It's hard to get excited about gum. I mean, really, what can be done with it? You can try a different shape or a different flavor or a new ad campaign ("the flavor never stops!"), but in the end it's something you chew for a while, it starts to not taste that great anymore, and then you throw it away. But once in a great while you find some gum that's a little bit different.
Take Orbit's Lemon-Lime. I can't remember if I've ever had this flavor of gum before (maybe Fruit Stripes had this flavor?), but this is quite good. It's actually refreshing, in a lemon-lime drink sort of way, and you can even squeeze out some intense flavor even late in the chewing game. That's all I really look for in my gum-chewing experience, and Orbit succeeds in a big way.
(Hmmm....Nicole reviewed this a couple of years ago and didn't like it. Oh well.)
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
5-08-2008 @ 1:24PM
brian said...
I enjoy this gum. My first thought when I had it was that it tastes like GatorGum. Mmmm.
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5-08-2008 @ 2:56PM
KF said...
I'm glad you enjoy it, but please bear in mind, no one, man or woman, looks attractive whilst chewing gum. Once the flavor gives out and the refreshment has been delivered, one should remove the gum and discard it, rather than mindlessly chewing, as if on a cud. I think I hear an Ooompa Loompa song starting up about now ...
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5-08-2008 @ 7:38PM
meghan said...
I am a fiend for gum, especially the more exotic flavors of orbit. My longtime favorite was Mint Mojito but the new Sangria Fresca might be in the running.
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5-10-2008 @ 2:35PM
Jason said...
I enjoy this too, just stay far, far away from the Sweet Cinnamon flavor. Its quite possibly the most awful thing ever created by man.
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7-14-2008 @ 4:22PM
BF said...
I just read where this gum was discontinued - how unfortunate! I just found this great flavor and now it is discontinued! I do agree with Meghan, the Sangria Fresca is wonderful!
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