3rd Flavored Dr Pepper Taste Test

Today we had our 3rd flavored Dr Pepper taste test of the summer. This week we introduced Caramel, Chocolate, Hazelnut and Vanilla flavored Dr Pepper. We had a clear favorite as you can see below.

Here are the results of today's test:
We had 45 people who took the test.

This week, in addition to our visitors from Texas, we had visitors from California, Michigan, Colorado and New Jersey who participated in our Taste Test!

Age
24% were between the ages of 0-10
7% were between the ages of 11-20
4% were between the ages of 21-30
7% were between the ages of 31-40
13% were between the ages of 41-50
11% were between the ages of 51-60
13% were between the ages of 61-70
11% were age 71 and up
9% did not answer

Which Flavor did you like Most?
62.22% said they liked Vanilla DP the most.
13.33% said they liked Chocolate DP the most.
8.89% said they liked Caramel DP the most.
6.67% liked Hazelnut DP the most.

Which flavor did you like the least?
37.78% said they liked Chocolate DP the least.
35.56% said they liked Caramel DP the least.
28.89% said they liked Hazelnut DP the least.
8.89% said they liked Vanilla DP the least.

Which flavor did you like more than regular Dr Pepper?
42.22% said they liked Vanilla DP more than regular DP.
13.33% said they liked Caramel DP more than regular DP
11.11% said they liked Chocolate DP more than regular DP.
8.89% said they liked Hazelnut DP more than regular DP.
20% said they did not like any of the flavored DP more than regular DP.

Would you purchase any of the flavors if they were sold at your local grocery store?
73.33% said yes.
17.78% said maybe.
13.33% said no.

Which one(s)?
68.89% said they would buy Vanilla DP.
42.22% said they would buy Chocolate DP.
17.78% said they would buy Caramel DP.
15.56% said they would buy Hazelnut DP.

We'll do this again next Friday from 11:30 to 12:30. Come by for a visit to the Dr Pepper Museum and see what flavored Dr Pepper you would like.

2nd Flavored Dr Pepper Taste Test!

Similar to last week, we featured Mango, Strawberry, Raspberry and Watermelon to see if the results would be the same or different. We again asked the visitors who took the test which flavors they preferred, similar to the consumer taste testing that is done by Dr Pepper when they develop their flavor extensions.

Here are the results of today's test:
We had 69 people who took the test.

This week, in addition to our visitors from Texas, we had visitors from
Wisconsin, Ohio, Illinois, South Carolina,California, Kansas,
and even Alaska who participated in our Taste Test!

AGE
24% were between the ages of 0-10
30% were between the ages of 11-20
11% were between the ages of 21-30
7% were between the ages of 31-40
13% were between the ages of 41-50
7% were between the ages of 51-60
3% were between the ages of 61-70
3% were age 71 and up

Which Flavor did you like Most?
37.14% said they liked Watermelon DP the most.
27.14% said they liked Raspberry DP the most.
20% said they liked Strawberry DP the most.
15.71% liked Mango DP the most.

Which flavor did you like the least?
39.13% said they liked Mango DP the least.
23.19% said they liked Watermelon DP the least.
18.84% said they liked Strawberry DP the least.
18.84% said they liked Raspberry DP the least.

Which flavor did you like more than regular Dr Pepper?
34.32% said they liked Raspberry DP more than regular DP.
32.84% said they liked Watermelon DP more than regular DP
17.91% said they liked Strawberry DP more than regular DP.
10.45% said they liked Mango DP more than regular DP.
4.48% said they did not like any of the flavored DP more than regular DP.


Would you purchase any of the flavors if they were sold at your local grocery store?
55.38% said yes.
33.85% said maybe.
13.85% said no.

Which one(s)?
33.33% said they would buy Raspberry DP.
27.96% said they would buy Watermelon DP.
21.51% said they would buy Mango DP.
17.20% said they would buy Strawberry DP.


We'll do this again next Friday from 11:30 to 12:30. Come by for a visit and put your taste buds to the test with four new flavors that we're putting together!

Collections Bloggy Blog - Unconventional Beauty

OK, here is the thing...the Collections Department here at the DPM cannot function on a daily basis without the use of a pallet jack. This may seem arbitrary, but now that we have moved to the new facility there are four rooms full of collections items, plus an entire creepy late-1800s basement full of pallets that are constantly being moved and reshuffled. Do I wish I didn't rely so heavily on this one piece of equipment? Yes, of course, because that would mean that the collections were stable and organized in some kind of permanent way, but that is just not the case at the moment. We use that darn pallet jack EVERY DAY, so imagine my heartbreak when it tried to commit heavy equipment suicide by splattering its hydraulic fluid out all over the floor after being forced to lift one extremely heavy pallet too many...

That actually happened a while ago, and since then we have been arguing our case for a new one to the boss man every day while gingerly using the pallet jack only when absolutely necessary. It has pulled through and the daily grind of this place has continued at a fairly normal pace, but I was still adamant that we needed a new one. Well, yesterday, with the generosity of our board member Wilton Lanning and the fine folks at Equipment Depot, my prayers were answered! Around 1:15 pm a shiny new pallet jack was delivered.

Again, this may seem really weird, but I am VERY EXCITED about this new pallet jack. I think the guys from Equipment Depot could sense my elation and kind of made a joke about it, like "Oooooh, yay, a pallet jack, whoopee!?!....." And I was all like "No, you don't understand, this is a big freakin' deal and you will exhibit some level of pomp and circumstance as you MAKE MY DAY." And also yesterday I was dressed especially fancy because Joy, Jennie and I did a TV interview for PBS, so I think my dressy business appearance in an otherwise industrial warehouse environment, coupled with my excitement over a pallet jack, was a little strange to see.

