Yakult is very popular here. There are commercials on television that praise it as one of the healthiest things there can be for you. Each tiny (shot-sized) bottle reads, "The Healthy Family Drink." It tastes like exactly what it is - milk that is being forced to change into yogurt by the addition of bacteria strains.
You'd be forgiven for thinking that I've already reviewed this drink. It's a very close cousin of Pokka's green tea - honey & lemon that I looked at earlier which are both relatives of Pokka's Blueberry Tea.
House is a Taiwanese company. They also sell this beverage in a smaller can with a slightly different name and design.
Taste (5)
Now that is a seriously sweet drink! Although I don't really have a clue what the fruit is, it tastes kinda like a combination of green apple and unripened mango, but I'm not sure it's either.
Update: I found a small url embedded in another obscure spot on the can and after going through the site I found the product. The company is called HTB, or Haitai Beverage Corporation. The following is a google translation from their site, so that probably contributes to its classic nature but: "...Haitai Beverage (HK) is a leading product in Your love and faith, not to repay their loans in order to work." - Right. I'm still not sure what the fruit is but it does look like an unripe or green mango....(the image is linked from their site). [nah just joking, it's olive oil {not}];
Ice cold milk coffee in a can. It's a great invention and this is one of the better ones. Let's be MILD is a pretty relaxing and full flavoured brew, great on a hot humid day and just strong enough to get a nice caffeine fix off it.
Where do I begin?
Sorry about the darkness of the photos. There is a small chance they will be replaced with brighter ones one day.
Okay, this one was a seriously unexpected taste sensation in a tiny can from Lotte. Good work guys!
This is a different flavor of a drink I previously reviewed. The only visual differences are that the can is red (as opposed to yellow) and the letters "DHA" appear in a pink circle on the red can.
As best as I can tell this is the "original" flavor and the yellow can is the "fruit" flavor. The red can tastes nowhere near as good as its cousin.
I would best describe it as dehydrated milk.
Taste (1)
Weirdness (8)
This is a large bag of many smaller packs of flavored fish jerky. "Natural is Best" is written across the front of the outer bag. The ingredients are printed on an English label on the back of the sack, and I have written them below.
as thick slices the size of sardines. They may have had a slathering of BBQ sauce too, but the most predominate flavor other than the fish were the giant sugar crystals. Fish is not a candy. This combination works as well as ice cream topped with wood chips. I then tried the yellow on the bottom row. Small light cubes with alternating rows of fish and sesame seeds. Absolutely terrible. I wish I had never made this purchase, and there's not much else I can say other than that I didn't try the 4 remaining varieties.
Hey Sean! ... I mean everyone.
I'd like to quickly provide a series of mini-reviews as my back log is beginning to fill up. The first drink is Honey and Red Ginseng made by Korean manufacturer Woongjin. It is the second drink down on the left hand side in the link. Of this drink, the company says, "beverage made with carefully selected honey and six year-old steamed red ginseung."
- wow. I'll keep my eye out for some of their other drinks like Morning Rice, Ski Bori, Spring Scent, and You and C. Honey and Red Ginseng has a vivid gold color, a potent ginseng taste, and a light honey taste. Annie took a light sip and was revolted. While ginseng has a potent earthy taste and certainly won't be liked by all, I like it once in a while.
Taste (5)
Weirdness (3)
tastes like. It even takes multiple sips to determine if its good or not. It turns out that it's not good. At first sniff, it smells somewhat like the remains of a campfire from the previous night. The first taste that I detected was wood. After many sips, this was the only flavor I could name, but I knew there was another familiar aftertaste much more subtle than the wood flavor. I now believe this to be tea. Annie tried it and at first described it as chocolate with no sugar and then also noted that it tasted like sesame seeds.
There's a very distinct possibility that this may be Sesame Tea. Its good enough to eat, but I wouldn't drink it if I were you.What seems like a fairly harmless, perhaps even novel yet odd idea--tea in a can--espresso style... forget it. At my first sip I thought...
