A few years back, I read this book called Syrup (full disclosure -- it's published by the people I work for, but when I read it I wasn't working for them).
Syrup is a little novel about the power of advertising, a hot babe named 6 and a man with a plan. It wasn't full-on satire, but it was pretty fun and frothy. It's based on the idea that this guy creates a soda explicitly for yuppies. It comes in a black can and it's called Fukk. He sells the idea to Coca-Cola and makes shitloads of money or something. I don't really remember what happens, but now I don't have to because life is imitating art. Writer Max Barry should have patented that shit.
But as far as I'm concerned, there's only one coffee flavored soda, and that's the Manhattan Special (made not in Manhattan but on Manhattan Ave. in Brooklyn, holla!). If the caffeine in it doesn't rev your motor, all the sugar will.
Has anyone tried it? Is it delicious?
I really liked thatm I just read it a few weeks ago! The author commented on blak soda on his blog, too: http://www.maxbarry.com/2006/04/10/news.html#blak
oh and, yeah, I tried it. I hated it but then I never drink soda so that's expected. I was just curious, as I was reading the book and had it in hand when I passed by a soda fridge with this stuff up front.