I've seen some pretty bizarre drinks in my time, but InventorSpot.com's Soft Drink Hell of Fame inductees may top just about anything we've shared on these virtual pages to date. Joe already pointed us in the direction of Pepsi Ice Cucumber a few days ago, and though it made this list as well, is definitely the most normal beverage of the bunch. So without further ado...
For those of you concerned about your weight, fear not! - Diet Water is now available on the shelves. You know, as opposed to the regular, calorie-laden bottles of water that we all consume daily. (Half of nothing is still nothing, right?) If plain water isn't exciting enough for you, then you could also purchase Water Salad - the brainchild of a little beverage company called Coca-Cola. Like they say at InventorSpot - is this the stuff that is left over in your salad spinner?
Next up is Coolpis and Calpis. (Yes, just sound them out.) Though the names alone are enough to keep me away, Coolpis is actually a Kimchee-flavored beverage. Now I love Kimchee - but in a drink?
For those of you hardcore gamers out there working up a sweat rolling 16-sided dice, Final Fantasy has released their own line of
There are many, many more, believe it or not, including Mother's Milk (complete with a picture of a breastfeeding child on the carton) and KidsBeer - yes, KidsBeer - which you can find over at their site.
(thanks, Michelle!)
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6-18-2007 @3:40PM nlwreeds said... I lived in Japan for 3 years as a teenager. Calpis was popular then. It is a milk based, non-carbonated soft drink. Very interesting stuff.
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6-18-2007 @3:28PM Veronica said... You can get Calpis in the States, but because the name sounds funny to English speaking people they call it Calpico.
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6-18-2007 @5:12PM bdw said... I have gotten a Chinese soft drink in a can made with birds nest and snow frog ovaries. It's medicinal, and I have also gotten it as a sweet soup in NYC restaurants. There's also supposed to be one with seahorses, but I've never actually seen that.
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6-18-2007 @9:20PM ZenKimchi said... I've been meaning to do a similar list for Korean drinks. One of the most popular is a Gatorade style drink called Pocari Sweat.
No idea what a pocari is nor how they extract its sweat.
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6-19-2007 @11:54AM Anthony said... Calpico is an awesome drink!
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6-19-2007 @12:36PM nlwreeds said... Just to clarify:
Calpico Sweat is also a Japanese drink. It was intended to be a sports drink, like Gatorade. I suspect that the translation just didn't turn out well!!!!
I've had it as well, usually a citrus flavor if I remember correctly.
NLW
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6-19-2007 @12:39PM nlwreeds said... Oops,
I meant Pocari Sweat!!!
NLW
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6-19-2007 @6:01PM Venuz said... I had the good fortune of growing up in a city with a rather large Japanese population, not to mention Mitsuwa/Marukai/Nijiya markets, so some of these items are not unfamiliar to me.
I too have had the Pocari Sweat, and I think it tastes great.
Calpico has several varieties - I've had the Calpico Peach, and that was great as well.
As far as the KidsBeer goes, the Japanese name is Kodomo no Nomimono, and I kind of doubt translates to KidsBeer...my Japanese is a little rusty, but I think it means Kids Drink - I could have sworn that beer in Japanese was biru.
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6-19-2007 @7:49PM Steve Levenstein said... "Kids Drink" is correct for that particular brand (there are several competitors in a growing market), it was changed after some sort of consumer backlash - but the marketing campaign rolls on regardless.
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6-19-2007 @7:51PM Steve Levenstein said... "Kids Drink" is correct for that particular brand (there are several competitors in a growing market), it was changed after some sort of consumer backlash - but the marketing campaign rolls on regardless.
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6-22-2007 @5:37PM Kostika said... If you're going to make gaming references, please make sure to not screw them up. Final Fantasy is a computer game, not a dice rolling D&D-like game. And there's not such thing as 16 sided dice.
Me being pedantic aside...
The Final Fantasy drinks/"potions" have been around for a while, but I've never seen them outside Japan. Like the others, I have had the Pocari Sweat though and it does taste rather nice.
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