Tanora Taste Test..

Cadyboo

Please try do this taste test. Get back the yummy Tanora!:D

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By Catherine Shanahan - Tuesday, June 28, 2011

NOT quite iconic but definitely a staple at the Christmas table of every self-respecting Cork family, Tanora, as we knew it, is set for a re-appearance.

The tangerine-flavoured fizzy drink owned by Coca Cola but sold only in the Rebel County, had a recent taste change that proved unpalatable among seasoned drinkers.

The carbonated drink that legions of Rebel youngsters associate with being sick (only because the mammy boiled it to keep the ill and infirm hydrated) recently had its formula altered, for reasons unknown to anyone but the manufacturer.

However, now that fans have rejected the new product, Coca Cola has been forced to re-think its strategy and has launched a "taste test", the results of which will inform Tanora’s future flavour.

Yesterday, a vote opened on the Tanora Facebook page (facebook.com/TanoraACorkLegend) where Tanora’s loyal followers have been invited to cast their vote for either the original or new formulation.

The Tanora Ultimate Taste Test will also be facilitated in 80 convenience and petro-retail outlets as well as supermarkets in Cork city and county, where ballot boxes will be located across Centra, Costcutter, Gala, Dunnes, Tesco, Londis, Mace, Spar, Topaz, Day Today, Mace Maxol, Statoil and Supervalu stores from July 4.

Voting will close on July 31 and all in-store and online votes will be counted with the results announced via Facebook in August.

If the drinkers of Tanora rubberstamp the original recipe, it will be reintroduced to Cork shelves and shoppers at the end of August, marking another victory for the Rebel County.

The message for Tanora’s multinational manufacturers is that the citizens of Cork have a very refined taste that is resistant to change, especially without consultation (or unless there’s something in it for them). As the saying goes, "if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" and this is especially true for a drink with a proud rebel history.
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sok2005

Wasn't it altered due to it containing some dangerous E numbers and the like?

Needler

Never knew Tanora was a cork-only thing

Cadyboo

sok2005 wrote: »

Wasn't it altered due to it containing some dangerous E numbers and the like?

Supposedly, but if they are willing to bring it back, its obviously not. Id say it was a cost thing myself. But it has cost them a lot more in the long run. Ha Im delighted.

Needler wrote: »

Never knew Tanora was a cork-only thing

Poor you, :rolleyes::D Of course it is, we have the nicest things.:p

shamrock55

had some a few weeks back and thought it was tastless:(

sok2005

Cadyboo wrote: »

Supposedly, but if they are willing to bring it back, its obviously not. Id say it was a cost thing myself. But it has cost them a lot more in the long run. Ha Im delighted.

Me too! I love the original Tanora! Great news, once it doesn't kill me or my family!:D

Cadyboo

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Just love this statement!:D

Needler

sok2005 wrote: »

Wasn't it altered due to it containing some dangerous E numbers and the like?

Which ones?

FTGFOP

I heard they ran out of tangerines and had to use mandarins instead.



It should be called Manora now, really.

sok2005

Needler wrote: »

Which ones?

On further investigation it was a colouring, quinoline yellow I think that was removed and changed the taste!

Cadyboo

sok2005 wrote: »

On further investigation it was a colouring, quinoline yellow I think that was removed and changed the taste!

Really! I cant imagine how a colouring could change it to taste like yuck!

nermal15

It's not just sold in Cork though..?

Harry Angstrom

I used to work for Coca-Cola in Cork city. Sometimes during the summer they would cut back on Tanora production in order to concentrate on the bigger brands. The people of Cork didn't like it when the Tanora shelves in the supermarkets were empty. The complaints were neverending

I tasted the new Tanora recently and it tastes awful. I'm not surprised they're bringing back the old recipe. I bet sales have probably fallen since they introduced the new stuff.

Cadyboo

nermal15 wrote: »

It's not just sold in Cork though..?

Where else is it sold?

Harry Angstrom wrote: »

I used to work for Coca-Cola in Cork city. Sometimes during the summer they would cut back on Tanora production in order to concentrate on the bigger brands. The people of Cork didn't like it when the Tanora shelves in the supermarkets were empty. The complaints were neverending

I tasted the new Tanora recently and it tastes awful. I'm not surprised they're bringing back the old recipe. I bet sales have probably fallen since they introduced the new stuff.

