Lifestyle Food Crystal Pepsi Is Coming Back Again in Honor of Its 30th Anniversary Pepsi first released Crystal Pepsi in 1992, and though the beverage only lasted on shelves for a little over a year, its become a cult-favorite since By Dave Quinn Dave Quinn Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE. He has been working at the brand since 2016, and is the author of the No. 1 New York Times best-selling book, Not All Diamonds and Rosé: The Inside Story of the Real Housewives from the People Who Lived It. People Editorial Guidelines Published on January 4, 2022 12:00PM EST How's this for a blast from the past? Pepsi is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Crystal Pepsi by bringing the caffeine-free, clear soda back for a celebratory lap. The beverage brand will rewind the clock back to 1992 to serve up a taste of nostalgia for fans, giving away free bottles of Crystal Pepsi through a special contest. Those hoping to win need only to post a picture of themselves from the '90s on Twitter, using the hashtags #ShowUsYour90s and #PepsiSweepstakes. "We wanted to do something extra special to celebrate and reward the passionate fans who have been clamoring online for [Crystal Pepsi's] return" Pepsi's VP of Marketing Todd Kaplan said in a statement. "What better way to kick off 2022 than to throw it back to 1992 in order to get their hands on this highly limited-edition batch of Crystal Pepsi." Cindy Crawford Recreates Iconic Pepsi Ad to Raise Money for Cancer Research: 'We Nailed It' Courtesy Pepsi Hi-C Ecto Cooler Spooks Up a Return in Celebration of Ghostbusters: Afterlife Release This isn't the first time the brand has brought Crystal Pepsi back. It first returned as a similar sweepstakes prize during the holiday season of 2015, after an online campaign led by fans to bring back Crystal Pepsi caught the company's attention. Limited runs continued throughout the late 2010s. Bottles were last back on shelves in the summer of 2017, as the free Crystal Pepsi Throwback Tour — featuring Busta Rhymes, Sugar Ray's Mark McGrath and Salt-N-Pepa — performed at baseball stadiums around the country. All of this is pretty impressive considering Crystal Pepsi was once considered to be one of the biggest flops in soda history. The beverage first hit shelves in April 1992, amid the "clear craze" marketing fad that saw product makers across the industry, from Nintendo to Ivory soap, releasing clear versions of its products to give the appearance of transparency and purity. Crystal Pepsi had a flavor similar to regular Pepsi, only it was made with the absence of caramel color which some said made the drink less "acidic" tasting. "You've never seen a taste like this," Pepsi boasted at the time. Cindy Crawford Recreates Iconic Pepsi Super Bowl Ad With Help from Son Presley Gerber Raudies/Ullstein Bild/Getty Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Sadly, the product only lasted on shelves for a little over a year, disappearing in retailers by late 1993. (Pepsi competitor Coca-Cola also released Tab Clear around the same time, advertising itself through confusing marketing claims in what they admitted years later was an intentional "kamikaze" effort to kill both products in the process.) Pepsi tried again the following year, launching Crystal From Pepsi in 1994 with a reformulated citrus-cola hybrid flavor, but that also didn't stick. Since then, fans have turned Crystal Pepsi from a punchline into a cult favorite. For years, one could only buy the drink on eBay — with one bottle going for as much as $8,000. Better gets those '90s throwback photos ready...