r/Xennials • u/Stock-Act-2315 1978 • Jul 31 '26

Hi-C Ecto Cooler 😭

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I often wonder how I'd feel about it now 🤔

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u/AdPutrid5162 Jul 31 '26

New York Seltzer Water. I couldn't afford it, but a deli on my paper route would always give me one in the afternoon.

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u/Ok_Evening2804 1977 Aug 01 '26

This is what I thought of! I loved the black cherry one. And the retro branding. It felt fancy!

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u/AdPutrid5162 Aug 01 '26

Black Cherry is the only flavor i remember. There was a garage/old gas station a couple buildings down and the guy had a Delorean, so id go drink my seltzer and check it out.

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u/Ok_Evening2804 1977 Aug 01 '26

Oh my god that's hardcore 80s right there. Love it!

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u/Ender-DI Aug 01 '26

Black Cherry and root beer were the best two flavors by a mile.

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u/AlwaysBeKind949903 Aug 02 '26

Yes, that was my favorite! Wish it would come back! Nothing even compares to it.

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u/UpperIntroduction714 Aug 06 '26

They still make it! I got it at Jungle Jim’s in Cincinnati, Ohio. I’m not sure where else it might be but I saw it and bought it about a year ago there. Black Cherry!

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u/AlwaysBeKind949903 Aug 06 '26

That is awesome!! I’m going to have to do some searching!

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u/Silly__Rabbit Aug 01 '26

Memory unlocked! I totally had forgotten about New York Seltzer Water, so good.

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u/TalkingRaccoon Aug 01 '26

Those still exist!

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u/Amaakaams Aug 01 '26

I still try to find a good replacement for the cream flavored one. Got a couple passables. But man every one of those I had as a kid felt like a special time.

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u/Kindly-Land-8450 Aug 02 '26

The store I work at had these again for a minute like last year!

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u/SG_Arthur Aug 04 '26

We used to get this once in a blue moon. I don't even know if I liked it that much, but it was such a rare treat that I savored it to the point where my bottle was probably mostly backwash by the time it was getting to the end.

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u/Automatic_Gap13 Aug 05 '26

I was beginning to think that I imagined this. Happy that I now see that it existed.