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Ginger Altoids

Yes, Ginger Altoids.

These.

So what? So buy some. I found these in Target one day, and they are fiercely strong. They are something like twice as strong as Old Tyme Jamaican Style Ginger Beer, which is so unfindable that I can't even find empty bottles for sale on Ebay.

I don't want to see the same thing happen to Ginger Altoids, but as you can see from the occasional frantic blog entry from similar fanatics, these are difficult to find but pop up in the most unusual spots.

My find is at Target, in York, Pennsylvania. As usual with this odd product, for some reason, it is at the checkout lanes, and only at the checkout lanes (not on the shelves even in the otherwise complete Altoids section).

You can apparently buy these here at the Altoids website.

So why am I shilling for this company? I'm not really, but for this product, because it has the air of yet another Really Great Thing that shows up, is unlike anything else on the market, then promptly disappears, leaving behind angry, fanatical cultists who gripe bitterly for years about its disappearance.

So go buy 20 or 50 or 100 tins of the things online. Well, try one first. If you like them, you'll adore them. The one caveat is they are extremely strong. I don't consider the original Altoids very strong at all, and by comparison, Spearmint and Wintergreen and Cinnamon are insipid. By comparison, these make me break a sweat.

Aside from Old Tyme Jamaican Style Ginger Beer, no other product has ever even approached the level of gingeriness reached by Ginger Altoids.

Final comment. You bastards selling these things on Ebay are predators, considering you can buy them straight from Altoids at present. Posted by muldrake at May 5, 2004 04:30 AM | TrackBack