As the hot summer days continue to sear away at our spirits, cold drinks are becoming more of a necessity, and McDonald’s is here to support our needs with a new beverage called the Watermelon Frappe.
▼ The drink contains a smoothie base made of watermelon juice, with a topping of whipped cream and kiwi and banana sauce.
The beautiful bright red hue and the kiwi fruit seeds in the sauce make this look like a watermelon in a cup. The visuals alone conjure up refreshing summer vibes…but what about the taste?
The first sip delivers a fruity sweetness while the crunchy texture of ice melts over the taste buds, creating the same sense of freshness as biting into a juicy watermelon. It instantly cools you down to the core, which is great on a hot day.
Overall, the flavor profile is sweet, but the juiciness of the watermelon is contrasted well by the kiwi fruit, which provides pockets of tartness throughout. The whipped cream topping provides an extra flavor accent, making the drink taste like a creamy sweet the more you mix it in.
After gulping it down on a hot day, the Watermelon Frappe gets the thumbs-up from us as a drink that’s worth your hard-earned yen. Plus, the promotional campaign, featuring actress and model Suzu Hirose and actor and singer Tomohisa Yamashita, or “Yamapi“, as he’s commonly known, is just as refreshing as the beverage.
▼ If watermelon isn’t your thing, there’s a pineapple frappe and banana macaron on the menu for a limited time too.
The new Frappes are currently available at over 2,000 McDonald’s branches out of approximately 3,000 nationwide so your chances of encountering them are good, but numbers are limited so you’ll want to get in quick before the promotion ends in mid-September.
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falseflagsteve
https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/en/products/43000/
Check out that nutrient from their site. Would I try this, no way Pedro.
wallace
The contents of the frappe are good. ¥490.
bass4funk
I am buying this ASAP!!!!!
Gene Hennigh
Watermelon. What could be better? Cold watermelon is a treat. A treat among treats. I would try this at least five times. I know, I know. By the time I'm done the ingredients will kill me they're so bad. Cold watermelon; I'd die happy.
リッチ
japan is on the road to diabetes with all these overly sugar drinks with no value to our health.
TaiwanIsNotChina
You must be a real treat at parties.
Norm
This concoction looked like it would go down well on a hot summer’s day.
Really. A few weeks ago you mentioned that you were going to have, in your words, “a right piss up” with your Spanish mates while watching a football match. (Sounds fun.)
Just fiction?