Kirin Koiwai Junsui Hakutou White Peach Juice

  

 This drink is really enjoyable. It is a non carbonated peach flavor soft drink and reminds me of a lot of the non carbonated fruit drinks that you can get in Japan. Owned by Kirin which bought the Koiwai Family Products which produced milk for a lot of eastern Japan. At about 200 calories for the entire bottle it may not be the healthiest of drinks that I have reviewed on the site but still is delicious. Shake before drinking! It has a definitive peach flavor to it which is one of my favorite fruits. I guess I was biased in the store when I saw the peach on the front I instantly grabbed it. It is sweet.  At $2.99 it is a high price for a 15.6 fluid ounces (470 ml), but glad I at least tried it. A mix drink would cost you more and I would still enjoy this more. I can tell you now that i would buy this again but $2.99 is pretty steep in which I wouldn't unless a bit lower. I honestly can not find much information about this actual beverage or the history other then news articles about Kirin owning most of the shares in Koiwai and running the beverage side of the business and helping out with their dairy side.

Asahi Jūrokucha Tea "16 teas"

 

 Asahi's Jūrokucha tea isn't any kind of normal tea but multiple teas into one. Jūrokucha literally means "16 teas" because it is a blended tea. It comes from leaves, grains and fruits such as; barley, kuromame, brown rice, job's tears, habucha, mulberry, lingzhi, persimmon, jiaogulan, kombu, sasa veitchii, sesame, mikan peel, black rice, shiso leaves, and eucommia. That is a lot of stuff and I don't know at least half of them yet it is considered a health food in Japan. It has 20% of your daily fiber which is great and there is 2 servings per bottle so that makes 40% if drink the entire thing. That only adds up to 10 calories for the bottle which is great. Originally the drink was from the company Chanson Cosmetics as a dry blended tea and in 1993 did this bottle as a joint project with Asahi. Right up my ally that have promoted it for diabetics because it's sugar depressant abilities. Because of the popularity of the drink many other companies have ventured and done the "multi tea" format as well, including Coca cola.

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Mr. Brown Blue Mountain Blend Coffee Canned

Here it is again, another Mr. Browns canned coffee, this time Blue Mountain Blend!

I have reviewed the Vanilla and the Cappuccino caned coffees from Mr. Brown and here we have another type. Produced by King Car Company in Taiwan and started in 1982. At only 240 mL of liquid it is a nice little can to get you going in the morning. The flavors are Vanilla, Cappuccino, Blue Mountain Blend, Original, espresso, Colombian, and Macadamia Nut.   

Ito En Golden Oolong Tea

 

 Ito En is a personal favorite Tea company of mine. The best in bottled tea in my personal opinion. Their Golden Oolong Tea which I tried the first time for this review was not an exception. It was delicious and many people in Japan think so too since it is one of the most popular bottled in the country. They used flowery and fragrant golden cinnamon and it is from green and black teas. You can get 180% Vitamin C and I am a big fan of unsweetened.

Sangaria Royal Milk Tea

 

Sangaria is the company that many anime fans and Japanese fans know as the company that makes the popular Ramune Soda Bottle with the marble. Well they came out with a canned Royal Milk Tea beverage. I though that this was interesting so I picked it up at the local Asian Market in town. The can was short (9.2 fl oz) and is Milk Tea! So I love Milk tea and there is no way to get the more known brands of Royal Milk Tea that are popular in Japan. I did pick up a bag of packets that you add to hot water and mix but not a ready to go drink like this one. I wouldn't have thought that it would have came from Sangaria and canned of all things. I still wanted to try it since it is the first one I have seen without resulting to the internet for delivery.
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Sakuma Drops

If you have ever seen the movie "Grave of the Fireflies" from Studio Ghibli then perhaps you have seen the children in the film eat these drops. They are a hard candy with various flavors that are not that bad. They come in an tin can as seen and you just pour them out into your hand. I bought the can because I noticed the reference to the movie on one side. They made this can as a limited edition one. 

They are flavored with real fruit juice and made in Ikebukuro, Tokyo. The popularity of them  use to be a lot back in the day as it isn't as much anymore. they have been around since the Meiji Era! There are a lot more candies out there now in Japan that people prefer and I agree as it wouldn't be on the top of my list. 

It has a nice look on the can and that probably what prompt my buy, I forgot what I got it for at my local Asian Market. I am not a huge hard candy fan but enjoy them once in awhile. This is definitely hard candy and they didn't have an overwhelming flavor which was nice. I enjoyed the real fruit juice flavoring. They are all shaped like like what their flavor is. Now that I tried them, I probably wont buy it again unless there is another collectible can. They are tasty but not amazing in which I would probably buy something else with my money for my sweet tooth. 

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