Part of the fun in traveling is trying different food and tasting new flavors and combinations. The Japanese love green tea (
matcha) and red bean (
adzuki) flavors in everything. Green tea is a popular flavor for drinks: hot tea and cold bottled tea, sweetened, unsweetened, and even with milk. Starbucks (which is everywhere in Tokyo) serves several tea flavored drinks: roasted green tea latte
(hojicha), jasmine orange tea latte, matcha tea latte, chai tea latte, green tea, and green tea frappuccino. Bread and pastries come in green tea flavors, which we can tell by the light green color. The green tea Kit Kat candy bar is delicious too.
Red beans are usually ground into a sweet paste and are a filling for steam buns, jelly candies, and glazed as whole beans on top of sweet soft rolls. Red beans are also served chopped up and mixed with rice as filling for sushi rolls and sushi triangles snacks (
onigiri). Red beans are a favorite pairing with green tea flavored desserts, like green tea pudding parfait or ice cream with layers of red bean puree.
Popular Japanese flavors
Special Kit Kat
green-tea white chocolate flavored
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