Pepsi Mont Blanc

Those crazy guys at Pepsi Japan have done it again! For the past few years, Pepsi Japan has been releasing a special seasonal flavors for the past few years. Lots of people heard about the infamous, Cucumber Pepsi via the web when it was released. They followed it up with Pepsi Blue Hawaii, Pepsi Shiso and Pepsi Azuki. This winter, Pepsi Japan brings to the nation of Japan:

PEPSI MONT BLANC

Upon seeing the rack of these Pepsi bottles for 90 yen each at the supermarket, I knew that this had to be one of Pepsi's newest experiments. According to Pepsi Japan's website, it actually went on sale today (this might even be the first English article on Pepsi Mont Blanc, so hopefully that'll bring in the Google hits). Without hesitating I grabbed a bottle and went to the cashier. Despite the fact I had no idea what "Mont Blanc" actually is. So, before I drank it, I consulted our good friend Mr. Wikipedia:

A Mont Blanc, is a cake or tart made of puréed chestnuts and whipped cream, often on a meringue base. It is named so due to the way it is constructed to look like a mountain, and gets its name from the Mont Blanc mountains.

According to the article, it's fairly popular in Japan. Anyway, sounds fairly bizarre to make a drink after a dessert. But then again, this is the company that made drinks out of vegetables and beans. Clearly there's no limit for these guys.

After unscrewing the cap and hearing a loud pop, a smell, similar to cream soda, began to fill the air. If this tastes like cream soda, I'm all on board.

It doesn't taste like cream soda, though.

Actually, when you first drink it, it tastes a lot like just standard cola. But then there's an after-taste.

And that aftertaste is chestnuts.

Yes, Pepsi Japan have made a cola with a nutty aftertaste.

An incredibly strong nutty aftertaste at that.

I don't know what an actual Mont Blanc dessert tastes like, but I do know that this tastes like nuts.

Soda.

That.

Tastes.

Like.

NUTS.

To be honest. It doesn't taste that bad. Not something that I'd drink too often, but that's the deal with these seasonal Pepsi drinks. They make something ridiculous so everyone will have to try it once and talk about, and then it's gone forever. So, kudos to the Pepsi Japan people for um... doing their job again.

Video #1: Dorm

So yeah, I'm in Japan. Sorry for the long delay in between posts. I've been doing a lot and had too much to think about.

I took this video sometime last week. My camera was being a pain and not letting me transfer the video over USB, so when I went to the campus bookstore to buy a Mini SD card for my phone, they had a USB SD Card reader for cheap right next to it. I picked it up, and was finally able to put it on my computer... FINALLY.

My desk is a lot more cluttered now. I have the cellphone and bank account. There's more in my fridge than just a CARTON (I know that's a carton not a bottle) of apple juice. I still never cleaned those pans.

I was still jetlagged, which is why I had a hard time forming my thoughts. Other than that... enjoy, I guess.