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Friday, June 15, 2007

Food I Demand Pepsi Ice Cucumber Soda!

Posted by Erik Henriksen on Fri, Jun 15 at 1:38 PM

deliciouselixir.pngI heard about Pepsi Ice Cucumber a few weeks ago, and I have been scouring Portland’s stores for it ever since—like a madman, a thirsty madman, a madman who is PARCHED and whose life-threatening, all-encompassing thirst can only be sated by the delectable nectar of cucumber soda pop. I MUST HAVE IT. Just as I delighted in Crystal Pepsi, and just as I delight in whatever batshit crazy MangoGrapeTaffyHyperColorMadeUp Flavor that 7-Eleven cranks out in their fantastical Slurpee machines, I was sure I would delight in drinking something as fucking crazy and gross as a cucumber-flavored soda pop.

But. ALAS. After dragging several friends to several supermarkets and convenience stores—none with a single drop of this magical elixir for sale!—I decided to look it up on the internet. And it turns out it’s only in Japan, for reasons unexplained, though I can only imagine that some jackass with a stupid goddamn name and a fat face at Pepsico* hates me and is trying to cause me great pain by first inventing such an amazing beverage, then making sure I heard about it, and then—finally, cruelly, maliciously—keeping it from ever reaching my eager taste buds. GODDAMMIT.

So two things. First: Screw you, Japan. You are a useless nation. Second: Does anybody know how I can get a hold of even one bottle of Pepsi Ice Cucumber? I have what I think is a pretty sensible policy of not buying edible items off of eBay, but if that’s what I have to do, I will do it. I WILL.

*Alberto Ibargen.

Comments

if it's only available in Japan, why is the label in english?.

The better to crush my dreams.

Did they really invent this? Perhaps the soda part but it's been trendy for quite a while to drop a cucumber slice in standard restaurant table water.

I have a friend that lives in Japan and he drinks it quite often. Says it's delicious.

they have cucumber soda at pastea works i think, no, its celery soda and it really good

HMMM...
"....I can only imagine that some jackass with a STUPID GODDAMN NAME and a fat face at Pepsico* hates me and is trying to cause me great pain..."
Erik Henriksen vs Alberto Ibargen
Which one is the stupid name...just trying to figure it out...?

From my friend in Tokyo, two days ago:

"Guess what I am drinking... it is going to make you gag.... It is called Ice Cucumber. It is a soda made by Pepsi that is supposed to have the 'cool and refreshing taste of cucumbers', but really it tastes like they put a tiny bit of dish soap in a bottle of seven-up. Weird."

Yum! Should I have her send me a case?

I heard on the radio that the cucumber flavoring is all chemicals. No actual cucumber involved.

MMMMmmm....chemical flavoring....

Now where are those Cheetos Flamin' Hot Crunchy Snacks...mmmm...delicious chemicals...gosh, I feel really thirsty all of a sudden. That chemical cucumber-flavored Pepsi sounds really good for some strange reason...

I'm a former Portlander living in Japan. The label is in Japanese, only the title of the product is in English. Japanese people can the words "Pepsi", "Ice" and "Cucumber".

Indeed, there is absolutely no real cucumber flavoring in it.

I can send you some if you pay me. I will do anything to get rid of it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfXPN4bQycA

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