"How They Make Pocary Sweat"

by **Taro Toporific** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 10:30 pm

Via the unknowngenius.com blog...

How They Make Pocary Sweat
...the weirdly named popular japanese beverage: Pocari Sweat, here is a little graph to make things clear.

by **American Oyaji** » Mon Jun 23, 2003 2:50 am

WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
:lol:

by **kamome** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 1:49 pm

Hey, Pocari Sweat rules! :thumbs:

Tastes great after a workout.

by **Taro Toporific** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 2:27 pm

kamome wrote:Hey, Pocari Sweat rules!
Tastes great after a workout.

It's primary purpose is for hangovers.

by **American Oyaji** » Tue Jun 24, 2003 10:34 pm

Pocari sweat is INDED great.

That picture is hilarious.

by **Big Booger** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:40 am

I hate it.. aquarius is much better

I tell you what really sucks are those crap Bitamin drinks that come in the brown glass containers.. ewww.

by **American Oyaji** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 3:23 am

Hmmm.

It's been a while since I had either.

But yes.

Aquarius is MUCH better.

by **Caustic Saint** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 7:32 am

Big Booger wrote:I hate it.. aquarius is much better

AH! That's the one! Thanks, BB.

I had some of that during my visit and was trying to remember the name. All I could recall was that it started with an "a." I agreee, it is better than PS.

by **GomiGirl** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 11:02 am

I am really into the amino drinks - there are a bunch out now. Amino supli, supli amino, Calpis amino supli etc etc etc. Not as salty as the aquarius/pocari sweat things... now if I could only buy some gatorade or lucosade in Japan...

by **kurohinge1** » Wed Jun 25, 2003 12:32 pm

Calpis + lemonade/Sprite + ice (with optional vodka) is nice on a hot day.

For some reason, some gaikokujin friends are initially hesitant about drinking the old "cow piss" ... :oops:

by **American Oyaji** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 4:07 am

Supli is also very good.

I finally found it here in Ohio and I bought like 5 bottles.

by **Caustic Saint** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 4:23 am

AO, do you know of any stores (or chains) in the US that carry Bikkle?

by **American Oyaji** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:50 am

I can only mention areas in Columbus Ohio.

by **Taro Toporific** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:02 am

American Oyaji wrote:I can only mention areas in Columbus Ohio.

In LoDo Denver's "Sakura Square" all the "Genki drinks" at the Japanese supermarkets are kept behind locked glass cases. When I asked about the drinks, one of the cute san-sei clerks chirped, "Nah, we only sell to tanshin funin junkies."

by **American Oyaji** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 8:56 pm

tanshin funin?

What is that.

by **Taro Toporific** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 9:08 pm

American Oyaji wrote:tanshin funin?

What is that.

tanshin funin = live-apart husband

The standard pattern for Japanese do-re in their 40s with kids entering HS.
I like the Hong Kong/Taipai term "astronaut" for 'spouse commuting every few weeks back-&-forth to the Sillicon Valley.'

by **Big Booger** » Thu Jun 26, 2003 10:30 pm

nattchan Orengi is good too

I also like as of late, Lipton's peach tea. It rocks!

It doesn't look that. Comes in a paper carton, but it is very good. I get it at Lawsons and sebun erebun

by **American Oyaji** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 2:27 am

I guess I am Tanshin Funin then.

by **kamome** » Fri Jun 27, 2003 4:12 pm

There is another exercise drink called Amino Vital. Tastes almost like water, but has a slight lemon/citric flavor to it. Totally replenishes the fluids after a workout. I recently switched from Pocari Sweat (and Energen, another brand) to Amino Vital.

by **katakori** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 3:35 pm

forget lipton, drink gokuri! :P :P :P :P

(or ramune, as they have new can-like bottles that you can find anywhere almost for 100y)

by **katakori** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 3:54 pm

he he he... :P (i love that stuff)

by **Taro Toporific** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 9:26 pm

by **katakori** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 10:12 pm

wait wait wait a minute!!

the second photo on my prestigious display is the glass thing. who do you think i am...?? :wink:

but,
apart from very rare combini, and ichiran ramen shop in roppongi, i've never been able to find the bottle ones anywhere, like it's some kind of secret or something.
then i saw the add for the ramu-botoru and suddenly i find the can and the bottles in a 100-yen store in shibuya...
where do you get the old glass bottle ones? i think they are even cooler to have in you fridge than the old glass coke bottles with the coca-cola logo embossed in the glass.

(images from this nice site)
(+ i don't drink coke so it's really purely for the hype of showing off in front of guests, while at least with the ramune i can drink it too...)

by **American Oyaji** » Sat Jun 28, 2003 11:02 pm

best plce to find ramune is at summer festivals.

It's ALWAYS available there.

I remember the first time I encountered ramune. My girlfriend had to show me how to open the top.

by **Big Booger** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 2:31 am

I bought a two liter of ramune the other day.. doesn't taste as good without the glass marble to pop and spew shit all over me

LOL

Ramune needs to be exported to the states.. kids would love it!

by **bejiita** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 3:44 am

Big Booger wrote:Ramune needs to be exported to the states.. kids would love it!

It's already there, although in limited markets. Most specialized Asian markets/grocery stores have them in stock. And Yes, I spent about 15 minutes the first time I bought one trying to twist the damn plastic cap off. :oops:

Of course, what really kicks ass is that frozen ice grapefruit drink called Bottle Rock.

by **katakori** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 9:31 am

what's bottle rock?? where do you get this?? how does it compare to gokuri?

by **Big Booger** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 12:48 pm

it may be in specialised asian markets, but it would be better suited for a walmart type distribution

I am sure it would be a smashing success, doesn't even need a name change I think

Ramune, the drink that puts the fizz back in your kids

by **katakori** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 1:26 pm

i think we're getting off tracks here.
i am in japan and i can get ramune (when i try hard enough, i get the glass bottle, otherwise the can-like bottle).
my question was about "that frozen ice grapefruit drink called Bottle Rock." where do i get this??

by **Taro Toporific** » Sun Jun 29, 2003 1:26 pm

katakori wrote:wait wait wait a minute!!
the second photo on my prestigious display is the glass thing. who do you think i am...??
but,
apart from very rare combini, and ichiran ramen shop in roppongi, i've never been able to find the bottle ones anywhere,...
where do you get the old glass bottle ones?

One life's few pleasures in hellish Japanese summer is dipping your arm all the way down to the elbow and grabbing a cold bottle of ramune out ice-&-icewater cooler at a street fair or fireworks. Ahhhhhhh. It almost makes living in crotchrot summertime tolerable.

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