Mystery Fruit
Picked up a bottle of Fanta’s latest gimmick; 謎のフルーツ (なぞのふるーつ / Nazo no Furuutsu / Mystery Fruit) soda. Scroll down on that press release page for a picture of it. It is weird. Apparently it has the blogs all over buzzing, too. In my own humble opinion, the whole pee colored drink thing needs to stop. Only beer and ginger ale have the right to be that color and retain their appeal. In the meantime the weird experiments in beverage-brewing have gotten out of control. Pepsi Gold freaked me out (and tasted like dirty bathwater) when I tried it. This mystery drink was actually pleasant – although unreasonably sweet. But it’s Fanta. That’s to be expected. Oh – and in my opinion, as far as Fanta goes, Melon Cream Soda cannot be beat. Anyhoo – I went to the Fanta site and found this annoying, crappily drawn purple dude calling himself the Riddler (謎かけくん / なぞかけくん / Nazokake-kun). Batman’s Riddler is way cooler. He wants you to play games on your cell phone in order to possibly win prizes. Whatever. I’m not gonna jump through hoops. I just wanted to find out if my guess was anywhere in the right ballpark. Supposedly, it’s a combination of 2 fruits. Having had only one bottle, my guess is a peach-kiwi combo. If you’ve tried it, let me know your guess (and tell me what’s wrong with mine). 
