The colours and tastes of fall arrive at 92-year-old tea service provider Itohkyuemon.
With matcha having secured a everlasting place within the pantheon of desert flavors in Japan, the road between tea service provider and confectioner is turning into more and more blurred for some firms. Probably the most scrumptious, and delightful, examples of that is Itohkyuemon, a Kyoto tea firm based in 1832 which is now additionally well-known for his or her breathtaking, mouthwatering matcha parfait ice cream bars.
▼ The matcha parfait bars have even earned a spot on Itohkyuemon’s signal.
After all, being a profitable confectioner in Japan means it’s important to be aware of the seasons, and Itohkyuemon has been doing that with particular hydrangea-themed matcha ice cream bars this previous summer time. Now it’s time for a brand new autumn-only model, the Momiji Matcha Parfait Ice Cream Bar.
Momiji is the Japanese phrase for maple bushes, and this matcha ice cream bar is dressed for the season with a gelatin maple leaf, candied chestnut, and swirl of candy potato Mont Blanc (candy chestnut puree), in addition to a chocolate disc with Itohkyuemon’s identify written in kanji characters, in order that if you look again fondly on the pictures you took earlier than devouring this edible murals, you may be reminded of the place you bought it, and the place you will get one other when the craving for one more hits.
▼ The Momiji Matcha Parfait Ice Cream Bar is Itohkyuemon’s moveable tackle its in-cafe Momiji Matcha Parfait, seen on the left on this photograph.
The Momiji Matcha bar is priced at 740 yen (US$5.30) and goes on sale October 1 at Itohkyuemon’s Uji, Byodoin, Uji Station, Kyoto Station, Gion Yonjo, Sanjo Teramachi, and Kiyomizuzaka branches in Uji and Kyoto Metropolis, and arrives on November 1 at Itohkyuemon’s Kiyomizu Sanneizaka and Fushimi Inari branches in Kyoto Metropolis.
Associated: Itohkyuemon location listing
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