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Learn Chinese with ChineseClass101.com! Thirsty for more Chinese? This beverage-oriented lesson will quench your parched brain. In today’s podcast, we are going over the most commonly bought drinking beverages in China, with the exception of coffee. And hope you weren’t craving an ice-cold Coca-Cola to quench your thirst on a hot summer day, we’ll tell you why! So put on a hot cup of green tea, and let the learning begin.

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13 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #5 - The Tastiest Drink in China”

ChineseClass101.com says:

What is your favorite drink?

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podboy says:

I love soymilk and Guinness .

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Renny says:

mainly coca cola But Not on a hot summer day
then ill Drink ice Tea or water.
I like drinking Tea with chinese food at a Restaurant.
Milk in the morning. 7-up sometimes.
I hardly ever drink Beer, once a year.

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Migao says:

I like ‘Calpis’ but i think that’s a Japanese drink. Also like ‘Yitlikdou’…I think that’s Cantonese, which I’d wish the good people here would start a Cantoneseclass101.com on… Asahi DRY is good too, and TsingTao is very good too. I don’t like Sake or laojiu…too strong for me. I like Chocolate Vitasoy, but lately it’s gotten too expensive! :smile:

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Anthony says:

Actually you know what is not bad? This milk sports drink hybrid available here in China called Nutri-Express 营养快线 yíngyǎng kuài xiàn. One caveat though, tastes best when cold.

@ Podboy
Soymilk and Guinness together? Interesting combo… There are a few places in Beijing where you can pick up a Guiness at a reasonable price. Maybe next time I will test that out.

Harbin Beer 哈尔滨啤酒 hāěrbīn píjiǔ is quite good too

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Lanzi says:

@Migao

I love “Yiklitdo” 益力多! But their bottles are tiny. I drink three at a time.

I love Hong Kong milktea the best. 鸳鸯(yuan1yang1, literally ‘mandarin duck’)milktea, 丝袜(si1wa4, literally “silk stockings”)milktea, etc. Didn’t find any good milktea here in Beijing. :sad: They’re either too sweet or too milky. I guess they simply add water in milktea powder.

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podboy says:

@Anthony

Well ,I don’t drink them together. lols

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podboy says:

@Lanzi

丝袜(si1wa4, literally “silk stockings”)milktea ?

I have never heard it , and I am wondering now . :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

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Migao says:

Lanzi, When I stayed in Tokyo a few years back I was quite impressed with the hot coffee one could buy from a can in any vending machine, even the cold variety was good, this was way before starbux came out in the states. It’s funny, I love Chinese culture and Japanese as well…but I don’t like tea, green, red or milky… :shock: I was in Hongkong for a few weeks, seemed like a more compressed version of Tokyo and it was very humid, the Chinese still were drinking their hot tea and I ordered a coke and got one with NO ICE! :lol:
益力多 can be very addictive…thanks for the hanzi!

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Lanzi says:

@podboy

http://baike.baidu.com/view/278282.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong-style_milk_tea
You should try. :cool:

@Migao

Warm Coke is a disaster. I know why Chinese have hot drinks in Summer. According to my mom, it’s good for health, since warm drink’s temperature is close to human body’s, while cold drinks chill the body too quickly. She said one should let the body cools down gradually, not in a sec. Otherwise it hurts the “qi”.

But cold drinks taste better. I even eat ice-cream in Winter. :cool:

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Patty says:

Almost caught up!

As somebody who needs to lose a lot of weight, I drink water most of the time. I really like good tea especially a Russian blend I buy online, also American Constant Comment by Bigelow (bags only) makes good iced tea. In the morning I brew one perfect cup from leaves, fairly strong with a heaping spoonful of sugar. Glass of wine is nice at night. Don’t drink sodas because of the health consequences to all of them.

Question, can you use 隨便 for _any_ occasion or does it only apply when you’re trying to “have it your way” at a restaurant or a person’s house?

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trevelyan says:

@patty,

隨便 is great. You’re right you can use it anywhere. One of the best ways of using it is if someone asks you where you want to go for dinner, or drinks. It’s maybe a bit dismissive, a bit like saying “I don’t care” but if you use it with a friend it’s fine.

Agree about not drinking soda too. Swapping that our for water made me feel physically much better as well w/r/t the caffeine and sugar. So it’s not just about weight loss.

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Patty says:

Thanks Trevelyan, I asked because the translation was “whatever” which you can use when somebody is being a pain. I started with the FSI Chinese lessons free online and they tend to use it in the sense of letting everybody do what they want. But nowadays people tend to say “whatever” when they’re tired of an argument.

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