Ramune Lychee

I don’t know what lychee tastes like.  The more worldly fellow in front of me compares it to passionfruit… kind of.  Fortunately for me I have a bottle of Ramune Lychee with me today so I can at least expand that horizon.  I’ve already been told that this has a good carbonation by the aforementioned fellow, so it at least has that going for it.

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"Lycheese!"

It’s hard to get an aroma from one of these cod necked bottles (the ones that require you to push a marble out of the way to drink).  What I can get is a miscellaneous fruit aroma, which probably smells of lychee… I just don’t realize it.

Interesting.  It’s lightly flavored like a carbonated water, but somewhat heavily sweetened like a soda.  You know what this is like?  Ramune Lychee tastes like a sweet grape with a slightly bitter aftertaste.  There’s also a little hint of soap as well, but something tells me that’s just my uninitiated tastebuds struggling to find a comparison flavor.

Personally I find the carbonation to be a little weak, though the guy in the first paragraph did have a sip almost as soon as I opened the bottle so maybe I just didn’t get to it soon enough.  The lack of bubbles, light flavor, and somewhat heavy sweetener make this a one time beverage for me.

~A

I purchased this at Spec’s Liquor