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UCC BLACK – The Real Black Coffee
The newest addition to the black coffees is UCC drink it BLACK: As all of the rest of the black coffees it is 0 calories, 0 milk, 0 everything (apart from coffee and water of course). Nevertheless I notices something very particular until I was drinking it. The taste of the coffee is indeed very pure. What I mean? Well, when you drink other coffees you always feel some very light other taste (like slightly acidic … Read entire article »
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Cafe au Lait – The Creamy – One Of The Best Sweet Coffee ever from ITO EN
This is my first ITO EN coffee (I knew ITO EN as a producer of juices up to know) and I must say that Cafe au Lait – The Creamy is the best sweet can Japanese coffee I ever drank so far. Rate this coffee: . In general it is not difficult to find sweet can coffees in Japan. Actually most of them are quite sweet. But the Cafe au Lait – The Creamy has somehow “not imposing” … Read entire article »
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Wonda Morning Shot – The Morning Booster
Apparently the main task of the Asahi coffee “designers” with the Wonda Morning Shot was to make you fit and operational for the rest of the day and I think they succeeded quite well with this objective. Rate this coffee: . To achieve the morning boost they combined: - relatively high energy content (36 kcal per 100 ml) - caffeine concentration (which my personal feeling tells me) is slightly above average even though far away from the BOSS Gold Presso … Read entire article »
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Georgia Emerald Mountain Bland – Black
The Georgia coffee choice for purists: Rate this coffee: . There is no “super-size” me here. Just pure, black, refreshing coffee (0% milk and 0 calories). It is interesting that this together with the rest of the Georgia coffees has very mild acidic taste. This taste is very typical to virtually all Georgia coffees and may be is a result of the technology process. Still this is one very good everyday coffee for all the Black coffee lovers. Actually … Read entire article »
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Georgia Emerald Mountain Bland – The Classic One
This is my coffee of choice for everyday: Rate this coffee: . Relatively mild taste and may be a little bit too sweat for the purists (this is not a problem though as there is a completely Black version of Georgia Emerald Mountain Bland – no milk, no sugar, no calories). In general Coca-Cola did well with this brand. If you are on diet be careful with this one – the energy content is relatively high – 34 … Read entire article »
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Georgia Zeitaku Espresso – Small, Stylish and Good
If there is a luxury limousine among Georgia brand coffees this must be definitely Zeitaku Espresso: Rate this coffee: Actually “zeitaku” means luxury or extravagant in Japanese. It is usually smaller than the rest of the Georgia coffees – only 160 ml (versus the standard 190 ml). The energy content is 24 kcal per 100 ml. It is with milk and sugar and the taste is superb. It seems the people from Georgia coffee company indeed have been … Read entire article »
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Seeing the Caffeine Molecule in Action
Did you ever wander what the caffeine molecule looks inside of us when it do all of its marvelous magic? I am not speaking here for the chemical structure of the molecule. This structure is very well known and you can see it in thousand pictures in internet or organic chemistry textbooks. I am speaking rather of seeing the caffeine molecule “in action” when it is doing all the wonderful job of tweaking our biological … Read entire article »
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The Coffee Rating Table – Explained
You may noticed that I am using a simple table to rate the Japanese coffees I am writing about. In this post I will briefly describe the principals on which this tables are created. First – the stars . This is the most subjective criteria. In general I will give 3 stars for average coffee, 4 for something well above average and 5 for a coffee I can not leave without. 2 is for something I will never try again and 1 star for something really discussing. Actually most of the can coffees I tried in Japan were usually in the 3 and 4 stars range. Second – the Energy content This is a more precise criteria. 1 battery for 10 to 17 kcal per 100 ml, 2 batteries for around 30 … Read entire article »
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Espresso Classico Black – TullY’s Refreshing Morning Coffee
A great new black coffee from Tully’s. I am not a big fan of the black coffees but I can definitely make an exception for this one. Rate this coffee: I tasted it for a first time two days ago on my way to work and the refreshment was amazing. Strong and pure definitely a good new addition to TullY’s coffe brand. Low calories content 35 kcal for the whole 285 ml. Also this is one of the few coffees with written caffeine concentration on its label – 180 mg per 285 ml or around 63 mg per 100 ml (well within the average range of the caffeine containing beverages). I am giving it four (out of five) stars in my personal rating but I wouldn’t be surprised if a real lover … Read entire article »
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BOSS Gold Presso – The Concentrated Power from Suntory
Boss Gold Presso is strong and when I say strong I really mean it (do not forget that I am drinking 5 to 6 coffees per day, every day). You would like to drink it only when your batteries are really down – the energy surge will be almost instantaneous. Rate this coffee: Unfortunately I couldn’t find the exact caffeine content of this Boss coffee but it must be at least double the usual. Despite the high caffeine concentration the taste of the coffee is also very good (well above average). The energy content is (surprisingly) also not written but as far as I can tell it must be between 17 and 35 kcal/100 ml (rather closer to 30 kcal/100 ml – this is a guess of course). In conclusion – very good … Read entire article »
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