“I thought I would try this one for Mother’s Day weekend!!! What a beautiful herbal!! It gets 100 for presentation!!! The salted pink flowers smell like salty plumb-scented candy. They are so...” Read full tasting note
Whole Japanese cherry blossoms, pickled in salt and plum vinegar.
The Sakura, or Cherry Blossom tree, flowers spectacularly for just two weeks of the year, marking the arrival of spring in each prefecture in Japan. These blossoms have been picked and pickled in salt and plum vinegar, preserving the delicate rose-pink colour of the petals and creating the unique taste – a delicate taste that is used in Japanese sweets, chocolate, cakes, alcohol, and even lattes. Follow the brewing instructions carefully and try an authentic taste of Japan.
Country Japan
Weight 10g (approx 4-5 blossoms)
Origin Kanagawa and Nagano Prefectures, Japan
Leaf Appearance Whole salt-pickled cherry blossoms
Liquor Pale and rose-coloured
Tasting Notes Smooth and floral with a hint of savoury saltiness
Quick Brewing Instructions Use 1 or 2 flowers per serving. Soak in 100ml warm water (60 degrees) for 5 minutes to remove the salt. Drain, but reserve the soaking fluid. Place the blossoms in a small tea cup and infuse in boiling water for 3 minutes. Season with the reserved salted water to taste – a tsp at a time. Leave the flowers in the cup as you drink.
Cherry blossom is richly symbolic in Japan and every spring the nation follows the forecast of the blossoming up through the country and hold flower-viewing parties under clouds of pink flowers.
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