In continuation to Pepsi's Shiso soda flavor this summer, Pepsi will release it's new flavor this coming October 20 for the fall season. Pepsi Azuki is a "sweet, mellow and refined" flavor derived from the Japanese traditional food, red azuki beans.


Red azuki beans boiled with sugar is a common in many Japanese sweets such as anmitsu, taiyaki and daifuku. Azuki beans are also commonly eaten sprouted, boiled in a hot tea, or boiled with sugar, lotus seeds and orange peel, making a sweet red bean soup.