Coca-Cola BlāK

{{Short description|Soft drink}}

{{Infobox Beverage

|name = Coca-Cola BlāK

|logo = Cocacola blak logo.png

|logo_size = 150

|image = Coca-Cola Blak bottle.jpg

|image_size = 200

|type = Coffee-flavored cola

|manufacturer = The Coca-Cola Company

|origin = France

|introduced = {{start date and age|2006}}

|discontinued = {{end date and age|2008}}

|related = Pepsi Tarik
Pepsi Cappuccino

|variants =

}}

Coca-Cola Blak (stylized as Coca-Cola BlāK) was a coffee-flavored soft drink introduced by Coca-Cola in 2006 and discontinued in 2008. The mid-calorie drink was introduced first in France and subsequently in other markets, including Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Lithuania.

Coca-Cola Blak launched in the United States[http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/nr_20060315_americas_welcome_blak.html Cola Blak arrives in the United States] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061207103112/http://www2.coca-cola.com/presscenter/nr_20060315_americas_welcome_blak.html |date=2006-12-07 }}, 2006-03-15 on April 3, and in Canada on August 29, 2006[https://archive.today/20120731185130/http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=2a0fa06d-246f-400c-a1a8-35bbe85c38d0 Coca-Cola Blak enters Canada], 2006-08-31 in Toronto, Ontario, at Dundas Square.[http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=5d25461d-cf87-4265-8fdb-93b848101c37 Coca-Cola launches Blak with a bevy of beauties] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102193057/http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=5d25461d-cf87-4265-8fdb-93b848101c37 |date=2007-11-02 }}, 2006-08-30 In August 2007, trade magazine Beverage Digest noted that Coca-Cola would discontinue the drink within the United States.[http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/stories/2007/08/30/cokeblak_0831.html Coke Blak goes dark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915035221/http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/coke/stories/2007/08/30/cokeblak_0831.html |date=2007-09-15 }}, 2007-08-31

The French and Canadian versions of Coca-Cola Blak were sweetened with sugar. The U.S. version of Coca-Cola Blak replaced sugar with high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, and acesulfame potassium. Consumer Reports taste-testers found the French version to be less sweet and to contain more coffee flavor.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

The American and Canadian versions had a plastic resealable cap on a glass bottle that resembled the classic Coke bottle, where the French/Czech version was a bottle shape formed in aluminum.{{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}

In 2010, Coca-Cola FEMSA, the largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America, released coffee dispenser machines in Mexico under the brand name Blak.{{cite web|last=Black |first=Thomas |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/coca-cola-femsa-begins-coffee-dispenser-business-in-mexico.html |title=Coca-Cola Femsa Begins Coffee-Dispenser Business in Mexico |publisher=Bloomberg |date=2010-10-26 |accessdate=2012-10-22}}

In 2019, it was reported that Coca-Cola have started to plan an introduction of coffee-related products across 25 markets by the end of the year. The coffee has been planned to combine Coca-Cola with coffee, which will contain less caffeine than a regular cup of coffee but more than a regular can of Coke.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/23/coca-cola-is-making-a-big-push-into-coffee.html|title=Coca-Cola is making a big push into coffee|last=|first=|date=23 April 2019|website=CNBC|access-date=}} This rollout, which started in European markets, culminated in the release of Coca-Cola with Coffee in the US on January 25, 2021.