a comment do you
dislike this leave a comment do you have
something I should actually drink
because I'm really I'm really serious
about not doing these anymore
I just can't I can't keep punishing
myself even if it's a service to you I
drink these so you don't have to but
that's it thank you so much for watching
and I hope you have a great day