Japanese refreshment experiment
Last weekend I conducted a little experiment. It is hot in Japan at the moment. Hot and humid and I was in my back yard cooking German sausages, chicken, pineapple and corn over a searingly hot BBQ. I needed refreshment.
I decided that I would put three popular thirst quenchers to the test to see which was most effective. These three drinks would be drunk and the winner would be the contestant that I felt like going back for seconds with. Not very scientific, but realistic I think.
The 3 contestants were:
- Iced water - very cold and Icy
- Cold beer - Japan’s most popular Ichiban Shibori from Asahi
- Can Chu Hi -Lime
The first two are self explanatory it is only the third that some people won’t have experienced and as it turns out Can Chu Hi was the ultimate winner. It was such a successful thirst quencher that it won hands down. I went back for seconds (this time lemon)and would have kept on going if I had the foresight to buy more in advance.
Can Chu Hi is a bizarre corruption of the name Canned Shochu Hiball. Meaning a Hiball cocktail made of Shochu (Japanese spirits) and juice supplied ready mixed in a can. I think it was originally an Okinawan drink but is now available and popular all over Japan especially in summer. It comes in a lot of varieties and brands and takes up almost half as much space in the shop refrigerators as beer does. Flavours are lemon, lime and grapefruit or otherwise nasty options like grape, plum or peach. The first three are bitter and refreshing the others are sweet and quite wrong.
All of them are carbonated and way too easy to drink. I imagine that many a heat affected drinker has fallen victim to too many Can Chu Hi.
The results of my experiment: For pure refreshment #1 Can Chu Hi, #2 Iced water, #3 Beer.
I hope that my research will help you refresh yourself this summer and that you may find these and other effective ways to keep hydrated in the heat
Happy summer. Get it while it’s hot
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