Summer Water | Top 10 Convenience Store Lemon Schnapps in Japan

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🤗 01 Kirin Fermented Lemon Shawarma

“Fermented” Lemon has a slightly complex lemon and citrus aroma right out of the can, with a color that reflects the cloudiness of the fermented lemon itself. The acidity is obvious on the palate, followed by two different fermented aromas, light and heavy, and after a big sip the cold carbonation takes away the heat from the body, leaving only the lemon aroma and a slight fermented rice wine note.

Consistent with the no added flavors marked on the can, the raw materials are clean, with only lemon, fermented lemon, citrus concentrate, fermented rice juice concentrate, sake, sugar, and carbonation, and the zing of the 7% abv and the complex crispness from the fermented lemon is just ridiculously comforting.

Flavor: ★★★★☆ Crispness: ★★★★☆☆ Alcohol Sense: ★☆☆ Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★★ Recommendation: ★★★★☆

🤗 02 Iced Sugar Free Lemon Shawarma

When it comes to tart lemon shavings, there is basically no second place for icing to take the top spot. Especially last year's newly developed product - sugar-free lemon shawarma, after removing the false sweetness of the sweetener taste directly take off, a mouthful of rich bubbles wrapped in a bright and direct acidity straight to the head, and gradually feel a little bit of the wine's own sweetness, and the finish is clean and sharp. Especially in the 15 minutes before drinking from the refrigerator to the frozen, drink that kind of refrigerated simply can not give the sense of cold in this sauna day simply refreshing.

Because of this cold and clean taste, this lemon sherbet is also great as a pre-dinner appetizer, or as an accompaniment to a meal. A pitcher of this with a meal when you don't have much of an appetite in the summer can even feel like a lifesaver.

Flavor: ★★★★☆☆ Refreshment: ★★★★★ Alcohol Sense: ★★★★☆ Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★☆☆ Recommendation: ★★★★

🤗 03 Japan's New - Lemon Shawarma

The “New Japanese Lemonade” with its refreshing can design is a real novelty in the lemonade world. It has an exotic citrus and lemon aroma, a subtle balance of sweet and sour, and just the right amount of carbonation. ...... This is a lemon shava that can be consumed in one sitting. And the 5% abv also makes it almost unburdening to drink like lemon sparkling water.

However, the author always thought the flavor was familiar, and it took a look at the ingredient list to react... lemon juice, vodka, and sugar... aren't those the ingredients for cocktail lemon candies? In short this completely not lemon shava lemon shava, cool and comfortable, very pleasing.

Flavor: ★★★★ Refreshment: ★★★★★☆☆ Alcoholiness: ★ Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★ Recommendation degree: ★★★★

🤗 04 Lime Shawarma

Asahi Brewery's Lemonade Lemonade, with its different can and volume, makes you feel that the expected drinking scenario is different from the usual canned lemonade, and in fact, this plastic bottle-like design is very suitable for outdoor drinking indeed. I don't know if this is the reason, but the taste is also very much in favor of the outdoor scene. The mouthfeel is very refreshing, with just the right amount of lime aroma and slight bitterness from the lime peel, and you do feel the temperature drop after one sip, and the aftertaste is also very clean and crisp, with little residual feeling. Due to the use of lemon distillate, lemon aroma and skin oil feeling is still more obvious, plus itself than the ordinary lemon shavings more than 50ml, and 7% alcohol, three or five friends tent, blowing the night wind together with a toast, or very cozy.

Flavor: ★★★★☆☆ Refreshment: ★★★★ Alcohol Sense: ★☆☆ Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★ Recommendation: ★★★★☆☆

🤗 05 Strong - Zero Bitter Lemon

This is a “dangerous” 9% abv lemon shava, “bitter lemon” as its name suggests, with a slight lemon peel bitterness coupled with a refreshing straight ball of zest and oil, the kind of aroma that can only be achieved by using freeze-dried lemons. ...... Very tempting.

However, if you are deceived by this taste, clunking and gulping, you will have to get a little drunk for a while, no matter how good you are. Simple calculation, 350 ml canned lemon shava, 9% alcohol, with the base spirit is vodka. This means that in addition to the carbonated water, the can contains almost 80 ml of 40% abv vodka. Just like drinking two shots of vodka and then drinking carbonated water, carbonation increases the absorption of alcohol, so even the god of alcohol must be drunk, right? This is a great drink for those who like to get drunk quickly.

