Down the hatch: Lychee Ramune drink

I had never enjoyed a drink that requires me to perform five steps before I can even raise it to my lips. But this is the fun of Shirakiku’s carbonated Lychee Ramune drink — a Japanese soda in a codd bottle.

In order to get at the carbonated drink inside the glass bottle, you must first remove the seal from the top and detach the plunger from the center of the cap.

 
Once the plunger’s been removed from the center, you place it in a

small depression at the top of the bottle. Then place the heel of your

palm on top, while steadying the base of the bottle with the bottom of

your hand. And push … hard. Harder enough that you would expect it

to hurt.