donderdag 30 juni 2011

And Another coffee in a can, the Singapore "Pokka"


Right after the Iceccino, I tried the Pokka, Singaporean coffee in a can.

I had already tasted this one before so I knew I was getting a good can. They sell these in brussels too, close to my previous job there.

I bought two cans of this brand in maastricht, together with the iceccino.

First the smell,
A little sweet on the nose, it had a creamy smell to it as well, i like what i am smelling.


The taste was great, pure and simple. Sweet, creamy, pure. Those are the 3 keywords.
I love it, I will be buying it again a few times in the future, most canned coffee is not so good, but this one actually tastes like u want more, making it my third favourite in the world.
First is the delicious Mr. Brown, second surprisingly enough is the Starbucks one, while i am no big fan of their coffees, their espresshot is awesome!

Pokka is a singaporean company, so if you want it, your best chance of finding this one is a Asian supermarket!


Rating : 9/10
Purchased : Oriental Maastricht

Another coffee in a can, the one called Iceccino




Iceccino is from Amsterdam, I bought these 2 cans when I was in Maastricht for the World championships. I was excited to try a new "coffee in a can".
There are almost no such products where i live, so i am always excited to find any new ones. In China, they have more in the local 7-11 than I think we have in our country........ 4 more months and i can finally have a Mr. Brown again, God I love those :p



On to the tasting and smelling

First, opening the can, real easy, just a regular can opening, nothing special
I put my nose on the top and sniffed! But hey, did i really buy a cold coffee or was this cold chocolate...
After inspecting the ingredients, I saw the added chocolate powder, so this was indeed a mix between coffee and chocolate, the smell is leaning more towards the chocolate though. This might be a disappointment after all, most Mokka blends tend to disagree with my taste buds

Second test, the tasting.
Cold chocolate all the way! Kind of a bummer though, I had expected some sort of iced cappuccino, not a chocolate type drink. The taste itself was very decent, if I was rating it as a chocolate drink, it would probably get a 7, maybe higher, but as a coffee, I am giving it a flat out zero.
I honestly think there is less than 5% of coffee in these cans, it was rather sweet too. A dealbreaker when u are expecting coffee.
Will I be getting it again? Most likely yes, it is a good drink, but next time, I will drink it as a cold chocolate instead of a coffee ;)

This was pretty much another failed experiment. I had higher hopes.



Rating: 0/10 because it tastes more like chocolate milk
purchased at a dutch supermarket