Originally Posted by
LapLap
MrLapLap said he's had it a couple of times, once a least was from one of those vending machines that sell you a cup of drink with ice in it.
According to this website Liptons make it and it was available last November:
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/yorchie/diary/?ctgy=2 - the guy was stocking up as he said it was already disappearing from stores then.
The same flavour drink can be released by different companies during different years. Was it Liptons you had?
It was Kirin, and admittedly this was back in 2003, so who knows what might have happened since then. I hadn't really thought about it, or done any research, in a few years--this thread reminded me of it. I may have to poke around the net a bit this weekend and see if I can find any new info.