Georgia "Platinum Blend"

It is: Oaky, puckery, questioning, mouth-filling, rampant, hell-bent, the kind to use the words "zeitgeist" and "schadenfreude" without flinching.

It is not: Beefy, perspicacious, noticeably gay, corked, an elderly mouth-breather on a train.

Hot Point: At 130 yen, it is 10 yen more expensive than other canned coffees sold in Japanese vending machines, presumably on account of its use of "100% high-grade beans."

Charm Point: It kind of looks like a baby can of Miller Genuine Draft.

-- David Cady