Friday, October 23, 2009

Tirol Mochi-in Uji Matcha チロルもち入り宇治抹茶


In Japan I was on the hunt for various Tirol flavours. Yasu is a big fan of Tirol, has been since childhood, and I wanted to find some interesting flavours for him. I managed to find the Salty Vanilla, and this one at Family Mart.

It's not just a plain matcha flavour though, it has 'mochi' or sweet rice, inside. I bought two of them at the time, and just uncovered them in a box of snacks I sent home from Japan.

Uji matcha is a famous blend of matcha powder from Kyoto. Accordingly the chocolate on the outside has that dark green colour and powdered tea smell. It is so rich in smell, it really smells like the powdered tea from tea ceremonies.


Biting into the chocolate, the powder gives the chocolate a very certain texture, which I love. The 'mochi', is more like a gummi, but it is sweet and kind of reminds me of red bean, or I could almost imagine it there. The chocolate is the absolute winner here, I just love the powdery tea texture, and the strong matcha flavour, with a slight bitterness at the end. It really is true to the real thing.

The bitterness of the tea matches well with the sweet inner mochi. It's a match made in heaven for matcha lovers.

I really wish I bought more than two of these!!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

hi,

may i know where you bought this matcha chocolate?

elis

Tasty Japan said...

I bought this at Family mart in Japan.

Anonymous said...

ok thks for the reply ..
so for this family mart is it located all over japan?
and would i be possible to find it in narita airport?

elis

Anonymous said...

ok thanks for your reply .
then may i know where is the family mart located at which part of japan ?
and would i be able to find it in narita airport?

elis

Tasty Japan said...

Family mart is a supermarket/convenience store, I'm not sure if it's at Narita airport or not.

http://www.narita-airport.jp/en/

Here is the link for Narita airport though, have a look on their website and see if you can find it there. :) By the way, this was bought in october 2009 and as their products are mostly seasonal in Japan, I'm not sure you can find this anymore.

Otherwise, try Napajapan www.napajapan.com he takes orders so if you ask him about this one he may know where to get one or one like it.

Anonymous said...

okay thanks so much for all the information =D

Tasty Japan said...

No problem. Hope you find it :)

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