Orbit Gum - Mass Taste Test!

Another awesome Terrific or Turd first! Today you'll hear the exciting results of our first panel smell-and-taste test! The unfortunate brunt of our observations: Orbit Gum. We chose two brand new flavors (Sangria Fresca and Fabulous Fruitini) and a third with a little history(Citrus Mint). Feel free to try it yourself, if you dare, and see if you agree with our test panel:

Sangria Fresca - How Did It Smell?

R-Bat: "Great! Like a mexican restaurant!"

J-Lam: "Kinda like berry-flavored yogurt."

B-Com: "Cat piss."

L-Wil: "I smell apricots and peaches."

Sangria Fresca - How Did It Taste?

B-Com: "It's got a weird orange taste, like Gatorade. It socks you with a funny, intense flavor, then mellows to a long term orangyesque type, none of it very good."

J-Lam: "Heavy with fake sweetener, it's a sweet and sour punch in the face followed by a nasty aftertaste."

L-Wil: "It's just like Sangria, I can taste the grapefruit and citrus."

M-Sca: "It doesn't taste like it smells. I would not buy it again."

Fabulous Fruitini - How Does It Smell?

R-Bat: "Lemon Pledge."

M-Sca: "Tropical Bubble Yum."

Wipp: "Old shoe and coconut."

J-Lam: "Coconut rind stuck in my nose."

B-Com: "Funk mixed with bad cheese."

L-Wil: "Definitely smell coconut, but can't place what else."

Fabulous Fruitini - How Does It Taste?

B-Com: (gasping, gagging, laughing) "It hits you like a truck. Call it 'The Thing'. It's killing me inside. After the initial clobbering, it mellows to a tooth-tingling mintiness."

J-Lam: "Holy funky coconut rum, Batman!"

Wipp: "I didn't engulf the gum, it engulfed me!"

M-Sca: (rinsing mouth out) "Awful. Oh my God..."

L-Wil: "Soap."

Citrus Mint - How Does It Smell?

J-Lam: "Like Murphy's Oil Soap."

B-Com: "Fresh and lemony."

Wipp: "Ever smell TANG?"

R-Bat: "Yup, definitely TANG."

L-Wil: "Ground coriander." (Seriously? Ground coriander? That's awesome.)

M-Sca: "An unidentifiable sweet smell."

Citrus Mint - How Does It Taste?

J-Lam: "A much mellower flavor than the last two. I'm glad we're almost through here."

B-Com: "Finally, one that doesn't hit you like a sledge hammer. It's flavor is closest to it's name, I can taste both the citrus and the mint."

M-Sca: "Not citrus, but not bad. It's misnamed. It should be called 'Purple Explosion', or something equally cheesy."

L-Wil: "I can still taste the spices, but it got progressively worse the more I chewed."

A special thanks to all our panel participants, and a wholehearted apology to those whose answers were not recorded. Please comment to remind us how much you hated these

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