F2F Class Notes (Lily) [W]

Cultural Differences between Chinese and Japanese.

There are a lot of cultural differences between Chinese and Japanese. I would like to talking something about the beverage.

The packaging of beverage in Japan are very diverse and cute, it is very difficult for me to pick up one when I standing at the front of vending machine in Japan. But to be honest, their taste are almost same: bitter or light. For example, oolong tea, tea with tea powder and pure water. My friend who works in Japan, he told us that Japanese rarely have sweet beverage, they like having drink with less sugar.

Compared to the Japanese, Chinese people like having different taste of beverage, sweet, bitter ,sour or spicy, even though the packing is very normal. Chinese young persons especially like drinking milk tea (奶茶). People can choose how sweet for their milk tea, and everyone would try to give a try for the new taste of them. In Japan, it’s rarely to see a store to sell milk tea, which makes my friend so frustrated.

I don’t know why Japanese like that, I guess maybe because their deserts are very sweet, then the drink without sugar can neutralize the taste. Or they want to keep healthy.

There are a lot of cultural differences between Chinese and Japanese. I would like to talk something about the beverages.

The packaging of beverages in Japan are very diverse and cute, it is very difficult for me to pick when I stand in front of the vending machine in Japan. To be honest, the tastes for beverages are almost the same, either bitter or light. For example, oolong tea, tea with tea powder are bitter, and water is tasteless/light.  My friend, who works in Japan, he told us that Japanese rarely have sweet beverages, they like having drinks with less sugar.

Compared to the Japanese, Chinese people like having different tastes for beverages: sweet, bitter ,sour or spicy; despite the unimpressive packaging, there is a variety of different tastes. Young people in China especially like to drink milk tea in particular. People can choose the level of sweetness for their milk tea, and everyone would give a try for them. In Japan, it’s rare to see a store that sells milk tea, which frustrates my friend a lot.

I don’t know why Japanese beverages are only bitter or light, I guess maybe because their deserts are very sweet, so the drinks without sugar can neutralize the taste. Or simply because they want to be healthy/ have a healthy life style.