One of the drinks available in Japan that the three of us love is Calpis. The name Calpis derived from word combination of calcium and "salpis", a sanskrit word suggesting the ripening and fermenting of milk, or refinement of flavor.Yummy, milky drink with ingredients that include water, non-fat dry milk and lactic acid.
Some people say that the name Calpis sounded too much like cow piss... to which I agree. But that didn't stop me from liking this drink. Now... Pocari Sweat on the other hand, I had doubts drinking just because I always felt like I'll be drinking and tasting sweat once I chugged one; although it sure doesn't tatste like that. LOL
We decided on a splurge and went to Jusco to buy a bottle of Calpis the other day. (Seems like we are splurging quite a lot lately...)
That bottle in the first photo cost us 268yen (about RM10). A bottle in Jusco here in Kuala Lumpur will set you back RM19.90. Not bad lah considering these drinks came all the way from Japan but would you buy an almost RM20 of milky water? We did!We bought some 500ml Calpis Soda a few days earlier (or was it last week?) that was on sale at 50% less (the drinks were nearing their expiry dates) and we just want to drink more so we got a couple more bottles a few days later.
Our latest acquisition : a peach flavoured & lemon flavoured calpis. Enjoy!What's your favourite Calpis (or Calpico) drink?
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