Yowazzup? Coffee: Coffee Lover's Journey to Coffee Haven

Pokka Cappuccino

Pokka Cappuccino tastes more like milk coffee than cappuccino. It’s somewhat on the sweet side and do not have essential espresso a cup of cappuccino would have.

Pokka Cappuccino retails at MYR 1.69 at Tesco.

Tokuno Coffee Stick "Milk Coffee" Candy

Tokuno Coffee Stick Candy also known as Milk Coffee Candy is delicious coffee candies from Japan. Manufactured by Mikakuto Co., Ltd., the candies are sweetened and has strong aroma of coffee.

Tokuno Coffee Stick Candy is available in Hong Kong at HKD 9.90.

UCC Special Blended Coffee

UCC Special Blended Coffee Freeze Dried is regular ground coffee from UCC. The verdict? It is not much different from the regular ground coffee. The flavor is mild and there is nothing special about it.

UCC Special Blended Coffee retails at MYR 24.90 at Isetan KLCC. Also available at selected supermarkets.

UCC Café au Lait

UCC Café au Lait is yet another coffee drink from UCC. Sadly, Malaysia doesn’t have any UCC cafe, that’s why UCC canned drinks are the only way we can savor this great coffee from Japan.

Although UCC Café au Lait is a milk coffee, it has very strong coffee flavor. It’s not sweet at all and definitely not the type of coffee you would like to try if you’re not a coffee lover. Strictly for coffee lover.

UCC Café au Lait retails at MYR 5.99 at Mercato, Pavilion KL.

UCC Blended Coffee

We all are familiar with UCC when it comes to gourmet coffee as its name is a household name in Japan and many other countries.

UCC Blended Coffee which can be purchased at Carrefour, Singapore for SGD $1.60 is yet another great coffee drink from UCC. It has distinctive and strong coffee flavor and you can easily tell it’s not a milk coffee. In fact, it uses skimmed milk and it’s made in Japan.

Would you pay 1,000 yen or 8 US Dollars for a cup of coffee? At least it’s not as expensive as cat poo.

An employee of Tsukioka Co. Ltd poses with a cup of coffee which contains floating gold characters (© REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN))

As part of the 20th Interphex Japan, Asia’s largest pharmaceutical industry exhibition, in Tokyo June 20, 2007, a staff poses with a cup of coffee which contains floating gold characters – in Kanji, which simply means “longevity”. According to the company, the edible pure gold helps to refresh human body.

(Via News on Japan)

A range of French Café coffees – from left, Caramel Macchiato, Cappuccino and Café au lait

Recently, I saw a few coffee drinks from Isetan supermarket and decided to buy them. The name is French Café but I believed it’s made in Korea with all the Korean wordings on it. Some of the flavors include Caramel Macchiato, Cappuccino and Café au lait. There are at least a couple of other flavors.

The Cappuccino tastes quite strong with a deep and rich flavor. You can actually taste the aroma of the coffee despite the fact that it is a can version. It’s almost like a freshly-brewed coffee! Whereas Caramel Macchiato has a sweeter flavor than the others. While, Café au lait tastes like latte (au lait means latte in French), not bad at all. In English, it means milk coffee.

Definitely “must-buy” for coffee lovers.