Japanese drinks #5: Uncorrupted coffee?

by Lee on 7/6/2008

For those on the look-out for a coffee that is enticingly full bodied or even a bit fruity, then this release from the Roots line is probably best left alone, as although its container is a little curvaceous, the drink itself is decidedly demure.

Japanese canned coffee

There again, what’s a brief bit of fieriness compared to the offer of a fine life?

Japanese canned coffee

That said, technology boasts aside, it doesn’t taste much different from the myriad of other canned coffees on the market, except for perhaps being a tad less tart.

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1 Honor July 6, 2008 at 8:01 pm

Got to love the slogans on those drink cans! Where would my life be without coffee!

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2 coffeeman July 7, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Sadly, canned coffee all tastes like water with coffee taste that’s been heated for days on end. But hey, it’s only 100 yen, as opposed to 500 yen for a watery coffee at Starbucks!

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3 Makito July 7, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Honestly, they almost all taste the same. I’ve gone through entire vending machine banks during my breaks at work… It’s like they only have three variables – viscosity, sugar content, bitterness; and I’ll say they dont vary it much at all.

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