{"id":967,"date":"2008-08-12T11:20:38","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T17:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/12\/japanese-beverage-report-sakura-mist"},"modified":"2008-08-12T11:20:38","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T17:20:38","slug":"japanese-beverage-report-sakura-mist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/12\/japanese-beverage-report-sakura-mist","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Beverage Report: Sakura Mist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I inadvertently saved the best for last, it seems. Sakura Mist is really good.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"942\" alt=\"IMG 0133\" src=\"http:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img-0133.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s lightly carbonated and not terribly sweet. (If I&#8217;m deciphering the label correctly, it has less than half of the sugar of most American sodas.) It has a very subtle flavor. I think it&#8217;s cherry flavored in that nebulous way that artificial cherry has a flavor that doesn&#8217;t really taste like cherries. I could drink a lot of the stuff if I had a ready supply of it.<\/p>\n<p>The strangest thing about it is its scent. When I opened the bottle and sniffed it, I immediately thought &#8220;oh, it smells just like&#8211;&#8221; and then couldn&#8217;t think of what it smells just like. I handed the bottle to Tracie and she had the same reaction: it smells exactly like something we can&#8217;t place. It&#8217;s an odd experience.<\/p>\n<p>Before opening it I noticed that there are several numbered sentences on the label. Wondering whether they were instructions I should follow (since the Fanta&#8217;s instructions are relevant to its consumption) I asked Rafael for a translation. Here is his response:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Numbers on Sakura Mist???<\/p>\n<p>Let me grab a bottle and check&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>OMG&#8230; cannot believe these instructions\/recommendations are so lame&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>1. You CAN divide 1 bottle of Sakura Mist and enjoy 2 GLASSES OF SAKURA MIST<\/p>\n<p>2. Respectively you can add one shot of Vodka&#8230;. (VERY GOOD RECOMMENDATION.. I might follow it!!!)<\/p>\n<p>3, If you steer quietly your cocktail, you can enjoy it with someone special<\/p>\n<p>Small print: Alcohol for 20 y\/o and older<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And it&#8217;s true, it would be good with vodka in it, if I still drank alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good stuff, and besides it has this pretty picture of a cherry tree on the logo:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"377\" alt=\"IMG 0134\" src=\"http:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/08\/img-0134.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I inadvertently saved the best for last, it seems. Sakura Mist is really good. It&#8217;s lightly carbonated and not terribly sweet. (If I&#8217;m deciphering the label correctly, it has less than half of the sugar of most American sodas.) It has a very subtle flavor. I think it&#8217;s cherry flavored in that nebulous way that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/12\/japanese-beverage-report-sakura-mist\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Japanese Beverage Report: Sakura Mist<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionebula.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}