Sunday, September 17, 2006

What do you drink?

What do you usually drink? For the past 3 months or so I have only been drinking:

1. water

2. tea/coffee (tea is English/barley/green/herb) (coffee is Starbucks beans)

3. milk

4. wine (1/4 glass about once a week!)

5. aojiru (kale/barley grass)



Now I never buy juice from the supermarket or any kind of soda drinks. I decided they are unhealthy and too expensive. Yes, I know pure orange juice seems healthy, but how can it be kept in a carton for two or three weeks and not go bad? Hmmm, I wonder what 'pure' OJ really is??? Anyway, eating a whole orange is cheaper and better - you get lots of fiber too! :)



My other decision was to only buy expensive milk. There are so many news stories about the strange foods and medicines that farmers give cows! And I also want to know how milk can be kept in a carton for over two weeks?



I buy just three brands of milk, and they all must be drunk within a week. The carton on the left is un-homogenised milk from the POD shop. The middle one is the best choice but the most expensive (almost 400 yen/1 liter) - organic milk from the supermarket in Lala Garden. The one on the right is also un-homogenised from Kasumi supermarket and costs about the same as the POD/POLAN at just under 300 yen. They all taste really nice.



Hah, hah, the money I save on not buying juices or sodas is being spent on milk instead ...



Oh, and by the way, please be careful not to say 'juice' when you mean other kinds of soft drinks like soda. 'Juice' is only the juice of fruits and vegetables. Cola isn't juice!

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