Nana’s Green Tea releases unique sakura treats for cherry blossom season in Japan

Anybody up for a salty sakura lassi?

Again in 2001, a restaurant chain known as Nana’s Inexperienced Tea opened in Tokyo’s Jiyugaoka, a neighbourhood well-known for scrumptious desserts. Now, over 20 years later, the chain has turn into so fashionable it has 68 branches in Japan and 14 in six nations abroad, with prospects returning time and time once more for the candy parfaits and matcha drinks.

Now with sakura season approaching, the chain has turn into top-of-the-line locations to go for a style of the cherry blossoms, thanks to 2 new menu objects that look completely beautiful.

Not solely do these things look nice, they’re additionally among the most uncommon in Japan, as they mix sakura with yoghurt, supplying you with a novel flavour you’re unlikely to seek out anyplace else.

The Sakura and Matcha Yoghurt Parfait (1,350 yen [US$9.05]) is being billed as “a brand new sort of spring parfait”, with matcha and yoghurt appearing as the primary gamers, supported by a glistening jelly that incorporates cherry blossom petals, and ice cream with salt-pickled cherry blossoms.

▼ Matcha jelly and a chunk of matcha gateau chocolate add bittersweetness to the combination.

▼ Becoming a member of the parfait is the Sakura and Matcha Spring-Colored Lassi (650 yen for a medium, 750 yen for a big).

This new sort of lassi combines the light sweetness of cherry blossom bean paste, the crisp astringency of matcha, and the average acidity of yoghurt to create a really distinctive beverage. The sakura bean paste has been made with salted cherry blossom leaves, offering an thrilling distinction in flavour and a refreshing aftertaste to assist minimize by means of the sweetness.

Each these sakura treats are among the prettiest you’ll discover in Japan proper now, with appears to be like to rival cherry blossom choices from extra fashionable chains like Starbucks. They gained’t be round for lengthy, although, as they’re at present accessible at Nana’s Inexperienced Tea branches round Japan solely whereas shares final.

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