Each year Pepsi Japan releases a "new" flavor of its product that acts as a sign that summer is almost upon us. In previous years they came out with the following flavors:
2007- Ice Cucumber
(it actually tasted like a cucumber and was sold out in 2 weeks)
2008 - Blue Hawaii
(tasted like pineapple and lemon, quite nice actually)
2009 (summer spring)- Shiso (Beefsteak plant)
It was nasty! While I like shiso alcohol, this drink was vile! However one of my coworkers (a fellow American) drank many bottles of this stuff!
2009 (fall) - Azuki (red bean)
Tasted pretty flowery and super sweet, wasn't bad but wasn't super either.
That brings us to this years offering:
2010 - Pepsi Baobab (on the bottle it says "refreshing cola flavor")
The Baobab part is in relation to Africa and represented on the bottle. So what does it taste like? Its kinda like a watered down version of coke or pepsi with an orange/grapfruit aftertaste. Its not a bad taste and its not very sweet at all which is pretty nice.
I generally don't drink soda, so its kinda fun to experience this part of Japanese culture. What are some interesting drinks you have experienced?
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