Tomato sake

Personally, I can’t stand the taste of tomato juice. Even if I try to be healthy and buy a mixed fruit-and-vegetable drink, if there’s even a hint of tomato going on, the carton gets immediately shoved back in the fridge for my wife to try (read: finish off for me).

But if you’re one of those folks who just can’t get enough of that curious red stuff, there’s a new drink you may want to try this summer: Toma Toma Sparkling. Oh, and it has alcohol in it.


Suntory’s Toma Toma Sparkling is made with 27% tomato juice and packing 4% abv, promising a “refreshing” combination of tomato sweetness and soda water perfect for the hot weather.

▼ Apparently the drink is also “simple and stylish” and “cute”

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Available in 275 ml bottles from now until the end of summer, the drink will set you back 230 yen (US$2.25), excluding tax. We’ll have a taste test for you as soon as we can track some of this stuff down, but I can safely say that, were I washed up on a desert island with this as the only booze around, I’d most likely be as sober as a nun the entire time. Whatever floats your raft, I suppose.

Source/feature image: Entabe
Inset image: Suntory