Comments on: Japanese Summer Drink Round-Up

By: Ina Plassa-travis

Ina Plassa-travis — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:25:00 +0000

Sarsaparilla is a weedy, woody vine, and the soft drink takes like cream soda, licorice, and shoe polish. Sassafras is small tree, and the root and inner bark used to flavor Root Beer, until it was banned as dangerous. Birch Beer is the third member of the of the Native American Tree drinks, and it comes from, originally, from the sap of the Birch tree, and was sweetened with maple sap, and lightly fermented.

By: Anii

Anii — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 22:14:00 +0000

Well Asahi Red-Eye is far better than the so call “Clamato Budweiser” because you just have Tomato Juice and a good tasting beer vs. crap and crap. I found Espressoda to be delightful and not as sweet as the French cola blak (which is pretty much the same). Havent tried the root beer nor the salty watermelon pepsi yet.

By: Chris Taran

Chris Taran — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 01:52:00 +0000

What in the world is sarsaparilla? I love how you say that like most Americans would have any idea what it is or tastes like.

By: Sumobob

Sumobob — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:39:00 +0000

WIth the Pepsi annual strange and interesting flavors it’s important to note that they aren’t meant to be “cola” flavored at all. They are made by Pepsi Co. Japan, and are “pepsi” in name only. I’ve tried them all ever since Ice Cucumber came out and have enjoyed most of them, especially the cucumber and shiso flavors.

By: Raymond Chuang

Raymond Chuang — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:51:00 +0000

Calpis is not bad, but I do like the flavored versions better, though.

By: CelestialSushi

CelestialSushi — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 03:34:00 +0000

“America’s Natto”, huh? XD Wow, didn’t realize it was so unpopular. Still, Lazy Afternoon sounds so… “gourmet” :D I’d like to try that.