The Great Soft Drink Taste Test

Korea is the land of the interesting soft drink. Below are some of the more interesting drinks I've tried and my reactions to their existence and taste.

Yogurt Pepsi
Gross. My co-teacher informed me today that this is actually bottled in Japan, but is extremely popular in Korea. I'm not really sure I care whose responsible for this soft drink disaster. This is worse than Pepsi blue. It's like someone poured curdled milk into my pop.





Coolpis Kimchi Drink
I'm just going to go right ahead and ignore the obvious jokes about this product's name. Kimchi is the most popular dish in Korea, it's basically spicy fermented cabbage. I actually quite like Kimchi as a side dish. This drink, however, fills me with fear and I hope to avoid it for the remainder of my days. It is the juice left over from the fermentation process. Imagine, if you will, drinking the leftover pickle juice straight from the can. That's what this is; it's also terribly spicy.


Ginsing Juice

This is surprisingly refreshing. It has a sharp taste and seems to be mixed with ginger. There's also some nutty after tones. It's carbonated so it's not good for you, but it kind of has a healthy feeling to it. I would buy this again. Maybe on my next hiking adventure.



Garlic Juice. Yep. For Drinking Purposes.

There's really no way to justify garlic juice. I thought maybe the whole product was a practical joke. Or for some other purpose, like cooking, or warding off vampire attacks. My co-teacher says it great on humid summer days, but I actually spit this into the sink. Don't try it.





AND THE WINNER=Cucumber Pepsi!

I expected this to be revolting. After the taste Hell that is yogurt Pepsi I almost banished the entire Pepsi corporation to the Street Cent's Pit I keep in my head. Cucumber Pepsi redeems them. It's crisp tasting and almost makes me think of Honey Dew melon instead of cucumber. I love.