Try as I might, I haven’t been able to teach the Chach-meister to write a proper introduction to his posts. So I’m doing it for him:
I’m a die hard Trident guy. Always have been and always will be. You know why? They have three flavors (with a few twists and limited editions) and they all rock – original, peppermint and cinnamon. I know exactly what I’m getting with each one – two cold, one hot and they can all be chewed for the duration of an eight hour shift at whatever dead-end job I’m working.
In recent years the candy market has seen a flood of new gums – 5, Eclipse (in regular and Big E pack form), and perhaps most notoriously, Orbit. Orbit is basically the hipster answer to Trident. It has similarly shaped sticks and the packaging is pretty close in nature (open a flap to reveal gum). Orbit has a problem classic Trident doesn’t have: too many damn flavors. Did you know Sangria Fresca, Strawberry Mint, Maui Melon Mint, Crystal Mint (tastes like Gelfling essence), and fucking Clove are all actual flavors of Orbit? I didn’t, partly because I don’t care and mostly because I’m a man of principle. If I throw a stick of gum in my mouth it better damn well make my breath fresh and cool as a mountain breeze, not give me sugar mouth and cause me to vomit uncontrollably.
For those that don’t know, Chachi lives in a ghetto in Philly. Ghettos and colleges are where all the experiments go down – crack and AIDS in the ghetto, sugar free Redbull and HPV vaccines at colleges. Both are testing grounds for Orbit gum. Chachi grabbed five awful flavors from Philly and I grabbed five awful flavors from New Paltz. I’ll let Chacherino take it from here…
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