Oideyasu! Please take off your shoes.
Kyo-kaori (meaning Kyoto fragrance or flavor) tea is a bottled iced tea available since (I think) 2004, with powdered matcha tea from Uji, Kyoto, concealed in a clever double cap. The bottle contains only water, but when you unscrew the top cap, it releases the powdered tea from the green tube into the water, and you have to shake it pretty good to get it to mix thoroughly, but you get that nice matcha flavor in a lighter dose than usual, in refreshing iced tea that feels so good in your throat. Made locally in Minami-ku by Irokuen Tea company. Website (Flash).
That is very neat. I just wish that green tea flavoured ice cream would become popular where I live. Then I could recapture a blissful moment recently - sitting under cherry blossom beside the lake in Heian Jingu, with green tea icecream. A peak experience!
Posted by: Val on June 1, 2005 03:31 AM"Oh no, our matcha tea sellings go down the drain. Let's invent some new gimmick!"
I wish we had some ofthis stuff in london sometimes. . . :)
Posted by: davey on June 5, 2005 03:44 AM
