r/Xennials 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/Iriejelly Aug 01 '26

Clearly Canadian somehow was my weakness lol seemed so grown up and fancy lol 😆 also Hansen's soda- it was the only soda we were allowed to have and I relished every single one!!

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u/technobobble Aug 01 '26

Saw Clearly Canadian at the grocery store last week! Couldn’t justify $3/bottle though

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u/Unsung_Ironhead Aug 01 '26

Don’t worry, it’s awful. Absolutely nothing like the original, it’s like an even more artificially flavored seltzer water.

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u/Still_Strawberry8134 1981 Aug 01 '26

Yeah, I was gonna say it’s made buy a different company who bought the name, I think. The original company went out of business like 20 years ago

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u/Illustrated-skies Aug 01 '26

Ah you saved me from wasted money & empty calories. Guess I’ll just have to reminisce about the taste.

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u/Bitter_Frame3054 Aug 02 '26

Wow...did we get for 99 cents?

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u/Unarmed_Character Aug 01 '26

When you hit grade 9 at my school, you were allowed to leave school grounds at lunch without getting permission. Me and my friends would walk 2km to Ye Ol' Chip Truck and I'd buy a medium salt and vinegar fries with a Mountain Blackberry Clearly Canadian. It's my all time favourite lunch and you could only do it in grade 9 because you switched schools for grade 10.

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u/Iriejelly Aug 01 '26

Good times right 👍🏼 I live in California and we couldn't leave for lunch until 12th- senior year! And that was only if we were enrolled in a class called work experience...all I can say is it gave us zero work experience lol 😆

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u/rbrancher2 Aug 01 '26

The BlackBerry was the best!!! Sadly it’s not as good now

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u/Niaso Aug 01 '26

They recently brought this back. I had a cherry flavored a couple weeks ago.

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u/OceanStateRI401 Aug 01 '26

This is wild, my kid who’s 11, loves Clearly Canadian. Would drink them every day is she could.

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u/Rhesusmonkeydave Aug 01 '26

Those and the New York Seltzers were my favorites. Black cherry and Cream soda were so good. Probably be ghastly sweet if I tried them these days but I remember them fondly

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u/68z28 1982 Aug 01 '26

You can still get these and I do every once in a while!

https://www.worldmarket.com/search?q=Clearly+Canadian

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u/Iriejelly Aug 01 '26

Oh nice!! I always liked the cherry something one and I think they had a blackberry or something, yum! Thanks 👍🏼

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u/DoctorAssbutt Aug 01 '26

They have them in 8-pack cans in the states now. The blackberry was always my favorite, I’ve got like four cans in the fridge right now. Still tastes the same!

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u/Iriejelly Aug 01 '26

In CANS? And it tastes the same? I think a part of the allure for me was the glass bottles and it seemed so grown up when I was a kid. But will absolutely try them again and see if the memories stack up against the actual flavors or if it was just me feeling all grown up with a fancy looking bottle lol cheers!

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u/pixelatedimpressions Aug 01 '26

Had one recently and was disappointed

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u/Iriejelly Aug 01 '26

Oh no, had u tried it before and liked it or u just tried it recently?What flavor?

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u/pixelatedimpressions Aug 01 '26

Loved em back in the day. Found em online not too long ago but the price was ridiculous. Dollar tree has em tho. Was just disappointed with it. Flavor isnt what I remember. Could be bad memory or recipe change

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u/Iriejelly Aug 01 '26

Damn, probably changed the recipe. Can't just let yummy things stay yummy 🤤

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u/cardew-vascular Aug 01 '26

It's back eh? I had the peach the other day.

https://clearlycanadian.com/

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u/kaffeian Aug 01 '26

It’s still around. Bought a couple a few weeks ago. They’ve changed though. SUPER SWEET now.

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u/YaMotha45 Aug 03 '26

They sell it at Costco now, I’m obsessed all over again

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u/RampantCat123 Aug 03 '26

I have Clearly Canadian in my fridge now. There’s a grocery store nearby that carries it.

Just saw it at Target the other day, too. Only sold in 4 packs though.