What is the best japanese drink?

[Bounty Hunter]

hi i was just wandering what is the best japanese drink, the reason why i ask is because am going to tokyo in september and i wanna try new things.

p.s i have heard of sake from my friend potatoe

 

[Buddha Smoker]

Do you mean alcohol or non-alcohol (like coca-cola, etc.)?

I recommend sake if you never had it.

 

[NANGI]

Konnichiwa HITMAN-X-san!

hi i was just wandering what is the best japanese drink, the reason why i ask is because am going to tokyo in september and i wanna try new things.
p.s i have heard of sake from my friend potatoe

Hahaha... yes, Sake(Japanese rice wine) is good! :romance:
I recommend the calpis. It's a very tasty.

www.calpis.net

NANGI

 

[Buddha Smoker]

Don't forget Aquarius too

 

[kirei_na_me]

If we're talking alchohol, I like umeshu, and the only beer I will touch is Kirin Ichiban.

Ramune soda is good too, and neat, because it has the ball in it...

http://www.animesnacks.com/ramunesoda.html

 

[Gaki]

Pocari Sweat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RockLee]

Anyone knows if

Sapporo Beer is any good???? :? I'm dying to try it all *grabs wallet*

 

[Buddha Smoker]

Honestly, there are really any bad drinks in Japan

 

[Bounty Hunter]

thank you for the info

 

[playaa]

Awamori, shochu, sapporo, asahi, kirin, sake are my favs

 

[misa.j]

You should try to find a traditional tea ceremony where you can try the Japanese green tea called MATCHA. It is very bitter, so I recommend you to have it with some sweet snack which probably will be served with the tea.

 

[kirei_na_me]

Yes, definitely. I love green tea with daifuku. Yum.

 

[Riven]

I love hot sake. I only tasted Asahi Beer (I like it ... little comon tast though)

Yes, definitely. I love green tea with daifuku. Yum.

I have green tea (I really really like it), but what is daifuku ? (I only know it is some firm's name ...)

 

[Buddha Smoker]

Awamori, shochu, sapporo, asahi, kirin, sake are my favs

I take back what I said about bad drinks in Japan....Awamori....yech...it's from Okinawa and made from potatoes. I didn't care for that.

But, I don't consider Okinawa part of Japan sometimes.

 

[Lina Inverse]

Try the Lychee stuff (dunno what it's called right now), it's great

 

[neofusion]

is all sake clear? is there only one type of sake? i have had sake before and i reallllly have to get myself drunk on other stuff to even start drinking it! LOL, i think ill have more tonight......

 

[Lina Inverse]

is all sake clear? is there only one type of sake? i have had sake before and i reallllly have to get myself drunk on other stuff to even start drinking it! LOL, i think ill have more tonight......

All sake I know is clear, so I'd say yes.
Try Kirin to start drinking. It's also avaiable as Light or Ichiban.
Kirin Homepage (english)

 

[Daniel]

There are five types of sake. Here's a short description I took from another site:
Junmai-shu (pure rice wine; at least 30% of rice polished away; no adding of distilled alcohol)ﾂ?
* Honjozo-shu (at least 30% of rice polished away; a tad of distilled alcohol is added)ﾂ?
* Ginjo-shu (at least 40% of rice polished away; with or without alcohol added; if bottle is labeled Ginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Ginjo, it means no alcohol added)
* Daiginjo-shu (at least 50% of rice polished away; again with or without added alcohol; if bottle is labeled Daiginjo, it means distilled alcohol was added; if labeled Junmai Daiginjo, it means no alcohol added)ﾂ?
* Namazake (special 5th designation for unpasteurized sake; incorporates all four above)

 

[mad pierrot]

Kirin Ichiban all the way!!!!

But if you like dark beers, Yebisu Black is damn tasty. A bit expensive, but well worth it.

Alcohol aside, can coffee is more addicting than crack.

:nuts:

 

[Buddha Smoker]

Has anybody tried the new C2 (Coke Cola 2)? I was curious what others thought of it?

It was sort of a mix between regular coke and diet coke. Well, it has half the calories..so I guess that would make sense

 

[RockLee]

Yeah I had Sapporo beer this weekend and is was GOOD ...Can't wait to taste the rest

 

[Buddha Smoker]

Yeah I had Sapporo beer this weekend and is was GOOD ...Can't wait to taste the rest

Japanese Beer is not bad but sometimes it is not satifying..know what I mean? I'm still looking for those C2 folks.

 

[curveegrrl]

I used to love Chu-Hi. My favourite flavours were lemon and grape. Lychee was good too, and my flatmate loved peach. Anyhoo, there are lots of flavours and brands to try.

 

[Haitun]

Pocari Sweat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

agreed..... me love this drink a lot....

 

[Buddha Smoker]

So no C2 drinkers, eh?