FOOD FIND: Sakura Season 2019
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Dear Foodie Fam,
Sakura. Beautiful… and tasty?
Here’s what seven brands are offering for the beloved Sakura season!
First… What does Sakura taste like?
Like some other flowers, sakura is edible. Freshly plucked, cherry blossoms are pretty bland. To bring out it’s subtle floral flavor, Japanese vendors take this national symbol and freeze-dry or pickle it in vinegar, then salt it. Sakura leaves can also be dried or ground into desserts.
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Starbucks
SOURCE: Starbucks, Japan
Sakura Chocolate
Found in conbinis and Starbucks stores
Milk, white chocolate, strawberry juice jelly, sakura flavor
SOURCE: Starbucks, Japan
Sakuraful Milk Latte and Sakuraful Frappucino
Frappucino: Strawberry and sakura jelly
Both: topped with whipped cream and pink (chocolate, cherry and strawberry) shavings
SOURCE: Starbucks, Japan
Milk Pudding
Sakura milk pudding is actually a popular dish in Japan during Sakura Season
Starbucks’ milk pudding has sakura sauce, sakura flower purée and sakura leaf powder
SOURCE: Starbucks, Japan
Sakura Donut
Rich cake donut, pink glaze, salted cherry blossom petal powder
And… Merch!:
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Godiva
SOURCE: Godiva, Japan
Ohanami Cake Set
“Ohanami” means Cherry Blossom Viewing Party
Sakura flavor: sakura chocolate chips, salty cherry blossom petals and leaves, chocolate mousse, chocolate ganache, gyuhi mochi sweet rice cake, chocolate spongecake
Matcha Flavor Green tea cake using Uji tea field matcha powder, matcha powder dusting, matcha chocolate mousse, matcha ganache, gyuhi mochi, matcha sponge cake
Available at Lawson conbini
SOURCE: Godiva Japan
Shokorikisa White Chocolate Sakura Lala ♪
Yes, the “♪” is part of the name
Actually was made for “white day” (the day in Japan where boys are given the chance to go back and gift chocolate to any girls who gave them chocolate on Valentine’s day)
Light, fluffy
Sweet sakura fragrance, cherry and chocolate melted together, sakura jelly, whipped cream layers, chocolate pieces in the drink
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Lipton
SOURCE: Lipton, Japan
Sakura Milk Tea
Like OG Lipton Milk Tea but with a hint of sakura flavor
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Lindt
SOURCE: Lindt, Japan
Strawberry White Chocolate Drink
Served at Lindt Chocolat Cafes in Japan
White chocolate, fresh strawberry juice, whipped cream, lemon juice, strawberry sauce
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Pocky
SOURCE: Pocky
Luxury Chocolatier 2019 Sakura Cherry Blossom Limited Edition
Cherry blossom leaf extract, sakura zest, mild milk chocolate coating, salty sprinkle
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Cinnabon
SOURCE: Cinnabon
Luxury Chocolatier 2019 Sakura Cherry Blossom Limited Edition
Japan limited cinnamon roll
Sakura cream cheese, layer of crunchy sakura chocolate bits
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Calbee
SOURCE: Calbee
Kappa Ebisen Cherry Blossom & Salt Shrimp Chips
… it has pink flecks…
SOURCE: Calbee
Potato Chips Sakura
Sakura flavored sugar and butter
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Coca Cola
SOURCE: Coca Cola, Japan
Basically, the packaging is special
Above: the two 2018 designs and at end, the 2019 (purple) design