This Snack Nation column might as well be called "New Products from Kirin Beverage's Afternoon Tea." In December, we looked at Tea Sparkling, and in February, we tasted the new gourmet Espresso Tea.
With so much prior coverage, we would love to ignore...
Lipton's ¥100 teas in 500ml paper cartons are a staple of convenience stores and a favorite of penniless college students. The Lemon Tea and Milk Tea rake in the dough as bonafide classics, but like all good Japanese beverage companies, Lipton has to...
Lightweight American-style coffee always had its dark, dreamy counterpart in European espresso. Green tea had its bitter premium version in matcha. There has not been, however, a similiar parallel in the world of black tea -- until now.
Kirin...
When the French first came up with the idea of making coffee au lait, they likely never expected their native language would take on new meanings all the way over in Japan. Yet as Japanese beverages have moved from traditional coffee-milk drinks to more...
Suntory's Chocolate Sparkling soda sounds incredibly revolutionary at first. A chocolate sparkling soda? Without the milk of an egg cream? Has the world gone mad?
And yet I can safely report that Chocolate Sparkling is not only plausible but quite...
Almost everything is sex-segregated in Japan. Guys don't go to sweets cafés, and women rarely end up at Yoshinoya. So it makes perfect sense that there there would eventually be a gum that suits the need of a specific gender.
Introducing Lotte's Glamatic...
