Weird Japanese Drinks
I know the term weird is purely subjective so I am going to showcase a list of Japanese drinks that are weird to me:
1. Hoppy- Now, Hoppy is actually a beer flavored non alcoholic drink. If anyone’s tasted beer, it’s bitter aftertastes can make you feel like throwing up. I don’t know why anyone would want to have a non-alcoholic drink that tastes like beer? I thought ppl drink beer because it’s a cheap source of alcohol. But this drink sorta defies it purpose for me. But I suppose, it’s easier to accept that some peoople just like the taste of beer. The only beer that I can tolerate and actually like is Bud Light. I guess Hoppy is mainly a mixer drink – most commonly with Shōchū (a Japanese distilled alcoholic beverage).
2. Aojiru – I don’t know about you, i love my veggies but I don’t like drinking them. Green drinks that looks something out of the sewers just don’t appetize me much….:/ Aojiru is actually liquidfied kale that is very healthy for you. I suppose if I close my eyes, I’ll swallow it.
3. Calpis – This carbonated drink is milky. MILKY! The only time i tried something carbonated and milky, my stomach almost gave up on me. I did the coke and milk combo out of curiousity when I was a kid. I was a curious kid and curiousity almost killed me, i kid you not. This drink tastes like vanilla, so I supppose you can imagine vanilla coke and milk together. It might not be too bad I suppose but the gas and the milk just ugh…doesnt’ do it for me. I think it’s a weird drink because of it. Calpis gains a humorous connotation with English speakers because the name sounds like cow piss when spoken aloud. In Norwegian and Swedish the name sounds similar to ‘cold piss’. LOL.
I have three today. I’ll post moreif I can find more that I find weird. Maybe some of you might want to tell me your experience with these drinks. They may seem weird to me but to some of you out there, I am sure you have your happy stories to tell about them :) If you do, that is.
I have to run, i have to be off somewhere! See you guys next week!
- 
March 15th, 2007 at 10:07 am
“I love Calpis!” I thought for a while but then after drinking lots and lots of it in just one week, I came to a point where I thought to myself, “ugh… I can’t take it anymore… what is this thing? why have I been drinking it? who am I?” o_O But I can still take one or two glasses of Calpis with fish dishes.
I also tried some soja-based japanese drink together with my grandpa and both agreed instantenously that someone had got to be kidding… X_X
March 17th, 2007 at 2:26 am
LOL… yea..carbonated milk drink is just toooooo weird lol!
April 2nd, 2007 at 5:37 pm
no way Calpis is good! casting the “cowpiss” aside (I joke around with that name too) but i really do find Calpis tasty!
It isn’t really milk actually. It’s more like, a yogurt drink. I like it :)
October 24th, 2007 at 12:20 pm
They acttually have a strawberry, mango, and peach flavor at a 7-11 near me. Also they taste pretty much like they say.
August 12th, 2008 at 10:42 am
i believe calpis is a guava based drink, much like lemonade.