My favorite drink

[ocimum_nate]

I am wondering if anyone has ever seen this available in the US.
I have been craving this for the last decade hoping to find it. Still no luck.

[svendrix]

Hmm, never heard of it, but according to this link, you can buy (empty?) bottles on ebay for $5-9, sweet markup. While the author doesn't say where, he says that apparently you can find it in Japan still.

http://www.angelfire.com/tn/traderz/bireleys.html

Mmm, nostalgic cravings.... =D

---Sven

P.S. Here's a Bierley's stock certificate you can buy for $139.95, heh. They also mention you can still get it in Japan.

http://www.scripophily.net/biinca.html

[Iowaboo]

This has to be one of people's favorite drinks to look at, but not drink: Orbitz .

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We have a bottle of it sitting around.

[svendrix]

Is that gum inside Lance? That is disgusting to even think about! =b Thought I guess some people don't like those Tea Balls, or whatever that soy sphere stuff is that they put in smoothees and other drinks.

---Sven

[foxd]

From Wikipedia:

Orbitz was the product name of a noncarbonated fruit-flavored beverage, made by the company Clearly Canadian Beverage Corporation (makers of Clearly Canadian), that had small edible balls floating in it. It was introduced around 1996 and quickly disappeared due to bad sales.

The small balls floated due to their nearly equal density to the surrounding liquid, and remained suspended with assistance from an ingredient known as gellan gum. The gellan gum provided a support matrix--something like a microscopic spider web--and had a visual clarity approaching that of water, which increased with the addition of sugar.[1]

Orbitz came in five flavors:

Raspberry Citrus (introductory flavor)
Blueberry Melon Strawberry (introductory flavor)
Pineapple Banana Cherry Coconut (introductory flavor)
Vanilla Orange (introductory flavor)
Black Currant Berry (introduced later)
The website for Orbitz existed for a while, but was taken over by the Internet travel agency of the same name (see Orbitz).

Orbitz was disliked during its short stay on the market; the beverage proved to be significantly less popular than the company anticipated. There were few above average reviews of the liquid itself.

Unopened bottles of the beverage have become somewhat of a collector's item in recent years.

[svendrix]

Nice find foxd! Now that I read that, I did actually try this back when it came out in the US. One of my college buddies bought it, and then told me it was good, so I should try it. I took his bottle, took a swig, and about spit it back all over him! Talk about syrupy nastiness at its finest. Hooboy! =b

I guess I just saw Orbitz, and thought of those stupid gum commercials with that blond lady with an english accent. OK< guess that's Orbit without the Z. Damn, it's hard keeping all those marketing campaigns straight, heh.

---Sven

[stiffanbond]

My favorite drink is Water because it is the life sustaining substance that quenches my thirst, doesn't dilute my mind, and keeps me healthy.