what is the best japanese canned coffee

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This was less sweet and had a good amount of milk. Out of the limited selection I got through recently (short trip), this was the best.

I really love the aesthetics of the design of coffee cans there, no matter what they taste like.

calstars, Wednesday, 26 April 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link

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YAMAZAKI CAFFE LATTE / MY RATING: ****

daily yamazaki has the most range from store to store--the one i used to work across from sold ben&jerry's and swisher sweets but the one at the bottom of my building despite being actually in the same building i'll usually walk over to any of the other convenience store chains nearby. run by an elderly couple that immediately come from behind the counter to guide the customer. i grabbed this terrible sandwich. white bread, salt, egg. a potato salad sandwich. ham and lettuce. they close on sundays. they close at 9 pm. a selection of mostly yamazaki-branded beverages. including this yamazaki caffe latte. pretty good, actually.

dylannn, Thursday, 27 April 2017 03:36 (seven years ago) link

I wonder how these things compare to the milk based iced coffees that are ubiquitous in Oz. I imagine I could try at least Pokka from an azn supermarket.

Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 27 April 2017 03:42 (seven years ago) link

you have a duty to the thread

j., Thursday, 27 April 2017 04:37 (seven years ago) link

That sandwich does indeed look horrible.

I kind of wonder about what health food lunch looks like in the big cities in Japan. What are the options? I imagine a yoshinoya, an issaken or izakaya, a convenience store.

calstars, Thursday, 27 April 2017 11:36 (seven years ago) link

Tully's Demitasse FTW - only one that doesn't make me gag

attention vampire (MatthewK), Thursday, 27 April 2017 11:51 (seven years ago) link

i dunno: 7-11 salad, teishoku fish + veg + soup japanese food or kitchen origin, and like actual cold pressed juice quinoa salad places?

dylannn, Thursday, 27 April 2017 15:19 (seven years ago) link

three weeks pass...

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GEORGIA AEROPRESS CAFE LATTE / MY RATING: ****

strong contender for best canned coffee.

dylannn, Monday, 22 May 2017 22:44 (six years ago) link

Aero Presso! Would try
Also, nice shoes

calstars, Monday, 22 May 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link

thanks, bud. give er a try if u get the chance.

dylannn, Monday, 22 May 2017 23:27 (six years ago) link

four months pass...

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XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Monday, 2 October 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link

that's printed on the can and not actually embossed, right? still looks pretty imposing

mh, Monday, 2 October 2017 18:10 (six years ago) link

emPRIDE OF BOSSed.

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Monday, 2 October 2017 18:16 (six years ago) link

otm

mh, Monday, 2 October 2017 18:17 (six years ago) link

Nice

calstars, Monday, 2 October 2017 20:57 (six years ago) link

Would guzzle

Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 2 October 2017 21:13 (six years ago) link

I just had the coca cola coffee limited can the other day, ISO dylannn's review of it.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 06:43 (six years ago) link

i haven't seen it in machines around here yet. i have never really enjoyed a coffee cola.

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 08:25 (six years ago) link

PRIDE OF BOSS just in case anyone is rushing out to pick it up is one of the worst canned coffees i've tasted.

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Tuesday, 3 October 2017 08:25 (six years ago) link

damn i was about to get a PRIDE OF BOSS tattoo, thx for info

brimstead, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 14:59 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...

the coca-cola coffee plus is probably the finest coffee cola ever formulated. i'm comparing it to pepsi kona, mostly. i never thought coffee worked with pepsi's formulation, which is heavier on citrus peel flavors, but it works with standard coke, which is heavier on vanilla, baking spices and a rounder sweeter orange flavor. it also works because it dials back the cola flavor so that coffee plus mostly works as a sort of syrupy sweet canned coffee cut by the bite of carbonation.

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Friday, 27 October 2017 16:51 (six years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfTnvslZuF4

check out my unboxing video too

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Friday, 27 October 2017 16:52 (six years ago) link

agree strongly re: pepsi vs coke w/r/t combining w/coffee

brimstead, Friday, 27 October 2017 16:56 (six years ago) link

fuck

where are these coffee colas

j., Friday, 27 October 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link

coca-cola blak, i saw that in canadian discount supermarkets within the last five years. it wasn't great. pepsi has always been willing to experiment, though. pepsi jazz had a coffee and cream version. parts of eastern europe and central america got pepsi cappuccino and pepsi tarik, a milder formulation is still available intermittently in southeast asia. a sugarfree version of coffee plus is coming to australia soon.

