Cucumber-flavored soda sold in Japan

[CMF Newsman]

TOKYO - Japanese are staying cool as a cucumber this summer with "Pepsi Ice Cucumber" — a new soda based on the crisp green gourd.

The soft drink, which hit stores here on Tuesday, doesn't actually have any cucumber in it — but has been artificially flavored to resemble "the refreshing taste of a fresh cucumber," said Aya Takemoto, spokeswoman of Japan's Pepsi distributor, Suntory Ltd.

"We wanted a flavor that makes people think of keeping cool in the summer heat," Takemoto said. "We thought the cucumber was just perfect."

The mint-colored soda is on sale just for the summer and only in Japan, Takemoto said. She said initial sales were brisk, and Suntory aims to sell 200,000 cases over the next three months.

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If you've never been to the Coca Cola pavilion in downtown Atlanta, I highly recommend it.

Towards the end of their tour, there's a room full of taps on the wall, and you can sample flavors of Coca Cola products sold in other places around the world.

Arabs drink some nasty shit.

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The "Beverly" tap at World of Coke is also yucky, yucky!

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