We need to talk.
Okay, it's not that serious, but I need to talk about this.
You see that? This thing right here? Bright green, looks like a Red Bull, little amber writing on the side: Curuba/Elderflower.
I have no idea what a Curuba is, nor am I particularly familiar with Elderflowers. It sounds like a pair of ingredients an apothecary would apothe-cary for dubious potioneering. Google informs me that a Curuba, sometimes known as a banana passionfruit, is known for having a somewhat earthy, somewhat tart flavor reminiscent of Peach or passionfruit. Actually, there were a number of articles describing them in various, sometimes conflicting, terms.
This is but one example of the fruit.
Elderflower, per a blog I found, has a "uniquely fresh, floral, green" flavor, with "subtle pear, lychee, and tropical nuances". They are, surprising nobody (even Polyphemus), the flowers of Elder trees. One post on a Red Bull consumer's blog, describes Elderflower as a "floral, musky" flavor.
This combination is a bit odd, to say the least.
If you remember the "Fig Apple" Winter Edition from two years ago, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. There's a bitter, tartness to this, that feels almost like a cider. The immediate impression I had, influenced obviously from the fact that earlier in the day, I had consumed a Cranberry Sprite, and a Dragonfruit RedBull, was that this was an apple-like analog of a Sprite or a Sierra Mist (rather than that other drink Pepsi produces which I will not mention here).
I let a few people try it when I bought one, and one of them described this flavor as similar to "Bottle Caps or SweetTarts"; the take-away being that it was like a hard, tart candy with a soda-pop texture. Another gave me a deeply confused look, said she didn't like it, but that she would definitely drink an entire can; I didn't catch any sort of paradoxical nuance to the flavor, but evidently she did.
To me, this doesn't really scream "Summer". It's too subtle, with hidden machinations, to be a Summer flavor. It's got a strangely Autumnal thing going on, to me. I guess I could associate with being a sort-of "campfire drink," which could be a summer-affair. It's got something of a "spring-to-roasted-apple-summer" thing, I think, a bit of a carnival business.
I like the effort, it pays off, but this isn't a day-to-day RedBull flavor. You could get tired of it very, very quickly. The excitement is there, but it's perhaps a roller coaster with a very steep decline.
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“2021 was so intense, I think the relationship and the bond was cemented that year. And then last year and this year it’s just been a continuation of that.
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“Yeah, I see him as my little brother.”
GP STOPPPPPPPKKP
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This cooldown room is so iconic
Max and Oscar just laying on the floor, Lando in his chair, and they’re all just aimlessly chatting and having fun. Loving this energy !!!
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Including the one today, we've had four mid-season driver swaps in the last ten years (Danill and Max, Carlos getting loaned to Renault triggering a Toro Rosso seat roulette, Alex and Pierre) and somehow Red Bull has been involved with all of them... always at the scene of the crime, you could say....
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