ANYWAY, other museum people out there, especially those who have experienced a move or the donation of a humongous collection, will understand and share my sentiments. This is just once aspect of the behind-the-scenes situation here that people don't get to see, but is essential to making this place run. So, those of you who have read this will secretly know that the newest addition to the collection isn't a bottle or can, but a beautiful new pallet jack that is helping to make the Museum even more fabulous.

The boys with the new pallet jack...They are impressed!

Out with the old and in with the new

Look at how beat up the old one is! I am not going to be able to bring myself to scratch the new one up like that...

1st Flavored Dr Pepper Taste Test

As part of our new exhibit, Prototypes and Beyond!, we are doing taste tests again this summer. We are adding different flavorings to Dr Pepper. This week we featured Mango, Strawberry, Raspberry and Watermelon. We then asked the visitors who took the test which flavors they preferred similar to the consumer taste testing that is done by Dr Pepper when they develop their flavor extensions.

Here are the results of today's test:
We had 41 people who took the test.

While most of the participants were from Texas, we had visitors from Minnesota, Denver, Colorado, Oklahoma and even one from Canada participate in our Flavored Dr Pepper Taste Test.

AGE
20% were between the ages of 0-10
18% were between the ages of 11-20
7% were between the ages of 21-30
21% were between the ages of 31-40
10% were between the ages of 41-50
5% were between the ages of 51-60
5% were between the ages of 61-70
14% were age 71 and up

Which Flavor did you like Most?
46.34% liked Mango DP the most.
26.83% said they liked Strawberry DP the most.
24.39% said they liked Watermelon DP the most.
19.51% said they liked Raspberry DP the most.

Which flavor did you like the least?
51.22% said they liked Watermelon DP the least.
17.07% said they liked Strawberry DP the least.
12.20% said they liked Mango DP the least.
12.20% said they liked Raspberry DP the least.

Which flavor did you like more than regular Dr Pepper?
26.93% said they liked Mango DP more than regular DP.
21.95% said they did not like any of the flavored DP more than regular DP.
19.51% said they liked Strawberry DP more than regular DP.
14.63% said they liked Raspberry DP more than regular DP.
9.76% said they liked Raspberry DP more than regular DP

Would you purchase any of the flavors if they were sold at your local grocery store?
53.66% said yes.
39.02% said maybe.
4.88% said no.

Which one(s)?
51.22% said they would buy Mango DP.
46.34% said they would buy Strawberry DP.
34.15% said they would buy Raspberry DP.
26.83% said they would buy Watermelon DP.

We'll do this again next from 11:30 to 12:30. Come by and visit us then! There are many more flavors yet to come!

DR PEPPER MUSEUM CERTIFIED AS HAUNTED!

Double, double, toil and trouble, Alderton stirred and Lazenby added the bubbles. Do the spirits of Dr Pepper's creators tread the floors of the Dr Pepper Museum in Waco? Located at the corner of Fifth Street and Mary Avenue in the turn of the century industrial district, the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company was designed by Waco architect Milton Scott and built in 1906. Now, more that 100 years later, the building that survived the 1953 Waco Tornado and was resurrected after more than twenty years of vacancy to become the Dr Pepper Museum has been certified as haunted by the investigators of McLennan County Paranormal.

June 4th, 2009 was a suspenseful evening as the staff of the Dr Pepper Museum sat down with Mike and Cindy Jacobus, founders of McLennan County Paranormal Investigations, as they revealed the evidence that led them to certify the Museum as a haunted location.

Many bumps, breathless voices, knocks, and even a few vaporous orbs were documented using the state-of-the-art equipment McLennan County Paranormal Investigations set up throughout the Museum.

The most impressive piece of audio evidence the team revealed was a female voice that could clearly be heard saying “Here’s the train…” as the actual train passed by on Jackson Street. The night vision camera that was set up looking down the front staircase recorded two light orbs fly by, one right after the other. There were many other recorded instances, but those two episodes were the strongest.

Do you want a paranormal experience of your own? Make sure to come by the Museum and keep an eye out for the Spooky Spot location markers throughout the Museum indicating the areas where the investigators recorded the most activity.

Want a paranormal experience of your own? Think you have a haunted location? Email the Mike and Cindy Jacobus at mcpi@live.com to schedule an investigation!!!

Model A’s And An Original McLennan Visit The Museum

This morning at the Dr Pepper Museum we had a great group of visitors that are members of a vintage car club. They arrived at the Museum in their Model A cars. They looked amazing! Here you can see several of the cars parked in our parking lot. My favorite? The Dr Pepper maroon Model A, of course!



A surprise visitor with the car club was Mr. L. D. McLennan. His great-great uncle, Neil McLennan, was an early Scottish-American settler of Texas and the namesake of McLennan County, home of Waco and Dr Pepper! Here we see two Waco originals, L.D. and Dr Pepper.

Out of the Ordinary Visitor

This morning we had a unique visitor here at the museum. Julie Ann O'Connell, a former Dr Pepper ad model, came by on a tour with a group from Dallas. She brought with her a copy of an advertisement from Holland's Magazine from the late 1930s that she was in!

Mrs. O'Connell said that she was 3 at the time of the ad and that she got this opportunity through friends of her parents that worked for the Dr Pepper Company in Dallas. She told us that she remembers drinking Dr Pepper while the photographs were taken and that they were constantly getting a new bottle for her to hold because they wanted the bottle to be full! That smile is definitely the genuine thing! All the yummy Dr Pepper she could drink!

Mrs. O'Connell is still a Dr Pepper drinker today and has passed a copy of the ad onto her granddaughter who has it hanging in her bedroom.

Thanks for coming and sharing your ad with us, Mrs. O'Connell!

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