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Beautiful Japanese garden green tea crepes waiting in Tokyo’s historical Asakusa neighborhood

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 13, 2024
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Treats for the eyes and taste buds, just a few blocks from Sensoji Temple.

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• Japan
• (Asakusa • crepes • food • green tea • hojicha • matcha • sweets • tea)

Starbucks Japan releases exclusive new holiday goods at Reserve Roastery Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Nov 3, 2024

Products from a “world of ice” add a stylish vibe to your festive gathering.

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• Japan
• (autumn • Christmas • Christmas 2024 • cocktails • coffee • COK • drinks • holidays • limited edition • mugs • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • tea • Teavana • tumblers)

192-year-old Kyoto tea company now makes matcha Margherita pizzas

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 16, 2024

Itohkyuemon continues to innovate as it approaches its 200th birthday.

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• (food • green tea • Itohkyuemon • Margherita pizza • matcha • pizza • pizza Margherita • tea • weird)

This non-sweet matcha treat is one of our new favorite Kyoto snack souvenirs【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 8, 2024

Umami no Mi Gyokuro is waiting right outside the Shinkansen gate at Kyoto Station.

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • gyokuro • kombu • Kyoto • Kyoto Station • matcha • snacks • SNJO • taste test • tea • Tsujiri)

Starbucks Japan releases first flower drink in exclusive, hard-to-find chilled cup series

• Oona McGee
  Oct 3, 2024

Like drinking a flower garden, but you’ll have to go hunting to find it. 

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• (chilled cup • COK • drinks • Earl grey • latte • limited edition • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • tea)

How to use the self-serve dispensers for green tea at conveyor bel sushi restaurants in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 21, 2024

A key part of the complete kaitenzushi experience.

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• Japan
• (COK • Conveyor belt sushi • cool • drinks • food • green tea • kaiten sushi • Kaitenzushi • restaurants • revolving sushi • SNJO • tea)

Kyoto’s breathtaking, mouthwatering matcha parfait bars get new autumn-only flavor

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2024

The colors and tastes of fall arrive at 92-year-old tea merchant Itohkyuemon.

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• (food • green tea • ice cream • ice cream bars • Itohkyuemon • Kyoto • matcha • parfaits • sweets • tea)

McDonald’s Japan’s new apple caramel black tea and Kyoho frappes are creatively cool autumn treats

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 20, 2024

New fall frappes on the way in time for when the leaves fall.

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• Japan
• (Apple • caramel • drinks • fast food • food • frappes • grape • Kyoho • macarons • McDonald's • McDonald's Japan • sweets • tea)

Starbucks Reserve Roastery Tokyo adds exclusive drinks to the menu for autumn

• Oona McGee
  Sep 6, 2024

Coffees, cocktails, sodas and green teas deliver flavours to match the mood of harvest season.

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• Japan
• (autumn • cocktails • coffee • COK • drinks • green tea • hojicha • limited edition • Reserve Roastery Tokyo • roasted green tea • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Reserve Roastery • tea • Teavana)

Tea Master Anywhere service offers tea ceremony matcha meditation session anywhere in Japan

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 3, 2024

No matter where you are, you’re in the right place for chazen, Kyoto tea seller says.

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• (COK • green tea • health • matcha • meditation • tea • tea ceremony • wellness)

Starbucks adds a very Japanese Frappuccino and latte to select stores in Japan

• Oona McGee
  Aug 30, 2024

Enjoy the taste of autumn in Japan with three limited-edition drinks you won’t find anywhere else. 

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• (autumn • chestnuts • drinks • Frappuccino • Frappuccinos • Japanese Frappuccinos • limited edition • Mont Blanc • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks limited edition • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • Starbucks Tea and Cafe • sweets • tea)

Beautiful afternoon tea lounge lets you look at and eat Osaka Castle【Taste test】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 8, 2024

A taste of a luxurious view in Osaka.

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• (afternoon tea • cafes • COK • DoubleTree • DoubleTree by Hilton Osaka Castle • food • Hilton • hotels • Osaka • Osaka Castle • restaurants • SNJO • sweets • tea • tourism • travel)

Starbucks Japan makes hojicha black tea latte permanent item, and here’s a great way to customize it

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 14, 2024

We’ve been waiting three years to try this trick!

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• Japan
• (COK • drinks • green tea • hojicha • hojicha latte • K. Masami • roasted green tea • SNJO • Starbucks • Starbucks customization • Starbucks Japan • sweets • taste test • tea)

Studio Ghibli releases new Totoro collection to keep us hydrated all summer long

• Oona McGee
  Jun 10, 2024

Beloved character brings anime charm to bottles, a bottle cover and even a cold tea pot in Japan.

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• Japan
• (accessories • anime • beautiful • bottle covers • bottles • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • drinks • green tea • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • shop • Studio Ghibli • tea • tea pots • Totoro)

Japanese department store rooftop is a secret oasis where you can escape the crowds in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  May 27, 2024

A secret world awaits you above the bright lights of Kabukicho. 

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• Japan
• (beautiful • COK • cool • depachika • department store • department stores • gardens • Isetan • Mariko Ohanabatake • nature • rooftop • rooftop bar • shinjuku • Shinjuku Isetan • shopping • SNJO • sweets • tea • Tokyo • tourist sites • travel)

Shu macaron and herbal Japanese tea pairings are a feast for the eyes and mouth in Harajuku

• Krista Rogers
  May 20, 2024

Enjoy these stylish shu macarons with original blends of tea to enhance the flavors even more. 

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• (cafe • cafes • cream puff • cream puffs • drinks • food • green tea • Harajuku • macaron • macarons • pastry • shu cream • sweets • Takeshita Dori • Takeshita Street • tea • Tokyo)

Starbucks releases an official green tea chai latte with special Japanese ingredients

• Oona McGee
  May 18, 2024

Forget Baby Yoda, go the full Yoda with this unprecedented matcha drink.

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• Japan
• (Baby Yoda • cafes • chai • chai latte • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • matcha chai • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • sweets • tea)

Starbucks releases special matcha Frappuccino made with Japan’s first matcha leaves of the year

• Casey Baseel
  May 16, 2024

New matcha lineup spruces up green tea beverages with hatsutsumi leaves.

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• Japan
• (cafes • drinks • Frappuccinos • green tea • hatsutsumi • Japanese Frappuccinos • matcha • Starbucks • Starbucks Japan • Starbucks Tea & Cafe • sweets • tea)

Gorgeous matcha ajisai parfait ice cream bars appear just in time for hydrangea season

• Casey Baseel
  May 11, 2024

Beautiful seasonal flowers inspire Kyoto tea merchant to make beautiful seasonal sweets.

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• Japan
• (ajisai • beautiful • green tea • hydrangeas • ice cream • Itokyuehmon • Itokyuemon • matcha • parfaits • sweets • tea • Uji)

Mister Donut’s new Kyoto roasted green tea donut is a mess…in the best possible way

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 29, 2024

So we meet again, Mister Donut Meets Tsujirii.

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• Japan
• (COK • donuts • food • Gion Tsujiri • green tea • hojicha • Misdo Meets • Mister Donut • SNJO • sweets • taste test • tea • Tsujiri)

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