I can imagine the complaints alright! I love the stuff. Nothing better on a summers day.
That is my opinion too on the sales. Unless it was a marketing ploy..

sok2005

Cadyboo wrote: »

Really! I cant imagine how a colouring could change it to taste like yuck!

I know, scary stuff! There is a huge difference in the taste! The new stuff tastes like sugared fizzy water tbh.

Faith

I did have a bottle recently that I thought tasted manky, but I put it down to my hangover affecting my taste buds. Must have actually been the new recipe!

Flesh Gorden

Lads has everyone become extra naive in the last few weeks.


I'm not going to accuse the OP of working for a marketing company, and I've no idea who Catherine Shanahan is, but that post reads like a press release


I can't remember the last time I even looked at Tanora on the shelves and I'd say it's the same for a lot of people.
But in the last few hours I've had requests to like the official page from friends on facebook and vote for the original ( can't be bothered though)


They're not really going to stick to the new flavor,
It's just an excellent marketing ploy to get the product back into peoples heads by threatning to take it away or change it forever



* Then again maybe I'm wrong and once the people have spoke we can all 'mark another victory for the Rebel County' by bathing in it in the fountain outside the peace park :rolleyes:

Cadyboo

Yes I copied that, from a link I was mailed. I have nothing to do with tanora or coca cola, only that I buy the thing!
The reason you are getting the requests is that it was launched today, And it has been on the radio.

If you are not interested then don't bother voting.

evilivor

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

I've no idea who Catherine Shanahan is, but that post reads like a press release

Journalist, Irish Examiner.

Harry Angstrom

Flesh Gorden wrote: »

Lads has everyone become extra naive in the last few weeks.


I'm not going to accuse the OP of working for a marketing company, and I've no idea who Catherine Shanahan is, but that post reads like a press release


I can't remember the last time I even looked at Tanora on the shelves and I'd say it's the same for a lot of people.
But in the last few hours I've had requests to like the official page from friends on facebook and vote for the original ( can't be bothered though)


They're not really going to stick to the new flavor,
It's just an excellent marketing ploy to get the product back into peoples heads by threatning to take it away or change it forever



* Then again maybe I'm wrong and once the people have spoke we can all 'mark another victory for the Rebel County' by bathing in it in the fountain outside the peace park :rolleyes:

After the disastrous launch of New Coke back in the 1980's Coca Cola were accused of it all being a massive publicity stunt. The CEO of Coca Cola at the time said "We're not that clever and we're not that stupid".
I doubt that this Tanora thing is some kind of marketing ploy.

Cherry_Cola

Yes!! Definitely gonna vote on this!

I actually have a stockpile of the original stuff at home, went panic buying as soon as I heard about the change, such is my love for this drink

FTGFOP

Can we bring back Sunkist too? Now that was a drink, caffeinated fanta.

Outkast_IRE

Rule no1 with tanora is never drink it from the bottle, cans are much nicer bottle actually tastes more like red lemonade than tanora.

grenache

I don't understand what the fuss with Tanora is. It tastes of nothing. Just like watery Fanta. If it was actually tasty i could understand, but it isn't.

ScrubsfanChris

For some reason the new stuff reminds me of childrens medicine, Calpol or something. Either way it doesn't just taste different, it tastes terrible. If this was a new stand alone drink, it would die a quick death...

Anyway, say some original (best) Tanora in Dunnes the other day, so natualy I bought 3 bottles of it

Terry Lingwood

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrmOt8dObf0

Cadyboo wrote: »

Please try do this taste test. Get back the yummy Tanora!:D

[HTML][/HTML]Shoppers to vote on drink with proud rebel history

By Catherine Shanahan - Tuesday, June 28, 2011

NOT quite iconic but definitely a staple at the Christmas table of every self-respecting Cork family, Tanora, as we knew it, is set for a re-appearance.

The tangerine-flavoured fizzy drink owned by Coca Cola but sold only in the Rebel County, had a recent taste change that proved unpalatable among seasoned drinkers.

