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Starbucks Japan’s pre-hashtagged strawberry sibling Frappuccinos are ready for their taste tests

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 14, 2019
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Simultaneous launch of two new drinks makes Frappuccino fans’ day twice as nice.

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• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • SNOJ • Starbucks • strawberries • sweets • taste test)

We try the new Starbucks Classic Tiramisu Frappuccino from Japan

• Oona McGee
  Mar 22, 2019

Coffee-soaked sponge pieces are just one of the many reasons to fall in love with this new dessert beverage.

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• Japan
• (Beverages • coffee • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Drinkable rice balls appear in Japan, allow you to chug the country’s favorite snack on the go

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 17, 2019

Onigiri cross over into the beverage world in this revolutionary taste test.

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• Japan
• (COK • cool • crazy • drinks • food • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNOJ • taste test • weird)

Fujiya’s new Mille-Feuille Burger spreads Japanese sweet tastes on crunchy, creamy cake buns

• Katy Kelly
  Mar 7, 2019

The monarch of milky munchies has managed to mix mille-feuille with all manner of classic Japanese treats!

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• Japan
• (COK • Fujiya • Japanese sweets • K. Nagahashi • milky • mille-fueille • SNOJ • sweet burgers • taste test)

Kura Burger: Japanese sushi chain restaurant offers burgers in Tokyo for a limited time

• Oona McGee
  Mar 2, 2019

Rice cola, fish patties and rice buns make for a very different sushi experience.

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• Japan
• (burgers • Cola • drinks • food • food review • Japanese food • Kura Burger • Kura Sushi • Shari cola • SNO • sushi • Sushi Train • taste test)

We drank crab-juice infused Crab Cola from Niigata Prefecture, because why not

• Evie Nyan
  Mar 1, 2019

We glugged a bottle of Crab Cola, infused with genuine crab essence, produced by a fishpacking company in Niigata prefecture.

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• (COK • Cola • crab • crazy • drinks • food • SNOJ • soda • taste test • weird)

Matcha green tea cricket protein bars appear in Japan, and we’ve eaten them【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 22, 2019

Japan’s quest to add matcha flavor to everything it can goes to a strange new place.

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• Japan
• (bugs • COK • crazy • crickets • food • funny • green tea • gross • matcha • protein bars • SNOJ • taste test • weird)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new Sakura Frappuccino drinks for cherry blossom season 2019

• Oona McGee
  Feb 18, 2019

We drink the blossoms designed to look like hanami in a cup.

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• Japan
• (cherry blossoms • COK • drinks • hanami • sakura • sakura 2019 • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test)

Osaka’s Okonomiyaki Burrito is both classic Taco Bell and completely different【Taste test】

• Master Blaster
  Feb 15, 2019

A prodigal Taco Bell customer returns to the franchise and is surprised with what he finds.

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• Japan
• (burritos • COK • cool • crazy • fast food • Namba • okonomiyaki • Okonomiyaki Burrito • Osaka • SNO • Taco Bell • taste test • weird)

Japan’s Whipped Cream Burger is a fistful of sweet dairy and a mouthful of complete honesty

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 9, 2019

The most decadent, least healthy, and absolute craziest vegetarian burger we’ve ever tried.

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• Japan
• (awesome • burgers • COK • crazy • cream • food • sandwiches • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • whipped cream)

Maximum matcha! Tokyo sweet shop sells the strongest green tea chocolates physically possible

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 26, 2019

We taste test the newest desserts from a 112-year-old Japanese tea company.

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• Japan
• (chocolate • COK • green tea • matcha • SNOJ • sweets • taste test • tea)

We try the new teriyaki burgers from McDonald’s Japan 【Taste Test】

• Oona McGee
  Jan 22, 2019

How do they stack up against the original Teriyaki McBurger?

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• Japan
• (burgers • fast food • food • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • RNO • taste test • teriyaki • teriyaki burger • Teriyaki McBurger)

Still using water to make your instant noodles? You’re missing out on amazing green tea noodles!

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 20, 2019

We taste test a brand-new way to make the age-old favorite food of students, loafers, and busy people.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • instant noodles • Instant Ramen • life hacks • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • soba • SoraKitchen • taste test)

The most expensive fish sausage we could find in Tokyo divides our opinions, empties our wallet

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 3, 2019

When you send Mr. Sato out to do the shopping, sometimes he comes back with something crazy.

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• Japan
• (COK • crazy • expensive • expensive food • fish sausage • food • Isetan • kamaboko • Mr. Sato • SNOJ • taste test)

We try Starbucks Japan’s grand finale for the year: The triple-sesame Frappuccino【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 27, 2018

Delicious drink is packed with all the goma we never knew we wanted.

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • goma • Japan Wonder Project • sesame • SNOJ • Starbucks • sweets • taste test)

Tokyo’s fried-chicken cooking robot is here, and here’s a guide to help you use it【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 12, 2018

Mr. Sato puts the culinary skills of Lawson’s Karaage-kun Robo to a taste test.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience stores • cool • crazy • food • fried chicken • karaage • karaage kun • Lawson • robots • SNOJ • taste test)

Sushi burritos come to Tokyo with the opening of Beeat in Tokyo, and we tried three for ourselves

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 11, 2018

In the biggest sushi-loving town on the planet, can this unique twist on Japan’s food culture succeed?

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• (Akihabara • burritos • COK • food • restaurants • SNOJ • sushi • taste test • Tokyo • weird)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new Pistachio Christmas Tree Frappuccino drinks

• Oona McGee
  Dec 6, 2018

Starbucks’ new limited-edition holiday drinks are designed to look like decorated Christmas trees…but do they taste like them?

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• Japan
• (Christmas • Christmas tree • COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • limited edition • pistachio • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • Xmas)

We try Starbucks Japan’s new White Chocolate Snow Frappuccino drinks

• Oona McGee
  Nov 24, 2018

Plus drink out of a cute limited-edition polar bear head glass.

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• Japan
• (Christmas • COK • drinks • Frappuccinos • limited edition • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test)

Which American-inspired Japanese McDonald’s sandwich stacks up? We munch all four to find out!

• Katy Kelly
  Nov 10, 2018

The Texas and Idaho burgers and McMuffins have hit branches across Japan, and we send our man on the ground to tear into them.

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• Japan
• (COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • Idaho Burger • McDonald's • SNOJ • taste test • Texas Burger)

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