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pkang0202
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madoka
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| Unfortunately Koreans just don't get the deliciousness of root beer. It tastes like medicine to them. I would have to go to a grey market shop in Sinchon to get my fix. At $6 a six pack, it is expensive, but still worth it. |
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alongway
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Zesto?
Never heard of it. You can get A&W or sometimes Mug Root beer online sometimes. |
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r122925
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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| alongway wrote: |
Zesto?
Never heard of it. You can get A&W or sometimes Mug Root beer online sometimes. |
Zesto is a brand from the Philippines. Some Korean company started importing it a few months ago. I'll say it's pretty good. It has a strong root beer flavor. I don't really like A&W... too much of a vanilla flavor, not very root beer-y. I've never seen Mug in Korea, but I'll take your word for it.
The fact that this is appearing on groupon is great for those looking to save money, but probably bad for the future of root beer in Korea. I'm guessing this means Zesto hasn't been selling as well as anticipated. It seems that Koreans just don't like it.
The only other root beer I've seen is Dad's, which is excellent...
http://www.11st.co.kr/product/SellerProductDetail.tmall?method=getSellerProductDetail&xfrom=search^prd&prdNo=332273689&trTypeCd=20&trCtgrNo=585021
But 60,000 for a 24 pack is just insane. |
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mellinger
Joined: 21 Jan 2007
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alongway
Joined: 02 Jan 2012
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| Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| alongway wrote: |
Zesto?
Never heard of it. You can get A&W or sometimes Mug Root beer online sometimes. |
Zesto is a brand from the Philippines. Some Korean company started importing it a few months ago. I'll say it's pretty good. It has a strong root beer flavor. I don't really like A&W... too much of a vanilla flavor, not very root beer-y. I've never seen Mug in Korea, but I'll take your word for it.
The fact that this is appearing on groupon is great for those looking to save money, but probably bad for the future of root beer in Korea. I'm guessing this means Zesto hasn't been selling as well as anticipated. It seems that Koreans just don't like it.
The only other root beer I've seen is Dad's, which is excellent...
http://www.11st.co.kr/product/SellerProductDetail.tmall?method=getSellerProductDetail&xfrom=search^prd&prdNo=332273689&trTypeCd=20&trCtgrNo=585021
But 60,000 for a 24 pack is just insane. |
I remember Dad's in a bottle back home.. I think the bottle was nearly $2 each, so I thought the price wasn't bad, but cans are smaller. That is high.
I paid 17,500 for 12 cans of Mug
Got it from Ezshopkorea I had been there to check if they had any A&W, and instead they had Mug. I notice they've got A&W again. |
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soulofseoul
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| Any try the Zesto stuff? Any good?? |
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jc1257
Joined: 22 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 2:52 am Post subject: |
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| For those looking for their American root beer fix, "I Love Cookie" near the Jeongja subway station in Bundang usually has A&W and Mug root beer for sale. They also have diet on occasion, too. It costs 1,000 a can. |
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Captain Corea
Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| soulofseoul wrote: |
| Any try the Zesto stuff? Any good?? |
No, not especially.
I bought a flat of it, and, well... it reminds me of trips to the philippines - but does nothing to satisfy my craving for root beer. |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 5:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Now if I could buy creme soda here, I'd be really happy. Ha ha. |
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alongway
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| Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| Now if I could buy creme soda here, I'd be really happy. Ha ha. |
Basking and robbins apparently had a cream soda flavored treat last summer
http://ntn.seoul.co.kr/?c=news&m=view&idx=89334 |
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soulofseoul
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Location: Seoul
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[quote="alongway"][quote="Weigookin74"]Now if I could buy creme soda here, I'd be really happy. Ha ha.[/quote]
Basking and robbins apparently had a cream soda flavored treat last summer
http://ntn.seoul.co.kr/?c=news&m=view&idx=89334[/quote]
And its gone a month or so never to return. They had cotton candy ice cream but as expected koreans dont know what a good deserrt tastes like and get rid of those for crappy green tea ice cream blahhh!! They probably have ginseng flavor there now
Also that link is NOT creme soda. We are talkin about Crush creme soda...the red stuff |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:14 pm Post subject: |
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| soulofseoul wrote: |
And its gone a month or so never to return. They had cotton candy ice cream but as expected koreans dont know what a good deserrt tastes like and get rid of those for crappy green tea ice cream blahhh!! They probably have ginseng flavor there now
Also that link is NOT creme soda. We are talkin about Crush creme soda...the red stuff |
You are speaking my language. Ha ha. Crush made a good creme soda. I remember some company (can't remember if it's crush or not) but they made both clear and red creme soda. It was great!! |
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Weigookin74
Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2012 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
| soulofseoul wrote: |
And its gone a month or so never to return. They had cotton candy ice cream but as expected koreans dont know what a good deserrt tastes like and get rid of those for crappy green tea ice cream blahhh!! They probably have ginseng flavor there now
Also that link is NOT creme soda. We are talkin about Crush creme soda...the red stuff |
You are speaking my language. Ha ha. Crush made a good creme soda. I remember some company (can't remember if it's crush or not) but they made both clear and red creme soda. It was great!! |
I cried many tears when the "pop shop" went out of business. It was great to get many different types of pop cheap. But you had to recycle the bottles. |
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meangradin
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