Ampol Food Beverages

Discovered some drinks by Ampol food, which come from Thailand.
There are two series Vfit and Pro-fit.

It was good because they had English as well as Thai and they have sugar free selections as well.

There was a good selection of rice drinks and they even had jobs tear cereal milk.
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jobs tear cereal milk:

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young rice milk:

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germinated brown rice drink:

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All of them were pleasant to drink, rice was the best because it is naturally sweet.

Vfit series:
http://www.thairicemilk.com/www/product_en.php
Pro-fit series:
http://www.drinkprofit.com/www/product_en.php

2014 Vitasoy cookies' n cream

Previously tried this drink before and it tastes like hazelnut milkshake.
The packaging this year is red and white with a milkshake picture.
Now available at 7-eleven.
$8.5 for one or $14.9 for two.

2013 Vitasoy cookies and cream carton:

http://supersupergirl-food.blogspot.hk/2013/10/vitasoy-cookien-cream-flavoured-soybean.html

Modern American ginseng beverage available in Hong Kong.

GinZeng is the first beverage with genuine American ginseng pieces in it retailing at $20 per bottle at Citysuper.
The ginseng is grown in Wisconsin US, graded in Hong Kong and bottled in Taiwan,.

There are three flavours: Original, Goji berry and rose.

Every bottle has pieces of ginseng at the bottom.

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ORIGINAL GINZENG:
This contains American ginseng with natural rock sugar and water to help improve wellbeing and rejuvenates the body. American ginseng is known to deepen concentration, sharpen your mind, improve memory, and energize the body, all without caffeine!

I loved the taste of this one because the ginseng tasted natrual with a hint of bitterness and it was not too sweet.
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GOJI BERRY GINZENG
This contains American ginseng and goji berries which are said to be an excellent source of antioxidants, loaded with beta-carotene which helps promote healthy, glowing skin, and are packed with Vitamin C.

Compared to the first drink, the bitterness was stronger.
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ROSE GINZENG
This contains rose and ginseng.
Roses are known to brighten moods, relieve tension and calm your mind.

I didn't try this because I don't like the smell of rose.
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The three founders of this drink graduated from the all time prestigious UCL from my lovely country!

Facebook: www.facebook.com/PureGinZeng
Instagram: PureGinZeng (https://twitter.com/PureGinZeng)

Kuang Chuan asparagus juice 光泉蘆筍汁

The taste of this asparagus juice was rather disappointing because it just tasted like cane sugar juice.
On the packaging, it states that a low percentage of the drink is made up of asparagus juice so what is the made of??

More information on this drink:
光泉正庄蘆筍汁:

http://www.kuangchuan.com/03Product/Product01a.aspx?id=17802

Chou Chin brand:

http://supersupergirl-food.blogspot.hk/2012/08/chou-chin-bomy-asparagus-juice.html

Biotta Bio Energy drink

For people constantly on the go, I always need to replenish myself with energy quickly.

I tried this new energy drink by Biotta which tastes natrual and not too sweet like other energy drinks.
It is made with 83% fruit content and 17% yerba mate tea with natrual sugars from grapes which is why their it has a lovely grape taste.
The drink also contains Guarana, a natrual powerful caffeine which lasts longer than a cup of coffee.

Green Pharmacies (Hong Kong) Limited is the sole distributor for this drink.
www.greenpharmacies.com

Pear Cider by Somersby!

I was kindly sent some cider by SOMBERSBY.

A nice way to chill out for Christmas with pear cider which is not acidic as apple cider.
Available at 7-11, Circle K, Vango at HKD$18 per bottle!
The pear cider has a lighter colour and the apple cider has darker colour.
To be honest I prefer the pear because it has a strong sweet pear taste and tastes less of alcohol where as the cider one tastes like Appletize but with a strong alcoholic taste.

Somersby全新Pear Cider 讓「梨」清新迎聖誕

Fun with got milk? magic straws collection!!

Thanks to Hong Kong's Octopus Inc for sending me the latest collection of got milk? straws.

There were six flavours: banana, strawberry, cookies and cream, chocolate, wild berry and orange cream.

I only managed to take one photo of the magic straws in action because it was hard taking a photo whilst drinking it.
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Banana:
The banana was quite sweet with a strong vanilla taste and a hint of banana which tasted natrual.

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Strawberry:
I was expecting the strawberry taste to be strong but it was not.

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Cookies & Cream:
The taste of this was similar to the chocolate but it was not so chocolatety.
Visually it was really pretty with the contrast of white and brown in the straws.

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Wild berry:
The taste of this was interesting and reminded me of something which I can't remember!
It may have been Hubba Bubba chewing gum, but it was definitely a Western candy.

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Chocolate:
This was my favourite flavour and probably the most popular flavour because it is just fuss free simple tasting chocolate.

Here is a photo of the chocolate in action

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I also had fun trying two different flavours together.

Here are the combinations I tried:

Strawberry and Wild berry

The combination of strawberry and wild berry resulted in a wonderful fruit of the forest flavour.
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Cookies & Cream with banana:
The flavour was quite cute and tasted like banoffee pie.
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Orange cream with chocolate:
Orange and chocolate always pair well resulting in delicious chocolate with tones of orange!
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As a summary, chocolate was the best, next was the banana which was surprisingly good because it was not artificial and then orange cream.
Each magic straw is sufficient to flavour one glass of milk.
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Hot Longan beverage for the winter

If I did not get this from Octopus Inc, I would not have known about this drink!
The Longan hot beverage is a lovely comforting drink for the winter

All you do is add water to it, and the drink is slightly thick but not viscous with a lovely hint of longan.

