Hacker News: paradiseluckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=paradiseluckHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 26 May 2026 21:13:27 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by paradiseluck in "Toshifumi Suzuki, founder of Seven-Eleven Japan, has died"]]>Might be appropriate with a Pokari sweat or 196, but would love to try a Japanese take on big gulps.

]]>Tue, 26 May 2026 05:30:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275381paradiseluckhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275381https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48275381<![CDATA[New comment by paradiseluck in "Reviving an 800-Year-Old Japanese Tea Farm"]]>Could very well be because of the popularity of coffee in Japan, as it's seen trendier than the old fashioned tea, which alao tends to take extra care and time to brew.

S. Koreans also tend to drink coffee way more than tea, but this might have to do with the extreme poverty coming out of korean war, and coffee being less expensive.

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