Green tea and soda water anyone?

[Canadiangal]

I have been drinking this for quite a while and recently saw lipton I think it is has come out with carbonated green tea.

I have been making my own version of this at home though with club soda and powdered matcha/sencha from stash tea as I find bottled teas much too sweet for my taste.

Also,
I know this is a tea forum...but has anyone also tried carbonated coffee?
I tried making some at home several times and just do not enjoy the combination of carbonated and coffee...no matter how much I've tried it so far....which is too many times.

Carbonated tea on the other hand is very refreshing over regular sodas

[Victoria]

Lipton has been selling carbonated "ice tea" in Europe for some time. The concept really hasn't caught on here, I don't expect it to. Even with the addition of green tea to obviously tap into the health conscious green tea market I doubt it will. If you like it, go for it, enjoy it.

I don't like bottled teas either, because I don't sweeten, but then I make my own, or just order out, so it's not a problem. Trader Joe's carries Tejava, it's pretty good.

But carbonation in coffee? That sounds awful.

[JBaymore]

In Japan this summer they introduced green tea Coke. I tried it ....... was not impressed.

What I really wanted to try was the cucumber soda they tried a couple of years ago (Pepsi product, I think). But apparently it was not a success....... couldn't find it.

best,

............john

[Canadiangal]

In Japan this summer they introduced green tea Coke. I tried it ....... was not impressed.

What I really wanted to try was the cucumber soda they tried a couple of years ago (Pepsi product, I think). But apparently it was not a success....... couldn't find it.

best,

............john

Cucumber soda?
sounds interesting.
A restaurant I used to eat at had a "cucumber water" on the menu or maybe it was free... i forget...

But it was a glass (or pitcher) of water with cut up cucumber in it.
Almost sure it was free, or included w meals...

You could always try making your own cucumber soda,lol

Starbucks brand Tazo has a cucumber flacor tea for sale on amazon.com
Almost bought some,but then do not want to be stuck w 6 boxes.

The coffee soda,I got that idea from the japanese grocery that used to sell such sodas here before their store closed (too bad their lease was up...oh well).

Also a local coffee shop chain has "italian soda" and a coffee flavor syrup they use in soda water,but is just sugar and flavor...no cafeine.

Anyways,with me at home bored and always trying to make new recipies I had to experient with that one.

I do love coffee ice cream though. have yet to find a good store bought one. my parents used to buy reg vanilla and add their own espresso to it...yummm

[JBaymore]

.......I got that idea from the japanese grocery that used to sell such sodas here before their store closed (too bad their lease was up...oh well).

Are you by any chance talking about Kotobukiya in the Porter Square Exchange building in Cambridge, Mass.?

I am SO depressed that store closed. It was a main supplier for our kitchen (we cook a lot of Japanese / Asian food).

A friend of mine (Japanese) just told me that there is a new similar store that just opened in Cambridge.

best,

.............john

[reincarnate]

Lipton has been selling carbonated "ice tea" in Europe for some time.

That's strange, I've lived in 4 different European countries and never encountered carbonated tea, except for the usual non-carbonated Lipton offerings, what is it called? I wonder how it tastes like... although I'm predicting not very good :/

[Chip]

Interesting concept with a matcha on a hot day for a gathering. Does the matcha remain in suspension?

[Victoria]

Starbucks brand Tazo has a cucumber flacor tea for sale on amazon.com. Almost bought some,but then do not want to be stuck w 6 boxes.

Adagio has a cucumber white that is very good and refreshing, I think you would like it. And you don't have to buy 6 boxes.

Lipton has been selling carbonated "ice tea" in Europe for some time.

That's strange, I've lived in 4 different European countries and never encountered carbonated tea, except for the usual non-carbonated Lipton offerings, what is it called? I wonder how it tastes like... although I'm predicting not very good :/

Oh sorry, I guess I was generalizing. I had it in The Netherlands and in Germany. It came bottled as Lipton "ice tea", that's all I remember. Very strange to ask for iced tea and get a bottled carbonated beverage. Ice tea as we know it here in the USA as a standard available beverage is just not so there. And yeah, the taste was ... not good.

[silverneedles]

there's a couple US products calling themselves "green tea" in a soda bottle - but they taste like soda sweet juice not like green tea.
I've seen many soda drinks in Asian supermarkets, tho i havent tried any...

i used to drink a sip of coffee followed by a sip of coca cola, i like that (tho i didnt like the taste of the one they put out - Blak)

I recently tried a bottled gassed coffee drink (i think it had Manhattan in the name) it was pretty nasty flavored. (Blak was much better than this thing)

also seen a coffee drink in an Asian market drink isle

[Chip]

No way would I buy an RTD version, has to be homemade.

