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 ====== Ramune ======
-Ramune is a Japanese Soda that was introduce in 1884, according to Wikipedia((:ref:>[[wp>Ramune]])). The drink comes in many flavors, but what makes it particularly interesting is the design of the bottle, which is sealed using a marble.
+Ramune is a Japanese Soda that was introduced in 1884, according to Wikipedia.((:ref:>[[wp>Ramune]])) The drink comes in many flavors, but what makes it particularly interesting is the design of the bottle, which is sealed using a marble.
+{{tag>musing}}
 ===== Review =====
-Opening the bottle is always fun. I find myself enjoying that part more than the drink itself.\\
+I first learned of Ramune through [[lb:Danganronpa]] interestingly enough, where it's available as a gift item. My first encounter with Ramune was when I started to live in Denmark as part of my studies, and I noticed the supermarkets in the area were selling Ramune. Since then I've been a big fan of Ramune, with it easily becoming my favorite carbonated drink.\\
-The drink? Yeah... it tastes pretty good. But the bottle is the real highlight.\\
+Opening the bottle is a core part of the Ramune experience, and is always fun in some way. I often find myself enjoying opening the bottle more than drinking from it...although this depends on the particular flavor of Ramune((:fn:>As of now, my favorite flavor is Blueberry, and I do not care for Melon.)). You see, the bottle is sealed with a marble! Isn't that cool! How many drinks can you name that come in a bottle like this huh?\\
-You see, it's sealed with a marble! Isn't that cool! How many drinks can you name that come in a bottle like this huh?\\
+Unfortunately, the bottles are not easy to reseal and removing the marble isn't either. Of the bottles I've been able to get my hands on, most had a cap that wasn't removable. Strangely, the ones that had a removable cap were screwed-on counter-clockwise((:fn:>Meaning that, to remove the cap, you had to turn the cap clockwise, rather than the standard counter-clockwise.)) which ended up confusing me for about an hour as I was trying to unscrew the cap from bottles where that wasn't possible. My attempts to figure out how to remove the cap led me to collect bottles until I could properly figure it out (so as to get to the marbles).((:fn:>Although I have since gotten rid of them (without recovering the marbles), at one point there were around 45 empty bottles sitting on my desk.)) One of my methods was to use a knife to cut into the cap, but this was too much effort for too little reward.
-Unfortunately, I cannot seem to figure out how to remove the marble or reseal it. Until I do, I guess there will be ~15 empty bottles just sitting on my desk.((:fn:>Although I have since gotten rid of them, at one point there were around 45 empty bottles sitting on my desk.))
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-I decided to turn this strange article into something more useful, so here is the 'Ramune Drink Rating System':
-  * Carbonation
-    * Intensity
-      * 0-3
-        * 0 - No intensity, 'watery.'
-        * 1 - Small intensity, equivalent to leaving a bottle open for a few days. Watery, but still noticeable.
-        * 2 - Medium intensity, equivalent to a Ramune bottle.
-        * 3 - Large intensity, equivalent to a western soda bottle.
-  * Flavoring
-    * Intensity
-      * 0-3
-        * 0 - No intensity, equivalent to water.
-        * 1 - Small intensity, noticeably watery, but still can be felt. Equivalent to flavored water bottles.
-        * 2 - Medium intensity, no longer watery, but not juice-like.
-        * 3 - Large intensity, effectively a juice.
-  * Taste
-    * This is just the advertised flavor.
-  * Evaluation
-    * Personal evaluation.
 ===== Trivilinks =====
   * [[http://www.e-drink.jp/lamune/index.htm|Website]] I think?
   * I really like Ramune.