Comments on: Pepsi Shiso: Great Soft Drink, or GREATEST Soft Drink?

By: Jade Oc

Jade Oc — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:30:35 +0000

Perhaps where Wacko Jacko has gone his family won’ tbe following too soon.

Anyway, I bought a bottle of this stuff at the supermarket today, figuring I can afford to spend 98 yen for a unique taste experience. It’s a nice green colour, and the design is quite nice. There is a definite smell of shiso when opened, but the flavour is not too strong: shiso can be quite potent, but this is tempered down, and to my surprise, actually works pretty well: it has a nice refreshing, almost peppery flavour to it. However the flavour does seem to lose impact as you get used to it, and the drink is way too sweet on the whole. Would I buy it again? Unlikely, but due to the sugar taste, not the shiso. If Poopsi comes up with a zero-cal version that doesn’t taste as much like you are drinking the stuff they drizzle on shaved ice, I might reconsider.

By: Joe Jones

Joe Jones — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:57:42 +0000

Jade: You mean Planet Jackson?

By: Aceface

Aceface — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:28:50 +0000

King of pop was making huge cash out of selling soda pop.Wondering what he has a say on drinking shiso pepsi though.

The recent vending machines are pretty much occupied by the teas/coffees and sodas are being wiped out.Presumably they don’t much with rice oriented bento in convenience store.Does Shiso Pepsi much with onigiri?

By: Jade Oc

Jade Oc — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:45:57 +0000

“(Holy shit Michael Jackson died)”

Yeah – thought it was a joke at first. But we all know that he’s really returned to his home planet.

By: Roy Berman

Roy Berman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:49:17 +0000

I’ll say it: Transformers 2 was so bad it killed the king of pop.

By: rabuho

rabuho — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:20:03 +0000

I gave it a try, and it indeed tastes like a shiso soft drink—but not much like Pepsi. More like a shiso-flavored Sierra Mist.

The color reminds me of a more vivid version of Surge (remember Surge?).

By: CityDweller

CityDweller — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:55:47 +0000

The colour makes it look radioactive and rather unappealing. Having said that I have drunk green beer on St Patrick’s Day, however, there does come a time in the evening when all you notice about beer is that it is beer.

By: M-Bone

M-Bone — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:44:16 +0000

Must try this Pepsi.

I am gathering that Transformers 2 is becoming the new standard for bad summer movies. The reviews on Rotten Tomatoes are… like a lynching.

and this
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090625/ap_en_mo/us_film_transformers_jar_jar_again

(Holy shit Michael Jackson died)

By: Joe Jones

Joe Jones — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:14:05 +0000

I picked up a bottle this morning on my way into the office; the kombini by my station had cleared out a whole row of refrigerator shelves for the stuff.

It really does taste like shiso, not like Pepsi. I don’t think it’s bad, but it’s kind of bizarre to have this flavor in a soda. Perhaps it’s an acquired taste. I don’t know if I want to consume all the artificial coloring needed to acquire it, though.

By: Blue Cheese Rocket

Blue Cheese Rocket — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:48:55 +0000

Have you tried the shiso shochu (or quickly saying “shiso shochu” three times)? I’m not a huge fan of shiso in general, but I love this stuff:

http://www.tantakatan.jp/