Benefit from the style of autumn in Japan with three limited-edition drinks you gained’t discover anyplace else.
In Japan, Starbucks is way more than a coffeehouse chain, with 15 “Starbucks Tea & Cafe” shops in choose areas across the nation. These standalone branches concentrate on the chain’s vary of teas, with unique menu gadgets you gained’t discover anyplace else, reminiscent of Tea Lattes and Tea Frappuccinos.
▼ The shops have a distinct really feel too, with peachy biege hues that resemble the mud partitions of a standard chashitsu (tea room).
With Starbucks unveiling its new autumn Frappuccino yesterday, which shall be out there on the chain’s common branches from 4 September, it’s time for the Starbucks Tea & Cafe branches to unveil their unique new seasonal choices, and this time there’ll be two very Japanese drinks on the menu.
▼ First up, we now have the Japanese Chestnut and Japanese Black Tea Mousse Tea Latte (678 yen [US$4.68] for takeout, 690 yen for dine-in).
Obtainable iced or scorching (pictured left and proper respectively within the above photograph), the star ingredient on this Tea Latte is “waguri” or Japanese chestnut, which has a sweeter and nuttier flavour than its abroad counterparts. With chestnuts being the principle ingredient in Mont Blanc, an extremely fashionable autumn dessert in Japan that consists of a sponge cake topped with piped swirls of chestnut cream, these new drinks are mentioned to style identical to the dessert, with a tender chestnut-flavoured mousse and swirls of chestnut-flavoured paste on high.
The physique of the drink accommodates Japanese black tea sourced from Kagoshima Prefecture, which is alleged to show a “light aroma and delicate style” because of the distinctive native local weather. Specifically roasted to maximise flavour, this tea is alleged to pair extremely nicely with milk and Japanese chestnuts, making a chic style that can make you are feeling as should you’re having fun with a Mont Blanc with a facet of milk tea.
▼ The Mont Blanc inspiration can be current within the Japanese Chestnuts and Japanese Black Tea Frappuccino (776 yen for takeout, 790 yen for dine-in).
The Frappuccino accommodates the identical most important substances because the latte, however with extra ice within the mix for further refreshment and whipped cream up high rather than the chestnut mousse. Just like the latte, it too accommodates a sprinkling of Japanese black tea powder on high for added aroma and flavour, supplying you with the liberty to take pleasure in it full-strength or diluted as you combine it into the drink.
▼ Starbucks says the brand new drinks are a good way to “benefit from the appeal of autumn in Japan”.
Like all good issues, these new drinks will solely be out there for a restricted time, gracing the menu at Starbucks Tea & Cafe branches in Japan from 4 September to 31 October. It’s a tasty incentive to hunt out certainly one of these particular branches, that are simply as uncommon because the drinks you’ll discover in them.
Associated: Starbucks Tea & Cafe
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