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MOXIE ORIGINAL ELIXIR
From the web site:
Moxie Original Elixir; For people who’ve got Moxie! Originally sold as a “nerve food” in 1884. You’ll either love it or hate it! It’s hard to describe this one. The only soda pop defined in the dictionary.
INGREDIENTS: Carbonated Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup and/or Sugar, Natural & Artificial Flavors, Caramel Color, Sodium Benzoate (a preservative), Gentian Root Extractives, Phosphoric Acid, Caffeine and Citric Acid.
From the description in the video and the history of it, I’m not looking forward to this. I’m expecting bitter and harsh, difficult to drink. 1884? Really? How good can it be?
I grab the bottle anyway and pop it open.
I have no idea why, but I get the smell of a dentist office, but not in a bad way. It’s not bad. It’s not good. It’s different, mildly pleasant.
I’m thinking it’s the alcohol in the dentist office, but it’s more like some of the compounds they mix for fillings or something. They put something that tastes good over the top of the bad tasting material.
I take a sip. Not what I expected at all.
It’s almost like root beer, but not as sweet. The actual sip is smooth and flavorful, very pleasant. I like this. It has me saying “wow” over and over again.
The aftertaste has that same dentist office taste. No idea what that is or why. I drink some more.
It’s not overly sweet. It’s not really cola. It’s not really root beer. It’s somewhere in the middle of all of those flavors, with some dental office thrown in. I’m going to have to look up what “Gentian Root Extractives” are now.
The aftertaste stays with you for a while. It’s actually quite nice. This doesn’t jump out and make me love it, but I do really like it. It grows on you. I’m liking it more and more as I drink it.
I would buy this again. Yes, I would.
I have moxie. I want more.