<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2229Wm_0viHEBRy00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2229Wm_0viHEBRy00" width="1320" height="743" >LOS ANGELES (TND) — Just six months after it hit store shelves, a new Coca-Cola flavor is being discontinued.The company introducedCoca-Cola Spiced -- also known as Coke Spice -- in February, only to discontinue the bubbly beverage. It was the first time the company launched a new flavor permanently in more than three years.According to CNN, the soda company said it is “always looking at what our customers like and adjusting” its flavors. It also promised a new flavor next year.<blockquote>“As part of this strategy, we’re planning to phase out Coca-Cola Spiced to introduce an exciting new flavor in 2025,” a spokesperson told the media outlet on Tuesday.</blockquote>Coca-Cola previously marketed the flavor in hopes of attracting younger soda drinkers. The flavor offered the company's iconic cola infused withraspberry and spiced flavors.At the time, Coca-Cola promoted it as a permanent flavor, with Emmy Award-winning actress Storm Reid, 21, helping to advertise the beverage on social media.<blockquote>@stormreid My take on the new Coca-Cola Spiced flavor? This massive art installation! In partnership with @Coca-Cola I used an Al-powered taste experience to create a visual world of my expression of the new flavor, and it became the facade of the Coca-Cola #SpicedShop in NYC! ❣️ Coca-Cola Spiced is in stores now. Taste it for yourself and express your take on the flavor on spicedshop.com! #spicedshop♬ original sound - Storm Reid</blockquote>"It’s CocaCola, only spiced. CocaCola Spiced transforms the familiar into the extraordinary," the company noted on its website. "Blending the iconic taste of CocaCola with a burst of refreshing notes from raspberry and spiced flavors, CocaCola Spiced offers an uplifting taste experience."CNN noted there was "confusion about the flavor," noting that "it wasn’t actually spicy."</div></body>

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Coca-Cola discontinues new flavor 6 months after debut

LOS ANGELES (TND) — Just six months after it hit store shelves, a new Coca-Cola flavor is being discontinued. The company introducedCoca-Cola Spiced -- also known as Coke Spice -- in February, only to discontinue the bubbly beverage. It was the first time the company launched a new flavor permanently in more than three years.