Try the Beverly

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Do you remember your first sip of Beverly at EPCOT’s Club Cool?

Have you ever watched someone else take their first taste?

If you answered yes to these two questions then I’m sure you will agree with me; when it comes to Beverly it’s more fun watching than it is tasting!

Have you ever taken a friend into Club Cool and urged them to try the Beverly?

Me too! It’s so much fun watching their faces get all twisted and puckered-up as the flavour sensation sinks in! It just never gets old!

Club Cool is located on the west side of the fountain, on your right as you head from Spaceship Earth toward the World Showcase Lagoon. It is sponsored by the Coca Cola Company and offers free samples of Coke beverages from around the world.

Club Cool interior

There are several dispensing stations inside, just pull out one of the little paper cups and help yourself.

Club Cool Dispenser


Club Cool Dispenser

You can even spend a few minutes shopping for Coke merchandise.

Club Cool Merchandise

On a hot Florida afternoon Club Cool can be a real oasis! A cool, air-conditioned haven offering free cold drinks! What could be wrong with that?

Beverly, that’s what could be wrong! It may be popular in Italy, but I’ve never spoken with a North American who enjoyed it.

Most of the other flavours are quite tasty and refreshing, but Beverly is definitely an OMG experience for me!

Club Cool Dispenser

Here’s how Coca Cola describes the flavours they offer at Club Cool:

– From Brazil: Guarana Kuat – Guarana Kuat is a guarana berry flavored soft drink first launched in Brazil in 1997. The word guanara comes from the Guarani word guara-ná, which translates to “fruit like the eyes of the people.”

– From Greece: Fanta Pineapple — Fanta has more than 90 distinct flavors available in more than 180 countries. It made it’s European debut in the 1940’s and was introduced to the USA in 1960. Fanta Pineapple is caffeine-free and features a sweet pineapple taste.

– From Japan: VegitaBeta — Originally launched in Japan in 1992, VegitaBeta is a non-carbonated beverage with apricot and passion fruit flavors and is rich in beta-carotene that contributes to its unique yellowish-orange color.

– From Peru: Inca Kola — Known as “The Taste of Peru,” this soda has an unusually sweet fruity flavor that many compare to the taste of liquid bubblegum. The name “Inca Kola” refers to the Quechua words for king and queen.

– From South Africa: Bibo — Originally created in 1998, Bibo is a fruit flavored line of juice drinks popular in South Africa. The brand features fun characters such as Johnny Orange, Taka Strawberry and Paolo Peach.

– From Thailand: Fanta Lemon Frosty — Fanta is the number one soft drink of Thailand. With a fun melon flavor, this carbonated beverage is beloved in Thailand’s sunny, tropical climate.

– From Zimbabwe: Spar-letta Sparberry — A raspberry flavored cream soda, Sparberry launched in Africa in 1955. It is exclusively available in several countries in southeast Africa.

And finally, the pièce de résistance, the pucker producer itself:

– From Italy: Beverly — Beverly, with its bitter flavor, is a popular non-alcoholic apéritif that is a traditional part of Italian refreshment culture.

Bitter flavor? I’ll say! To my uneducated palate Beverly tastes like vinegar mixed with alum . . . but of course that’s the beauty of it! It always produces exactly the same reaction in everyone who tastes it. Suddenly they look like Jim Carrey; their faces twisted in impossible contortions and their lips all puckered. It’s a beautiful thing!

Try this experiment with your friends . . .

Take them into Club Cool and say, “Try the Beverly; I think you’ll like it.”

Be sure to have your camera ready to capture a “Magical Disney Moment!”

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Gary hails from Canada and he’s a lifelong Disney fan. In the 1950s he watched the original Mickey Mouse Club and The Wonderful World of Disney on a snowy old black-and-white television. Gary was mesmerized by the Disneyland that Walt introduced to the world during those Sunday night shows! In 1977 he took his young family to Walt Disney World for the first time and suddenly that Disney magic he experienced as a child was rekindled. Since then Gary and his wife Carol have enjoyed about 70 trips to Walt Disney World, 11 trips to Disneyland and 11 Disney Cruises.

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3 Replies to “Try the Beverly”

  1. So funny how trying a sample of Beverly (and tricking others into doing the same) is an experience we’ve all had and remember. Coca Cola and Club Cool don’t let on, but I think they are in on the joke, too.

    I lived in Italy for a short while and never saw or heard of Beverly. Chinotto is a similarly bitter soda that is popular, though. So yes, Italians do indeed drink and enjoy the stuff. Me? I’d guzzle Inca Cola by the gallon if they sold it in Philly. Thank goodness they don’t.

  2. We had a family trip to WDW this past January….we all go into Club Cool and I had my niece all set up for the Beverly challenge. I was talking about how great it was, fix her a cup and get ready for the after effects……and nothing. She looked at me and said, this is pretty good, and then went back for more. how is that even possible? Needless to say, it ruined my fun and I was done with Club Cool for that day….LOL

    {Gary writes: Yes Matt, I’m surprised too, but there are people who like it. As you said, how is that even possible?]

  3. And yet, Beverly is my wife’s favorite flavor. I miss the walk through freezer exhibition that you had to pass through prior to going in and getting a sample. We’ve always referred to it as Ice Station Zebra because of that exhibit.

    [Gary writes: Yes Andrew, I remember that icy blast at the old Ice Station Cool . . . it could be very refreshing on a hot Florida afternoon!]