Monday, January 29, 2007

V^3 Drink Review: Canned Coffee

For those of us who have busy lives and need that quick caffeine shot, there are alternatives in the form of canned coffee. I heard about these being quite popular in Asia, so I hunted around to find three examples of canned coffee in order to see what all this hype was about.

Well firstly, energy drinks such as Red Bull (read as: “Red Bullshit” because it does not work) are not as popular in Asian culture as the coffee counterparts. Since Asians enjoy their coffee night and day, I have high expectations for these coffees in a can.

Dydo コーヒーBlend Coffee

This is a cold milk coffee originating from Japan that is rather dilute and sweet. It tasted less milky and more watery. After drinking this coffee, my body filled with stimulant but the pay off was a sickly stomach. While the taste is acceptable, the watery blend with milk is not good on the stomach. I would not recommend this drink over freshly made coffee. 2/5.

Cafécino Espresso & Milk Double Shot

This is a product of Taiwan and tastes far better than that Dydo junk. Less dilute and more sweet it's quite a nice light blend that has a more authentic taste of Asian milk coffee. Cafécino has emulated the taste well but still, nothing beats the original stuff. 3/5.

Cafécino Espresso Double Shot

This is one is by far the better tasting coffee of the latter. Made of coffee beans, water and sugar, I guess you cannot go wrong. The coffee was the non milk variant and tasted very similar to the ice coffee they serve in Vietnam. Albeit, for an espresso it is a little diluted, but I prefer my espressos that way instead of the hardcore shots. 3.5/5.

Needless to say, canned coffee is crap (read as: inferior) compared to the fresh roasted and blended alternative. The Cafécino Espresso Double Shot was a bare pass, but still does not compare to what any of us can make at home. I suggest you stay away from canned coffee unless you intend to review it.

However, If you are so inclined to try these, canned coffe is available at most Asian Groceries.

12 comments:

Lord Dianabol said...

Strong coffee in a can that tastes palatable is indeed hard to fine.

Regardless, some japanese brands e.g. Kirin are quite palatable although these tend to come across milky and sweet.

For a real caffeine kick, get your NoDoz tablets - even Woolworths stock these (some anyway) and you can easily and cheaply get the caffeine you want. As long as you do not exceed 1gm a day for the average adult weighing 70kg or so, such a daily dose of caffeine is in the long run, relatively safe.

I limit myself to twenty cups of instant per day - this is the safe upper limit perhaps ;o)

Mikey said...

aparently BOSS coffee cans from Japan are quite nice, i have yet to try them. I'm put off canned coffee for now.

Lord Dianabol said...

Hmmm... I must've been tired today. I spotted a typo in the first sentence...

Anonymous said...

redbull does work.. just have to drink 8 or so cans

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