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Friday, 27 October 2017 17:11 (six years ago) link

FWIW I find the nu-premium American canned/cartonned coffees from companies like Stumptown and Blue Bottle to be pretty disappointing too, not as bad as some of the cheaper options but hardly worth their premium prices. Canned coffee is just not a good thing in general. Especially if you're used to having the milk and/or sugar amount exactly to your liking.

IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Friday, 27 October 2017 17:37 (six years ago) link

yeah stumptown is good coffee but the canned stuff is $5 worth of garbage

-_- (jim in vancouver), Friday, 27 October 2017 18:01 (six years ago) link

Thank you for your long-awaited review & unboxing dylann!

Here's my review:
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Coca-Cola Coffee Plus
3.2/5.0

The nose was what you'd expect from this Frankenstein monster: equal doses of roasted coffee and kola bean cherries.

AFAIK Japanese Coke still uses cane sugar rather than HFCS, but Coca-Cola Coffee Plus was definitely that numbing chemical fructose sweetness that you get back home.

The back end was a better balance of the two beverages playing hard against each other. I've been known to add cold brew concentrate to Topo Chico (ed note: as of recently also a Coca-Cola product) and I was getting a touch of those bright and smoky roasted notes here, with obviously much more sweetness.

Also worth noting: holy fuck does this jack you up. I was doing pushups around 3am trying to ward off the after-effects of the caffeine.

In summary, probably more of an energy drink than a refreshing beverage. Worth trying for the novelty, will not buy again.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 27 October 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link

lol at that unboxing video. More like a molestation film! Anyway happy to see this thread revived. Need more jap coffee in my life for sure. The selection at the locals is restricted to 2 or 3 standbys: that 12 oz kona shit and some random 8 oz black.

calstars, Saturday, 28 October 2017 01:18 (six years ago) link

Will ask wife to re-patriot a couple when she travels over there and back later this year

calstars, Saturday, 28 October 2017 01:22 (six years ago) link

hey guys thanks for the support on the unboxing video i'm just getting the hang of things so i shot a new one today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjixmlid8hk

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Sunday, 29 October 2017 12:50 (six years ago) link

Definite articles: big in Japan

calstars, Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:58 (six years ago) link

nine months pass...

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Ohio gozaimasu

calstars, Saturday, 25 August 2018 21:59 (five years ago) link

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calstars, Saturday, 25 August 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link

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calstars, Saturday, 25 August 2018 22:06 (five years ago) link

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Best can award

calstars, Thursday, 30 August 2018 07:51 (five years ago) link

one year passes...

森彦の珈琲 cafe au lait. I’ve finally found a can coffee with milk and an acceptably tiny amount of sugar.

American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Saturday, 21 September 2019 01:35 (four years ago) link

eight months pass...

Decent and cheap
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calstars, Friday, 5 June 2020 11:02 (three years ago) link

one month passes...

i've never seen that what is it italian?

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Monday, 6 July 2020 18:20 (three years ago) link

Faux Italian, actually
Pokka brand

calstars, Monday, 6 July 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link

i just notticed the netto terfofagot and thought it might be pokka for italy only
ill keep an eye out

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Monday, 6 July 2020 19:30 (three years ago) link

are you calstars in italy?

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Monday, 6 July 2020 19:31 (three years ago) link

NYC

calstars, Monday, 6 July 2020 20:27 (three years ago) link

i drank this in the basement of a sort of mall below ueno station, down ameyoko.

How did this gorgeous post from dylannn upthread get no response?

assert (MatthewK), Monday, 6 July 2020 21:39 (three years ago) link

five months pass...

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10% Hawaiian Kona beans / product of Japan

Cold can. Pours dark but tastes creamy. On the sweeter side. Coffee essence can be enjoyed while drinking but fades quickly. Invites speedy consumption. Kind of like coffee flavored water.

calstars, Sunday, 27 December 2020 12:58 (three years ago) link

whatever, I love this stuff fuck y’all

brimstead, Sunday, 27 December 2020 18:16 (three years ago) link

right, calstars, it’s not for sipping

brimstead, Sunday, 27 December 2020 18:17 (three years ago) link

Is it good heated?

nickn, Monday, 28 December 2020 03:00 (three years ago) link

one year passes...

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calstars, Friday, 11 March 2022 12:09 (two years ago) link

hey steve shasta

i knew maguro could be farmed but i've never considered the extent of it. i should pay attention to the labels on the packs of maguro tataki next time.

XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxx (dylannn), Thursday, 6 April 2023 04:42 (one year ago) link

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Couple of new label designs

calstars, Saturday, 15 April 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link


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