Canned liquid coffee (缶 コーヒー Kan, Kohi?) Is ubiquitous in Japan, many companies are competing hard, different types of offers for sale. Japanese canned coffee has been put up and ready to drink. It is available in supermarkets and convenience stores (コンビニ, kombini?) With a large number of doses sold in vending machines offer the heated moments in the autumn and winter, cold and cans in the warmer months.
History
Canned coffee is a Japanese creation,[citation needed] and the term kan kōhī is wasei-eigo: the English-language term "can coffee" was created in Japan and is believed to have entered English usage as a way of distinguishing it from a typical can of, for instance, Folgers or Nescafé. In the United States, at least, "canned coffee" is the preferred term, if used at all.
UCC Ueshima Coffee Co. is well known in Japan for pioneering canned coffee with milk in 1969. The official government web site of Shimane Prefecture, Japan, claims that the world's first canned coffee—Mira Coffee—appeared in Shimane in 1965, but this was short-lived.
More significant perhaps was the 1973 introduction by Pokka Coffee of the hot and cold drink vending machine. The Japanese Wikipedia version of this article claims that it was this introduction that allowed the industry to take off, and in 1983 canned coffee makers shipped more than 100 million cases.
Pokka Original and Vivo Coffee, short and tall straight-sided steel cans from the late
1970s. Use of Western faces on Japanese coffee cans is a long-standing design motif.
1970s. Use of Western faces on Japanese coffee cans is a long-standing design motif.
A notable element of the Japanese canned coffee is the liberal use of English for both the word 'coffee' and the brand name. Engrish is used. Occasionally, the Japanese word Kohi (コーヒー?) Dominated the design, or for the effect of the kanji for coffee (珈 琲?) Can also be used (also pronounced Kohi) are. Besides business and content information English is the language of Japanese coffee cans, which are often used for marketing and branding reasons.
Can the design and shape has changed. The first doses were just in the graphic design and were often curled in the middle two thirds of the box. Steel cans with straight sides appeared alongside a more modern form eventually. As in the previous dose of this type also begins as a flat plate, the folded and rolled-up. Extruded steel is widely used. Aluminum coffee cans are virtually non-existent, although UCC Black is a remarkable alternative Ausnahme.Eine etymological theory, but unfounded, is derived from the distinctive local accent Rhode Iceland and southeastern Massachusetts. Like the famous Boston accent is more, this emphasis tends to "r" the fall, but sounds a little different. "Auto" is pronounced "CAH" in Boston, but rather as "CAA" in Rhode Iceland. "Carbonate" (soda) can be pronounced more like "closet". It is therefore possible that the word "closet" may originally have referred to an ice cream soda.
Can the design and shape has changed. The first doses were just in the graphic design and were often curled in the middle two thirds of the box. Steel cans with straight sides appeared alongside a more modern form eventually. As in the previous dose of this type also begins as a flat plate, the folded and rolled-up. Extruded steel is widely used. Aluminum coffee cans are virtually non-existent, although UCC Black is a remarkable alternative Ausnahme.Eine etymological theory, but unfounded, is derived from the distinctive local accent Rhode Iceland and southeastern Massachusetts. Like the famous Boston accent is more, this emphasis tends to "r" the fall, but sounds a little different. "Auto" is pronounced "CAH" in Boston, but rather as "CAA" in Rhode Iceland. "Carbonate" (soda) can be pronounced more like "closet". It is therefore possible that the word "closet" may originally have referred to an ice cream soda.
Companies
Besides UCC and Pokka, all large Japanese beer, soda, and drink companies and most coffee companies either currently, or have at some point, offered canned coffee. The most popular brand today in below;
* Boss Coffee (produced by Suntory)
* Fire (Kirin Beverage)
* Dydo
* Georgia (Coca-Cola of Japan)
* Nescafe
* Roots (Japan Tobacco)
* Wonda (Asahi)
Other brands include Kissui (Sapporo Softdrinks), Itoen, Sangaria, Coffee Time (Yakult), BG (Meiji Dairies), and Cafe La Mode (Calpis). Regional and house brands are common, and the bigger companies offer regional versions of their coffee.
Types
There are numerous types of canned coffee in Japan, most of which make up a typical company's line up. Very common is "milk coffee," which includes milk and is generally quite sweet. Black coffee is also popular, as are "low sugar" (微糖?), cafe au lait, and milk coffee without sugar. Georgia has offered American-style flavored coffees such as hazelnut, but those are rarely seen suggesting that Japanese coffee drinkers eschew them for more traditional tastes. Seasonal coffees are also produced, especially "ice coffee", which appears during the summer months. There seems to be no difference between ice coffee and cold coffee, except as a marketing gimmick. The coffee varieties are often sold both hot and cold.
Can design
The original may UCC had a capacity of 250 ml, and that seems high and narrow for the western look. In the 1970s, 190 ml cans appeared, and these two variables may exist. Despite the differences in the height of the coffee price is the same for everyone. Size does not necessarily mean that kind of taste or 250 or 190 ml can, but iced coffee cans are usually small and thick, and 280 ml. American-sized (350 ml) cans are almost nonexistent, although this size produces a Dydo the name "American Coffee". Barrel cans are also very popular, while one aspect of the Roots' marketing campaign is the company's unique "waist shaped "can. A new type of cone-top type can be a twist-off cap appeared in recent years and many companies offer at least one of their coffees in this type of container.
Coffee tin graphic design are some limitations, particularly the use of English as well as a number of stereotypes and certain colors. Produced until recently was the largest doses of a particular company with a fixed pattern followed by color to distinguish the type of coffee. The current can, but especially in the big brands, but this tradition. The cans are often excellent examples of modern Japanese commercial graphic design.
Commemorative cans are common in Japan, for large events like the Tokyo Motor Show, sports teams and sporting events and manga characters.
Commemorative cans are common in Japan, for large events like the Tokyo Motor Show, sports teams and sporting events and manga characters.
Can collecting
In Japan there is no coffee can collecting organization equivalent to the Brewery Collectibles Club of America. However, coffee can collectors do indeed exist in Japan, and some of them have put those images of parts of their collections online (see links below). How many collectors there are is unknown.
There are no books available on the topic. It is likely that rarer Japanese coffee cans have a monetary value, but for the time being efforts at systematizing the hobby are at a low level. Foreign collectors of Japanese coffee cans may exist, but their numbers are likely extremely low.
