These fruity flavored tea tablets will delight Japanese Palate
Tea is a way of life in Japan. Japanese tea ceremony is very well organized and a meaningful event. Japanese Matcha, Gyokuro, Sencha, Houjicha etc are always a treat to sip. Surprisingly, Japan is also the No 1 Ready to Drink (RTD) tea market in the world. Convenience factor plays a vital role in modern day marketing. No exception in Japan as well. As SORA NEWS 24 had reported, A new line of tea tablets uses the family crests of six famous samurai clans from Japan’s Sengoku era along with uniquely selected flavors for each.
Japanese tea company Olive has joined the growing ranks offering high-quality tea in tablet form, sometimes cleverly called “chablets” (combining the English with the Japanese word for tea, cha). Its latest chablet offering is sure to appeal to history buffs with its connection to Japan’s Sengoku warring states period from the 15th and 16th centuries, when the families of prominent samurai vied for power in almost continuous uprisings and civil war.
Here are the clans and their respective flavors along with the origins of the natural flavors.
● Tokugawa: Strawberry-flavored Ceylon tea, Shizuoka Prefecture
● Takeda: Grape-flavored Ceylon and Darjeeling tea, Yamanashi Prefecture
● Toyotomi: Sweet osmanthus-flavored matcha with gold dust, Osaka Prefecture
● Oda: Peach leaf-flavored orange pekoe tea, Aichi Prefecture
● Akechi: Chestnut, apple, rosehips-flavored Assam tea, Gifu and Kyoto Prefectures
● Chosokabe: Pear and sweet osmanthus-flavored Japanese black tea, Kochi Prefecture
▼ Teas in the above list are pictured top-to-bottom, left-to-right below.
The tea flavors themselves aren’t the only draw because the box itself is a gorgeous keepsake with the six family crests printed in gold on the packaging. It’s even designed to stand upright with the help of two small leg stands so that you can enjoy it as a decoration after finishing the tea.
In addition, each one is perfectly portioned with the right amount of condensed tea so that you don’t have to do any measuring or remove any tea leaves. For hot tea, simply infuse one tea tablet in 180 milliliters (6.1 ounces) of hot water for three minutes, and for iced tea, infuse one tea tablet in 500 milliliters of cold water for one hour.
The set also comes with a small packet of konpeito, Japanese sugar candy, that can be used to sweeten the tea or eaten as a snack accompaniment.
▼ This person can be seen dropping some konpeito into the cup to brew tea on the sweeter side.
The Sengoku Kamon set of flavored tea retails for 3,300 yen (US$21.80) and makes for a classy souvenir for yourself or a tea-loving friend who also loves Japanese history. If this tea makes you want to embody the spirit of Sengoku warlords even more.
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References
- Main Source: https://soranews24.com/2024/04/04/sengoku-samurai-warlords-transform-into-easy-to-brew-fruity-flavored-tea-tablets/
