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Cucumber-flavored soda sold in Japan
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| Wed Jun 13, 7:47 AM ET
Posted on 06/13/2007 1:12:42 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan
TOKYO - Japanese are staying cool as a cucumber this summer with "Pepsi Ice Cucumber" a new soda based on the crisp green gourd.
The soft drink, which hit stores here on Tuesday, doesn't actually have any cucumber in it but has been artificially flavored to resemble "the refreshing taste of a fresh cucumber," said Aya Takemoto, spokeswoman of Japan's Pepsi distributor, Suntory Ltd.
"We wanted a flavor that makes people think of keeping cool in the summer heat," Takemoto said. "We thought the cucumber was just perfect."
The mint-colored soda is on sale just for the summer and only in Japan, Takemoto said. She said initial sales were brisk, and Suntory aims to sell 200,000 cases over the next three months.
Pepsi trails behind industry leaders Coca Cola (Japan) Company, with about 15 percent of the Japanese cola market, and also faces stiff competition from non-fizzy bottled drinks like green tea and coffee, which are popular here.
Suntory said it sold 20.5 million cases of Pepsi brand drinks in 2006, including its popular Pepsi NEX zero-calorie soda.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News
KEYWORDS: artificial; cucumbers; japaneserfriggnweird; pepsi; soda; yuck
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To: ElkGroveDan
And you people make fun of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavored Bean(tm)(c).
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:20:58 PM PDT
by
hoosierham
(Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a creditcard?)
To: ElkGroveDan
It's gotta taste better than this...
Carbonated milk beverage! Saw this everywhere when I lived in Korea in the mid 90's. I actually saw it at the local Korean grocery store today.
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:21:54 PM PDT
by
Tamar1973
(Riding the Korean Wave, one BYJ movie at a time! (http://www.byj.co.kr))
To: ElkGroveDan
MMM MMM GOOD
MMM MMM GOOD
TEN DOGS PENIS SOUP IS MMM MMM GOOD
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:22:55 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: Polonius
Im holding out for Soylent Cola.
Soylant Cola ad slogan: Look for the green can!
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:23:46 PM PDT
by
verum ago
(The Iranian Space Agency: set phasers to jihad!)
To: al baby
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:24:23 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(God Bless America)
To: clamper1797
Lived in Japan. The #1 ice cream flavor is Green Tea. No joke. Personally I like Japanese food, but they do eat some weird stuff. Had pizza from Pizza Hut there with scalloped potatoes, ham and corn with some kind of white sauce. That was nasty!!!
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:24:44 PM PDT
by
Anti-Hillary
(Anyone but Hitlery)
To: ElkGroveDan
Sounds horrible but I LOVE Julia Child’s cucumber fool.
To: SolidWood
It depends on what type of cucumber you have. I was in Romania recently, and their cucumbers are amazing. Frankly, the kick the daylights out of the ones we have here. They look very different, as well. Bumpy surfaces...
But very, very good.
To: cripplecreek
Would you settle for some Clam Jerky until that day comes?
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:27:31 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
To: CheyennePress
Do not google cucumber & amazing
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:29:21 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi mom)
To: ElkGroveDan
wadda bunch of Jadrools.....
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:31:35 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(" an armed society is a polite society" Heinlein "MOLON LABE!" Leonidas of Sparta)
To: verum ago
Soylant Green is people feeding people.
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:32:15 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
To: Tokra
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:33:05 PM PDT
by
Verloona Ti
(Jesus says, Forgive your brother 70x7 times. Mo says, Kill your brother if he leaves islam.)
To: HEY4QDEMS
Ick.
Cucumbers belong in salads.
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:33:16 PM PDT
by
darkangel82
(Socialism is NOT an American value.)
To: cripplecreek
Be sure to have this for desert ...
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:33:17 PM PDT
by
clamper1797
(72-73 Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club)
To: ElkGroveDan
Yikes. I can’t stand the genuine article, much less the artificial one.
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:33:27 PM PDT
by
JamesP81
(Romans 10:9)
To: Anti-Hillary
There is a fine line between a Japanese gameshow like Endurance where contestants eat things like cockroaches and a Japanese gameshow like Iron Chef...
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:34:08 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
To: ElkGroveDan
yuk. There are just some things that should not be messed with and Coke is one of them.
To: SIDENET
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posted on
06/13/2007 1:36:27 PM PDT
by
skimbell
To: ElkGroveDan
Betcha it’s good.
Try cucumber and either mint or lime in a glass of water for a refreshing drink.
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