Okay so, mostly this is just a fun photography project w/ me and my Nikon d90. Japan is a nation with a rich, beautiful culture-- wonderful foods, and an incredible range of tradition and ceremony surrounding tea. However, Japan is also home to the world's worst coffee. After a year and a half of trying to stick to my imported whole beans and french press, today I find myself a victim of sheer convenience-- drinking all Japan's Borg-like coffee leviathan has to offer. This is a tribute to Japanese coffee (though mostly it's just an excuse to take photos).
This is the bastard child of Japanese green tea flavor and Georgia's standard coffee blend. The result is…. something surprisingly drinkable! Be forewarned, this is not coffee with the "essence" of green tea, this is sugary Georgia coffee that has been DNA resequenced to contain equal flavors of both. Reminds me of green tea ice cream a bit, but with more awesome.
When researchers at Suntory were developing Boss' Black blend, they traveled to every cracked-out American gas station in the midwest for that perfectly burnt, bitter flavor. Sure, it tastes like liquified feline fecal matter, but that's half the fun! This style is traditionally enjoyed by the working man who believes a monosyllabic baritone grunt is a perfectly suitable replacement for "ohayo gozaimasu." Worth trying!
Much like other "Mountain Blends" this is indistinguishable from Boss' regular blend. All they added was a touch of FABULOUS. It takes guts to take this manly Japanese advertising symbol and slap him on a brilliant multi-colored can-- but he pulls it off.
Hands-down the best Japanese coffee I've tried yet! Unlike most other blends, this one is not sickly sweet and manages to find a pretty good balance of semi-sweet like dark chocolate. Worth trying!
Ah, yes… the Georgia Emerald Mountain Blend. After a blind taste test I am fully convinced this is the exact same product as Georgia Original Blend in a fancy blue can. But, who ever said advertising doesn't make the coffee taste better! mmm sweet, sweet advertising.
I am fully convinced this is about 90% sugar and 10% powdered coffee, but the brewers at Wonda didn't think we would notice if they put it in a can dressed up in the metallic paint of a red Lamborghini; guaranteed to blind your coworkers!
The culmination of all Japanese-canned coffee, and the only one to be seen alongside Tommy Lee Jones as he stares intently toward an overcast sky. Good stuf. I'm sold on the advertising alone.
This is an ongoing project. Mostly I thought thought Japan's many multi-colored cans would make for a good photography subject. Fun start! Thoughts?
This is the bastard child of Japanese green tea flavor and Georgia's standard coffee blend. The result is…. something surprisingly drinkable! Be forewarned, this is not coffee with the "essence" of green tea, this is sugary Georgia coffee that has been DNA resequenced to contain equal flavors of both. Reminds me of green tea ice cream a bit, but with more awesome.
When researchers at Suntory were developing Boss' Black blend, they traveled to every cracked-out American gas station in the midwest for that perfectly burnt, bitter flavor. Sure, it tastes like liquified feline fecal matter, but that's half the fun! This style is traditionally enjoyed by the working man who believes a monosyllabic baritone grunt is a perfectly suitable replacement for "ohayo gozaimasu." Worth trying!
Much like other "Mountain Blends" this is indistinguishable from Boss' regular blend. All they added was a touch of FABULOUS. It takes guts to take this manly Japanese advertising symbol and slap him on a brilliant multi-colored can-- but he pulls it off.
Hands-down the best Japanese coffee I've tried yet! Unlike most other blends, this one is not sickly sweet and manages to find a pretty good balance of semi-sweet like dark chocolate. Worth trying!
Ah, yes… the Georgia Emerald Mountain Blend. After a blind taste test I am fully convinced this is the exact same product as Georgia Original Blend in a fancy blue can. But, who ever said advertising doesn't make the coffee taste better! mmm sweet, sweet advertising.
I am fully convinced this is about 90% sugar and 10% powdered coffee, but the brewers at Wonda didn't think we would notice if they put it in a can dressed up in the metallic paint of a red Lamborghini; guaranteed to blind your coworkers!
The culmination of all Japanese-canned coffee, and the only one to be seen alongside Tommy Lee Jones as he stares intently toward an overcast sky. Good stuf. I'm sold on the advertising alone.
This is an ongoing project. Mostly I thought thought Japan's many multi-colored cans would make for a good photography subject. Fun start! Thoughts?