The carbonated drink that legions of Rebel youngsters associate with being sick (only because the mammy boiled it to keep the ill and infirm hydrated) recently had its formula altered, for reasons unknown to anyone but the manufacturer.

However, now that fans have rejected the new product, Coca Cola has been forced to re-think its strategy and has launched a "taste test", the results of which will inform Tanora’s future flavour.

Yesterday, a vote opened on the Tanora Facebook page (facebook.com/TanoraACorkLegend) where Tanora’s loyal followers have been invited to cast their vote for either the original or new formulation.

The Tanora Ultimate Taste Test will also be facilitated in 80 convenience and petro-retail outlets as well as supermarkets in Cork city and county, where ballot boxes will be located across Centra, Costcutter, Gala, Dunnes, Tesco, Londis, Mace, Spar, Topaz, Day Today, Mace Maxol, Statoil and Supervalu stores from July 4.

Voting will close on July 31 and all in-store and online votes will be counted with the results announced via Facebook in August.

If the drinkers of Tanora rubberstamp the original recipe, it will be reintroduced to Cork shelves and shoppers at the end of August, marking another victory for the Rebel County.

The message for Tanora’s multinational manufacturers is that the citizens of Cork have a very refined taste that is resistant to change, especially without consultation (or unless there’s something in it for them). As the saying goes, "if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it" and this is especially true for a drink with a proud rebel history.
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nermal15

Cadyboo wrote: »

Where else is it sold?

Bought it in Waterford several times.

murphym7

nermal15 wrote: »

Bought it in Waterford several times.

I've got it Kerry and Tipp too.

The Scientician

Used to be able to buy it in Dublin years ago. I'm gonna get a Football special, a blaa, some gur cake, some yellow man, and some Tanora and I'll be a happy man.

ShamoBuc

The new taste ( and design logo) are crap. When I first tasted the new one ( I didn't know at the time it was new) I actually thought the bottle was gone off as the taste was so different and not in a good way.

booboo88

The tangerine-flavoured fizzy drink owned by Coca Cola but sold only in the Rebel Coun

nermal15 wrote: »

Bought it in Waterford several times.

murphym7 wrote: »

I've got it Kerry and Tipp too.

i've even bought it in kilkenny

Blitzkrieger

Bootleggers bringing it over the border! :eek:

I always thought it was Munster drink that was brought out originally to go head to head with some concoction by C&C. I once got a bottle in London in an "Irish shop". Was weird to be reading the Cork Examiner and drinking Tanora on the tube....

maglite

http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/tanoras-changing-taste-a-question-of-colour-159780.html

I think we should campaign for Coke to be made with Splenda amid my fears of a link between Sugar and hyperactivity.

xzara61

they added blackcurrant and carrot flavourings or something to the new one... ive noticed the old bottles are popping up everywhere again definately a publicity stunt by coca cola

pauloshea2011

we do not drink tanora because it is healthy, we drink it because its the nectar of the gods

marvsins

I'm having a glass right now

CB19Kevo

The new tanora is fair bad alright,Wont be getting it again unless the old style comes back.

Gru

xzara61 wrote: »

. ive noticed the old bottles are popping up everywhere again definately a publicity stunt by coca cola

is that not so people can buy both the old flavour and the new one and vote on which is best?


i thought they'd be giving free unmarked samples to test but when i saw the 'taste test' stand in my local supermarket, it was a stand full of bottles of new and old tanora you buy yourself???

ShamoBuc

Gru wrote: »

is that not so people can buy both the old flavour and the new one and vote on which is best?


i thought they'd be giving free unmarked samples to test but when i saw the 'taste test' stand in my local supermarket, it was a stand full of bottles of new and old tanora you buy yourself???

A taste test should really be - glass of both, taste them, say which you prefer. Person puts a tick under New or Old - add them all up, simples.
Unfortunately they are simply letting you know that there are now 2 Type of Tanora and that your buying power will decide which one wins. Anyone that buys the new Tanora and thinks it tastes better than the old one needs to go to a taste bud doctor - seriously putrid stuff!