[Canadiangal]

Interesting concept with a matcha on a hot day for a gathering. Does the matcha remain in suspension?

Laterly I have been using the Stash ginger lemon tea powder and it falls to the bottom of your drink, so you have to stir it before drinking.

The box of tea even says that "tea settles on bottom of glass, stir before drinking"
I'm not surprized as it is not instant tea.

For the person wondering what Japanese grocery closed it was Kadeya Mart... a small store owned by the sushi restaurant beside it.
They were making money I'm sure,but their lease was up and they closed.
Dissapointed as there are no other good Japanese grocery around here,only Chinese,Korean

[JBaymore]

For the person wondering what Japanese grocery closed it was Kadeya Mart... a small store owned by the sushi restaurant beside it. They were making money I'm sure,but their lease was up and they closed. Dissapointed as there are no other good Japanese grocery around here,only Chinese,Korean

Canadiangal,

That person was me.

Interestingly that comment you made sounded just like the situation that recently happened near here in Cambridge, MA (about 1 1/2 hour drive from me). There is (might soon be "was") a sort of "Little Japan" in one building in Porter Square. The "anchor store" was a large grocery store place called Kotobukiya. The store owner (Leslie College) did not renew their lease. Around that grocery place developed all manner of small Japanese food places that resembled izakaya and street vendors and gift and clothing shops. Going into that building was like walking back into Japan. It was great.... I could shift into speaking Japanese and get some good practice time in here in the States.

Now that that store has closed...... I am hoping that the rest of the "Little Japan" place does not simply fade away. It would be very sad.


From where I live, that (1 1/2 hours drive) was the closest good Japanese grocery place. So it has made cooking difficult now for my wife and me. Stuck with "Asian" groceries....... with very limited Japanese stuff.

best,

...........john

[reincarnate]

Lipton has been selling carbonated "ice tea" in Europe for some time.

That's strange, I've lived in 4 different European countries and never encountered carbonated tea, except for the usual non-carbonated Lipton offerings, what is it called? I wonder how it tastes like... although I'm predicting not very good :/

Oh sorry, I guess I was generalizing. I had it in The Netherlands and in Germany. It came bottled as Lipton "ice tea", that's all I remember. Very strange to ask for iced tea and get a bottled carbonated beverage. Ice tea as we know it here in the USA as a standard available beverage is just not so there. And yeah, the taste was ... not good.

Hmmm, maybe I just never encountered it... well, I would still like to try, see how it tastes like...

[Victoria]

Well if you travel to Amsterdam, they serve it at the Café Luxembourg, one of the few places I remember the name of.

I found a reference on wikipedia, I guess it may be more localized to
Belgium and The Netherlands, scroll down and you will see it listed there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iced_tea

[Canadiangal]

For the person wondering what Japanese grocery closed it was Kadeya Mart... a small store owned by the sushi restaurant beside it. They were making money I'm sure,but their lease was up and they closed. Dissapointed as there are no other good Japanese grocery around here,only Chinese,Korean

Canadiangal,

That person was me.

Interestingly that comment you made sounded just like the situation that recently happened near here in Cambridge, MA (about 1 1/2 hour drive from me). There is (might soon be "was") a sort of "Little Japan" in one building in Porter Square. The "anchor store" was a large grocery store place called Kotobukiya. The store owner (Leslie College) did not renew their lease. Around that grocery place developed all manner of small Japanese food places that resembled izakaya and street vendors and gift and clothing shops. Going into that building was like walking back into Japan. It was great.... I could shift into speaking Japanese and get some good practice time in here in the States.

Now that that store has closed...... I am hoping that the rest of the "Little Japan" place does not simply fade away. It would be very sad.


From where I live, that (1 1/2 hours drive) was the closest good Japanese grocery place. So it has made cooking difficult now for my wife and me. Stuck with "Asian" groceries....... with very limited Japanese stuff.

best,

...........john

Sounds exactly like the small store that was here.
I also think they did not renew their little shop here because it was dead in the afternoons and weekends because it is a government city here and no one in parts of downtown after 5pm friday.

I actually used to work beside a small local restaurant that was downtown and would always eat there for lunch.
anyways,the place would be dead exept lunch and the owner had to close as people were never in the area.
He was quite happy for my small amount of business though (and I had tons of free baguette also

But this small Japanese store here it was attached to a restaurant and the restaurant is still there and they actuall sell their salad dressing as it is so popular.

Luckily if I actually need some ingredients I could probably bug the people there for some as the owner of the restaurant is nice and i always get free tea.

I shop at some of the Chinese stores now,
but quite a few are very questionable...and also even the ones that accept bank cards the english of the people there is very bad.
They don't even have English signs in the isles of the store only Chinese wich I have no clue