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Cucumber Soda from Pepsi – no joke!

On MSNBC.com is a story on Pepsi’s new cucumber flavored soda. Pepsi Cucumber Ice hits stores this week in Japan. While I love to incorporate the brisk and refreshing cucumber into cocktails — I am not so sure about it in a sweet soda. But hey – Dr. Brown’s old school Celery Soda is pretty good with a hot pastrami sandwich. So maybe cuke soda could go well with some sushi to-go?

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