CALPIS | NONALCOHOLIC

One of the most popular non carbonated soft drinks in Japan, Calpis has been serving Japan since 1919. This milky based soft drink is a favorite drink, particularly among kids. It has a light, milky taste to it - almost like a vanilla yogurt, yakult flavoring to it. You can get regular calpis, flavored calpis and even calpis soda - the carbonated version of it. Try calpis practically anywhere in Japan - vending machines, convenience stores, restaurants and drinking establishments. 

Fun fact: Calpis is made from two words. Cal from the word calcium and pis from the sanskrit word of salpis - one of the five tastes described in Buddhism. However, it’s sold as Calpico overseas because calpis sounds a lot like cow p**s in english. In Japanese it’s pronounced as karu-pisu

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