For a stronger Longan taste you can add some freeze dried longan into it or add less than the required water.
Other drinks in this series are:
Pure lemongrass tea
Pure lemongrass tea with Pandanus leaves
http://www.supersupergirl-food.blogspot.hk/2013/12/lemongrass-tea-infusions.html

Otsuka SOYSH sparkling soy water

The small white pearlescent bottle caught my attention.


After taking a closer look, I realized it was Sparkling soy water! How interesting because I have never seen soy water before.

Usually soymilk comes in milk form so I was really curious whether the drink would be clear of milky!~

It is interesting because from their website, they are a pharmaceutical company.
http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/company/release/2011/0202_01.html

I am not sure if the drink contains alcohol but the English labelling from the supermarket says: soy cider!

There was an interesting ring pull design to open the bottle, once it was opened, the drink inside was a milky white colour.


The taste was quite milky and smooth but not too sweet with a fizz.

There was a really nasty artificial banana smell with a hint of banana and minty aftertaste just like medicine probably because it is produced by a pharmaceutical company!

Also from their website, SoyJoy bars are made by them too which I have tried before.
http://www.otsuka.co.jp/en/product/soyjoy/

I would love to try the Fruity Tomato soyjoy bar and the Prune Fe Plus soyjoy bar if I could find them.

got milk? Magic straws

I have always wanted to try these magic straws that are said to flavour your milk.

Finally saw a place that had them and tried the chocolate.

They had other flavours too:
Wild berry, cookies and cream, orange and cream, chocolate and strawberry.
For the full range see:
http://www.magicstraws.com/gotmilk/products.php
NEW fun flavors coming in 2014!
Cotton Candy, Banana Split, Candy Corn and Rootbeer Float
Limited edition flavors!

Neapolitan, Cinnamon Roll and Chocolate Candy Cane

I tried the chocolate and it was really nice because the milk is flavoured instantly by chocolate and it is not too sweet.
It makes plain milk taste better and a good way to increase daily calcium intake.
Basically, the straw is filled with tiny balls of compressed chocolate powder so that when you suck the straw, the milk is flavoured by the chocolate when it passes up the straw.



Someone drinking it!

(Obviously not my hand because he has a really chubby hand)

Shezan lemon barley drink

After taking a closer look at the address I was surprised this bottle of Lemon Barley was from Pakistan because the flavour was quite Western.

As for the taste it was way too sweet and syrupy.
Apart from Lemon Barley they also had Lychee.

Fauchon paris asahi eclair sweet milk tea

Got this because it was Eclair flavoured.
A very unusual flavour! But in Japan they have all sorts of unusual flavours.

It was really sweet and had a lovely sweet scent, it basically tastes like silky western milk tea without the bitterness and it was like candy and drinks flavoured by famous syrups such as Monins.

The colour of the tea was the usual dark beige.

Hokkaido lake mashu mineral water 北海道の天然水 摩周湖

Mineral water from Lake Mashu in Hokkaido.
http://www.masyuuko.jp/order.php

Lake Masyu Baby WATER 赤ちゃんWATER

北海道の天然水「摩周湖」は、今もなお、原生の森に護られながら、清らかで美しい水をたたえる摩周湖から染み出た天然の水です。
http://www.masyuuko.jp/order.php

Intrigued by bottles of baby water, I had to try it!
After googling it, I found out that the water comes from the Masyu Lake in Japan.

The taste was really nice and similar Volvic mineral water.

The labelling in Hong Kong seems a bit different to their website. 

King Island Coconut Milk with Coconut Water

Usually for beverages it is either coconut milk or coconut water, but this drink by King Island is the combination of coconut milk and coconut water.

The taste was surprisingly nice because I cannot drink coconut milk on its own because it is very sickly and milky but the addition of coconut water lightens it up and gives it some light sweetness too.

www.ampolfood.com

Tao Ti Salty Lychee Juice drink

I was quite excited with the new Tao Ti Salty series.
There is Lime or Lychee and the bottle design is quite nice with different coloured caps for each flavour.

The Salty Lychee was new to me, but when I was at another shop today I noticed another brand that also had Salty lychee flavour too.
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Tao Ti Salty Lychee Juice drink:

This drink was really nice but there was no salty taste.

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Tao Ti Salty Lime Juice drink:
http://supersupergirl-food.blogspot.com/2013/07/tao-ti-salty-lime-juice-drink.html

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Tao Ti Salty Lime Juice drink

I was quite excited with the new Tao Ti Salty series.
There is Lime or Lychee and the bottle design is quite nice with different coloured caps for each flavour.

The Salty Lychee was new to me, but when I was at another shop today I noticed another brand that also had Salty lychee flavour too.

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Tao Ti Salty Lime Juice drink:

The savory taste was really faint which was disappointing.

Even though the Lychee was also disappointing with no salty taste, the Lychee drink fared better.

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Tao Ti Salty Lychee Juice drink
http://supersupergirl-food.blogspot.com/2013/07/tao-ti-salty-lychee-juice-drink.html
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