From Daily Contributor:

Coca-Cola Japan has announced that it will be launching a green tea-flavored Coke for the Japanese market next week. The drink contains antioxidants called catechins, making the new Coke a good choice for health-conscious younger women.

That’s right, Coke have turned to saving women of the world from drinking Coke that’s actually bad for you! Today I’m going to try to guess where Pepsi are going next with these awful sounding drinks.

Ok, those of you who have been reading this blog since last year may realise this update holds great personal interest to me, as I put myself through not one, not two but three horrific drinks tests for your perverse enjoyment. I looked at Pepsi Blue Hawaii (yuck!), Real Gold (which everyone seems to like but it’s gross), then in a triple review I did Ramune (yum!), Curry Ramune (suprisingly good!) and Wasabi Ramune (oh god make the taste stop).

So we have Pepsi going for both a herb and a traditional drink, both of which are very good for you. It sounds like they’re trying to get away from the ‘Pepsi will melt your insides’ reputation they’ve had in the past. So if there’s one thing everyone needs to be healthy, Pepsi should bottle it! Oh, I know…

Ok so it’s not overly likely to happen but surely you can see the logic! (Or not…) Everyone needs cow’s blood to live, so why not bottle it? It could be mixed with the original Pepsi and possibly even out the damage done. Or just turn into a dark red gloopy mess. Just stick Britney on the advert, kids will drink it anyway.

Of course, Pepsi don’t have to stick with drinks. What’s to stop them going into the world of Ice Cream? Or meat? Both viable options, although some people don’t eat Ice Cream, and there are vegetarians. I wonder if there’s anything Pepsi could sell that most people consume…

That’s right! Focus in one one of the most important parts of the staple diets of most of Europe and America! Good work Pepsi! Although I don’t think I fancy a sandwich made with PEPSIBREAD, I imagine after making it it would leap up and attack me.

Now both these ideas are good, they’d sell a good amount of stuff, but they aren’t very Japan related. Japan stuff is popular as ever, just look at the obscene success of anime across the world. So if there was a way we could combine the poisonous disgusting delicious taste of Pepsi with anime, well we’d have the greatest product ever…

Mmm! Delicious! I can feel my heart starting to implode and the squeaking of nearby consumers melting my ear drums already!

On a serious note, it’ll be interesting to see where Pepsi go next. It’s nice to see them branching out and trying new angles, even if the result is somewhat bizarre. Any predictions for where they’ll go next? My prediction is Sushi Pepsi. Alright not really, but how about Sakura Pepsi? They already make cherry flavour, it wouldn’t take much to draw a few petals on the bottle.

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