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Starbucks Japan made an exclusive five-green tea blend for its new Hojicha Frappuccino
- Casey Baseel
Jan 8, 2020 - Tweet
The coffeehouse shows it knows a thing or two (or five) about teas too with its newest roasted green tea dessert drinks.
- Japan
- (COK • Frappuccinos • green tea • hojicha • Japanese Frappuccinos • roasted green tea • Starbucks • sweets • tea)
Experience afternoon tea with a Japanese twist in Harajuku!【Photos】
- Eli Pang
Dec 7, 2019
Regardless if you’re a tea aficionado or simply in need of a break, unwind and de-stress at this cozy tea salon in the heart of Tokyo’s fashionable Harajuku district.
Get a taste of the high life with a US$92 “Tapioca” bubble tea in Tokyo
- Master Blaster
Nov 25, 2019
Return to Tapioca Land.
- Japan
- (boba • bubble tea • Da Hong Pao • Mr. Sato • SNJO • tapioca • tea • Tokyo • Tokyo Tapioca Land • Tokyo Tapioca Land Cafe)
Can you put Japan’s hot bottled tea/coffee in the microwave? Only if you see this special notice
- Casey Baseel
Nov 21, 2019
Almost all drink makers caution against it, but one says it’s safe as long as you follow some special rules.
- Japan
- (coffee • COK • drinks • hot drinks • Ito En • microwave • Oi Ocha • SNJO • tea • vending machines)
We revolutionize tapioca tea by making a savory hot pot dinner with both ingredients【SoraKitchen】
- Katy Kelly
Nov 18, 2019
We tinker with the tapioca trend to make some scrumptious hotpot!
- Japan
- (cooking • delicious • Gogo no Kocha • hot food • hotpot • Mai • nabe • SNJO • SoraKitchen • tapioca • tea)
Lipton releases new bubble tea ice cream bar with tapioca pearls in Japan
- Oona McGee
Nov 15, 2019
Filled with boba that stays chewy even when frozen.
- Japan
- (boba • bubble tea • COK • ice cream • Lipton • Lipton tea • sweets • tapioca • tapioca tea • tea)
Tokyo tapioca tea takeover continues with a new massive boba drink stand in Shibuya【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Oct 5, 2019
Mr. Sato refuses to back down from gigantic sweet tea challenges.
There’s a Makoto Shinkai anime-inspired tea in Japan, and it’s beautiful like his films
- Casey Baseel
Jul 25, 2019
We get a little emotional taste-testing the Weathering with You Ameiro Jelly Tea.
- Japan
- (anime • beautiful • convenience stores • drinks • Lawson • Makoto Shinkai • taste test • tea • Weathering with You • your name.)
Wondering if your boyfriend will be a good husband? Give him the tea test, Japanese Twitter says
- Casey Baseel
Jun 29, 2019
Simple behavior has a deep meaning, according to believers.
- Japan
- (marriage • Personality test • relationships • romance • tea)
Even Denny’s is awesome in Japan as diner chain rolls out new Kyoto Uji matcha green tea desserts
- Casey Baseel
Jun 7, 2019
Budget-friendly chain uses Japan’s best green tea for menu so mouthwatering we’re ready to eat them as our main course.
Ujicha Bus in Kyoto celebrates Uji matcha green tea with Japanese teahouse interior【Photos】
- Oona McGee
May 25, 2019
The bus even comes with a heart-shaped window like the one at a famous Kyoto temple.
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • buses • cool • green tea • Kyoto • matcha • tea • tourism • tourist sites • travel • Uji)
Häagen-Dazs Japan’s 35th anniversary Green Deep Tea ice cream is no ordinary matcha dessert
- Casey Baseel
May 18, 2019
Amazingly high-quality tea leaves are the key ingredient in this milestone flavor.
Starbucks Japan Royal Milk Tea Frappuccino: The perfect drink for milk tea lovers
- Oona McGee
May 9, 2019
A timely taste of royalty as we head into the new era.
- Japan
- (COK • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • milk tea • review • SNOJ • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • taste test • tea)
Enjoy beautiful Japanese snacks and tea at Saryo Fukucha in Kyoto
- Shannon McNaught
Apr 4, 2019
Japanese sweets and teas every bit as elegant and colorful as Kyoto itself.
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Lupicia to release special tea blends based on Studio Ghibli films!
- Shannon McNaught
Mar 18, 2019
Lupicia’s back at it again with their amazingly cute Ghibli collabs!
- Japan
- (collaboration • Donguri Kyowakoku • Kiki's Delivery Service • Lupicia • My Neighbor Totoro • Studio Ghibli • tea)
Lipton to release Sakura Milk Tea for cherry blossom season!
- Shannon McNaught
Feb 17, 2019
Sakura season is just around the corner, and Lipton will help you prepare.
Remember: Japanese kombucha is nothing like American kombucha
- Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2019
It’s a tale of two kombuchas as Mr. Sato tries a canned kombucha imported from the U.S. that startles his taste buds and blows his mind.
- Japan
- (drinks • funny • Japanese language • kombu • kombucha • linguisitcs • seaweed • SNOJ • tea)
Maximum matcha! Tokyo sweet shop sells the strongest green tea chocolates physically possible
- Casey Baseel
Jan 26, 2019
We taste test the newest desserts from a 112-year-old Japanese tea company.
Possibly the most useless product in the world: The Plastic Bottle Bottom Cap
- Master Blaster
Oct 21, 2018
Even if you defend the concept of such a thing, you’ll find that this isn’t even a good plastic bottle bottom cap.
- Japan
- (100 yen store • Daiso • Go Hatori • plastic bottle • Plastic Bottle Bottom Cap • SNJO • tea • weird products)
Japanese woman fed up with being expected to serve male coworkers tea shatters corporate culture
- Casey Baseel
Jun 2, 2018
Frustrated professional busts up her office’s outdated “tea squad” tradition with a perfectly salted comeback.
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