Japanese people also love to have seasonal flavors. In spring,
Sakura(cherry blossoms) flavor is one of the popular ones.
People don’t eat Sakura flower itself as it is. It would be too light taste to enjoy even if they eat it, but pickled Sakura flowers and pickled Sakura leaves have been used for drinks and sweets since old times.
Traditionally people soak the pickled Sakura flowers into hot water and drink it as Sakura tea. In fact it doesn’t taste like tea since the flowers are pickled with only salt, but it has a strong flavor and people enjoy the flavor.
Usually Sakura tea is served when a family has something to celebrate, so it’s not a seasonal tea, but Japanese people know how Sakura smells from it. Then people want to have food/drinks with the flavor when Sakura flowers are blooming.
Now, many of the new seasonal products with Sakura flavor can be found in Japan, for example Lindt Cafés in Japan has a Sakura flavored white chocolate drink, Starbucks also has Sakura flavored Latte, KitKat has Sakura flavor, too. Those products have the smell of pickled Sakura flowers/leaves and people consider that as a flavor of spring.
People don’t eat Sakura flower itself as it is. It would be too light taste to enjoy even if they eat it, but pickled Sakura flowers and pickled Sakura leaves have been used for drinks and sweets since old times.
Traditionally people soak the pickled Sakura flowers into hot water and drink it as Sakura tea. In fact it doesn’t taste like tea since the flowers are pickled with only salt, but it has a strong flavor and people enjoy the flavor.
Usually Sakura tea is served when a family has something to celebrate, so it’s not a seasonal tea, but Japanese people know how Sakura smells from it. Then people want to have food/drinks with the flavor when Sakura flowers are blooming.
Now, many of the new seasonal products with Sakura flavor can be found in Japan, for example Lindt Cafés in Japan has a Sakura flavored white chocolate drink, Starbucks also has Sakura flavored Latte, KitKat has Sakura flavor, too. Those products have the smell of pickled Sakura flowers/leaves and people consider that as a flavor of spring.
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