Suntory -196 “Real Green Tea” Variety Pack Vodka Seltzer Variety Pack – 8 x 355ml Cans (2 each Peach Green Tea, Lemon Green Tea, Strawberry Green Tea & Yuzu Green Tea)

Suntory's -196 vodka seltzer — pronounced "minus one-nine-six" — built its reputation in Japan, and then in the US, on a single proprietary idea: take whole fruit, flash-freeze it at -196°C in liquid nitrogen, crush it into a fine powder at that temperature, and infuse it directly into premium vodka. The Freeze Crush Infusion process — FCI — captures the juice, the peel, the oils, everything that makes a piece of fruit taste like itself, in a way that flavor extracts and syrups simply cannot replicate. The result has made -196 the best-selling vodka seltzer in Japan and one of the fastest-growing RTD launches in the US market since its 2025 nationwide debut.

The Real Green Tea Variety Pack takes that same FCI philosophy and applies it to one of Japan's most culturally central beverages. Green tea — brewed, then frozen and crushed using the same -196°C process — is blended with whole-fruit vodka infusions across four flavors: Peach Green Tea, Lemon Green Tea, Strawberry Green Tea, and Yuzu Green Tea, two cans of each in the eight-can pack. The result is a lighter, more tea-forward, more specifically Japanese take on the vodka seltzer category — crisp citrus and fruit brightness layered over the slightly grassy, slightly tannic backbone of real brewed green tea, at the same approachable 5.5% ABV that defines the entire -196 lineup.

Origins & Craftsmanship

-196 is produced by Suntory Global Spirits — the same house behind Hibiki, Yamazaki, and Hakushu — applying the company's specifically Japanese instinct for precision and craftsmanship to the RTD category. The Freeze Crush Infusion process is the brand's foundational and most differentiating production technology: whole fruit (and, in this variety pack, brewed green tea) is flash-frozen at exactly -196°C using liquid nitrogen, a temperature so extreme that the cellular structure of the fruit shatters rather than simply freezing solid. The frozen material is then crushed into a fine powder at that same temperature, preserving aromatic compounds, oils, and flavor components that would be lost to heat or oxidation in conventional extraction or syrup-based flavoring. That powder is infused directly into premium vodka.

The Real Green Tea Variety Pack extends this process to green tea — capturing the tea's aromatic and slightly bitter character in the same flash-frozen, crushed, infused format that the brand uses for its fruit flavors — and pairs it with four whole-fruit vodka infusions: peach, lemon, strawberry, and yuzu, the small, intensely aromatic Japanese citrus fruit whose floral, slightly tart character is prized across Japanese cuisine and beverage culture. Each can is 355ml, bottled at 5.5% ABV, gluten-free, and made with premium vodka and natural flavoring.

Tasting Profile

Peach Green Tea Juicy, ripe peach with soft florals and bright acidity layers over the green tea's grassy, lightly tannic backbone — a slightly tart snap on the finish keeps the sweetness from becoming cloying, while the tea adds a clean, slightly drying structure that pure peach seltzer doesn't have.

Lemon Green Tea Bright lemon zest with a tart edge meets the green tea's vegetal freshness — the combination reads close to a classic Arnold Palmer-adjacent profile, but crisper and drier, with a dry, clean vodka finish.

Strawberry Green Tea Juicy, sun-ripened strawberry — sweet and tart in balance — softened and structured by the green tea's slight bitterness, producing a more complex and less straightforwardly sweet can than strawberry alone.

Yuzu Green Tea The most specifically Japanese pairing in the pack. Yuzu's intensely aromatic, floral, tart citrus character — more complex and more fragrant than lemon or lime — meets green tea in a combination that is genuinely traditional in Japanese beverage culture, crisp, fragrant, and the most distinctive can in the variety pack.

Quick Overview

Serving & Occasion

Serve ice-cold straight from the can. The green tea backbone makes this variety pack a natural fit for warm-weather gatherings, picnics, and any setting where a lighter, less sweet alternative to standard fruit seltzers is wanted — particularly alongside sushi, light salads, and grilled fish, where the tea's slight bitterness and the yuzu's citrus brightness both work as genuine food pairings rather than just refreshments.