Pocari Sweat
Pocari sweat has to be the most famous weird drink on the internet. It's made almost every list of top 10 weird drinks that I've ever read. But the people who made these lists obviously didn't taste the drink. They just looked at the label and thought it had a weird name. Read More >
Hemp Seed Drink
This is hemp seed drink made by hung fook tong that I got in Hong Kong. it's got a weird separation of colors at the bottom, like a black & tan. But it says to shake well before drinking. After shaking it turns a uniform dark brown.
It smells like peanuts, and to my surprise is very watery. I thought it was going to be thick, but it's not at all. The taste reminds me of almond butter, and is very similar to the peanut drink. You can feel the little particles of ground-up nuts inside, and there's a slight aftertaste. Not a bad one, but the flavor lingers.
The doorman at the place I'm staying at said it's very good for your gut. He said if you're too hot, you can drink this to cool off. I think he means something to do with yin and yang, and Chinese medicine theory. So that must mean that the hemp seed drink is very "yin."
The health properties of hemp seed are pretty well known, but not very mainstream. I've seen it getting put into more and more food and drink products. Actually, hemp seed is the second ingredient here after water, so it must make up a good percentage of the total drink. There is also some almond added (I'm guessing for flavor).
I guess the only negative thing about this drink is that it separates really quickly, but that's also part of what makes it interesting.
Quinoa Gold
Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is all the craze in the health food markets recently. It's a South American grain that was called the "Mother Grain" by ancient Incas, and used to be more valuable than gold. These days it's still expensive, but usually cooked similar to rice, or made into a pasta. It's incredibly healthy for you, and tastes pretty good too. That is, until somebody decided to make a drink out of it. Read More >
