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6. Pepsi Shiso – Japan

Another wacky entry from Pepsi Japan, Pepsi Shiso displayed an off-putting brilliant green hue reminiscent of toxic nuclear waste as depicted in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoons. Flavored with Shiso – an aromatic leaf with a slightly similar smell and taste to basil – the drink was introduced in Japan on a limited time basis during the summer of 2009.

Shiso is known by other names including Perilla and – wait for it – “beefsteak plant”. Pepsi Shiso may sound strange but it’s got nothing on “Pepsi Beefsteak”. As for the taste, one blogger who discovered Pepsi Shiso in a Honolulu grocery store’s Japanese section described it as being a “liquid car crash in a bottle.”