Sunday, January 24, 2010

A Dose Of Energy Anyone?

There are two drinks from Japan both Zaini and Raimie love, apart from Calpis and they are Dekavita C and Oronamin C. Both are energy drinks from Japan. In Japan, energy drinks are almost legendary as the energy drink dates as far back as in the 1960s aimed at all those hardworking salarymen needing a boost after a hard day's work or curing a hangover.

In Japan, these energy drinks are easily accessible and you can buy them from the vending machine. No shortage of energy drinks there.

Dekavita C from Suntory and Raimie happy being allowed to drink one. Well, once a month anyway.

Filled with sweet delicious nectar, it is said to be filled with loads of vitamin wonder with ingredients listed: fructose, dextroglucose, sugar, royal jelly, citric acid, vitamin C, B1, B6, B2, B12, caffeine, glutamic acid, B-Carotin.

Oranamin C, an energy drink from Otsuka which also produce Pocari Sweat.

Its ingredients include sugar, glucose, fructose, syrup, honey, salt, artificial flavor, vitamin C, cintric Acid, caffeine, ciacinamide, pyridoxine, hydrochloride, riboflavin, methyl, hesperidin, isoleucine, threonine, phenylalanine and a dose of MSG too.

For me, they taste pretty much like a fizzy version of Red Bull, to which I have no liking of (they taste like sweet&bitter cough medicine, blergh!). Zaini disagree with me on this, however. Needless to say, I'm not too crazy about these drinks. They are way too sweet for me but Zaini and Raimie loves them. Why don't you try one and decide. If you like very sweet, fizzy drinks, you might like these energy drinks. I don't know whether these drinks do provide energy but I think it'll give you a quick burst of hyperactivity after drinking it.

Zaini and Raimie drink this for fun because what kid doesn't like sweet, sugary stuff?

A bottle is priced RM7.90 (used to cost only RM5.50 but yen has gone up against RM,*sob sob*) and you can find them at any Japanese stores in KL: Jusco, Isetan, Shojikiya, to name a few. Though at the moment Jusco is running low on these drinks. No stock of Calpis either. I think people started to buy them after reading and salivating of Ladyviral's post on her Calpis drinking experience. LOL

Anyway, what's you favourite energy drink?

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