Flavor: ★★★★☆☆ Refreshment: ★★★★ Alcohol: ★★★ Ingredient list cleanliness：★★★☆☆ Recommendation: ★★★★☆☆

🤗 06 Kirin Centennial Lemon Shawarma

An orthodox yet very layered lemon shava. The nose is light with lemon juice and lemon zest, and when it feels a bit generic, take the first sip - the slight bitterness of slightly fermented Italian spiced lemon and citrus peel explodes in your brain and sprays out down your eyes, nose and ears, while your mouth simply can't stop taking sip after sip. After finishing half of the glass in one gulp, I gently burp - refreshing!

Looking at the ingredient list it's no surprise that the lemons used are those from Israel and Italy, and one of Kirin Lemon Shawarma's specialties - fermented lemon juice - these two ingredients form the framework of this lemon shawarma. Combined with just the right balance of sweet and sour, and just the right amount of alcohol, it's just perfect.

Flavor: ★★★★☆ Crispness: ★★★★☆ Alcohol Sense: ☆ Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★☆☆ Recommendation: ★★★★☆

🤗 07 Picky Wine Farm Lemon Shavings Classic

For a traditional old-school lemon shawarma, the only way to know what it tastes like is to go to an old izakaya under the Shimbashi Railway or next to Asakusa Temple in Tokyo and try it for yourself, and that's what this lemon shawarma is. One sip brings me back to the day I first had lemon shawarma at an izakaya when I first came to Japan and wanted to have a fried dumpling.

The combination of just the right amount of acidity, just the right amount of sweetness, and just the right amount of carbonation to create a lemon shawarma that can be drunk and eaten with everything is worthy of Suntory, which specializes in blending. As described on the website, the lemon is macerated from whole lemons, and the lemon aroma is three-dimensional and full-bodied, giving it an extra flavor compared to ordinary izakaya lemon shawarma.

Flavor: ★★★★☆ Crispness: ★★★★☆ Alcohol: ★★★ Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★ Recommendation: ★★★★★

🤗 08 Lemon Hall Ghost Lemon

If lemon shavas are all refreshing and light, this Ghost Lemon should be an anomaly among lemon shavas. With 1.5 times more lemon juice than ordinary lemon shavas, 2%-4% more alcohol than ordinary lemon shavas, and a high proportion of fruit juice in the Lemon Hall series, the overall impression is particularly thick and solid, with a feeling of “worthy of being a lemon”.

The use of fructose and liquid syrup, as well as a small amount of salt, not only enriches the layers, but also makes the sweetness more pronounced, and forms a good balance with the high acidity of the lemon juice, which also masks the high alcohol content of 9%. Again, it's a lemon shava that goes quickly into a slightly tipsy state, and might be just right for warding off the day's fatigue.

Flavor: ★★★★ Refreshment: ★★★★★ Alcoholiness: ★★★★ Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★ Recommendation: ★★★★

🤗 09 Lemon Hall that doesn't get drunk

Smells like lemon shavings, tastes like lemon shavings, lemon shavings that are as tart, sweet, tangy, and refreshing as they come, but in a non-alcoholic pitcher. One can't help but be amazed - that there is such a good thing! Especially for those who drive or can't consume alcohol for other reasons, you don't have to watch others bamming and drinking while you kill your loneliness with cola oolong tea.

This non-alcoholic lemon shava tastes almost the same as Lemon Hall's regular lemon shava, with a clean and sweet lemony aroma, needless to say, and even more surprising is the inclusion of juniper berries, one of the main ingredients of gin, presumably added to ensure the layering of flavors without the addition of alcohol. But the unexpected fit with the lemon shava itself, and the fact that it has basically no presence, makes the drink even more three-dimensional.

Flavor: ★★★★ Refreshment: ★★★★ Alcoholiness: 0 Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★★★ Recommendation: ★★★★☆

🤗 10 Non-alcoholic evening drink lemon shava

Also a non-alcoholic lemon shava, unlike Lemon Hall, this one not only has 0 alcohol, but is actually a 0 calorie, 0 sugar lemon shava. On the palate, there's a distinct lemony aroma, followed by sourness and bitterness, while some shochu aroma also makes its way through.

Hmmm? Is it shochu? Isn't it alcohol-free?

I'm surprised it turned out to be a non-alcoholic shochu. This is so perfect for people who love traditional lemon shawarma but can't ingest alcohol.

Flavor: ★★★★ Refreshment: ★★★★ Alcoholiness: 0 Ingredient list cleanliness: ★★★★ Recommendation: ★★★★