​As another testament to the power of social media, Coca-Cola has abandoned the holiday save-the-polar-bear white Coke cans after a number of tweets and Facebook posts from confused consumers.

Complaints were posted to the company's official blog, Facebook, and Twitter over how the white can resembled the silver Diet Coke can.

Posts also expressed dissatisfaction over taste, saying it differed from the formula in the red cans. Others drew comparisons to the '80s "New Coke" fiasco when company executives changed the original recipe after 99 years.
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Trina Sargalski

Mexican Coke on the shelf at my local Publix

​Mexican Coke has been trending up over the past couple of years. Aficionados claim that Coca-Cola made in Mexico, unlike most American Coke, is tastier because it's made with real sugar instead of the now-pariah high fructose corn syrup. The exception is Passover Coke, which is sold in grocery stores around the country during the Jewish holiday because high fructose corn syrup is not kosher. According to a study released in the journal Obesity, there might not actually be a difference between the two sodas.

After the jump: "Eso es hecho en Hialeah, no jodas..."
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"It just taste Irie--One Love."

​Madonna swears by it and invested $1.5 million in it. And Coke and Pepsi have acquired companies who sell it. But if you're looking for coconut water, you don't need to go any further than Allapattah and JCS Reggae Country Style Brand's Jelly Coconut Water (with pulp).

The Kingston-Miami Trading Company distributes the jelly coconut water under the Jamaican Country Style (brand) and boasts that it was  doing so way before the Material Girl jumped on its bandwagon. Not that they're complaining. "It's really big right now," says Manager Priscilla Chafong, whose family owns and operates Kingston Miami Trading. Jelly Coconut Water is sold throughout Miami and the Caribbean and is starting to see more sales in the rest of this country, she added.

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What is Quinabeer? And who is George Prince?

​One of the best things about Miami, maybe THE best thing is variety. And by that of course we mean that many different, obscure, flat-out strange soda cans line our grocery store shelves. Most of these beverages have Hispanic and Caribbean roots. As a public service to those of us who never heard of Coco Solo, Jupiña, Ironbeer, and a multitude of others we're starting a weekly post on some of these beverages you won't easily find in middle America.

Quinabeer
Not to be confused with its more popular brethren Ironbeer, this is like sugar-infused with carbonation. Actually, you can taste some cherry and orange flavors before you teeth begin to disintegrate (we kid).

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