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It’s official, summer has arrived. The turn of the season brings with it beach days, fireworks, and romantic evenings surrounded by fireflies, but it also means the arrival of two of Japan’s most unloved things; mosquitoes and the unbearable heat.
However, Japan has a way of dealing with things; you can deter pesky mosquitoes with the help of a charming kayari buta incense burner, and you keep chilled throughout the summer by chomping down on a mountain of shaved ice – known in Japan as kakigori.
Originally limited to festivals, kakigori is now widely available, and can even be bought from your local convenience store. If, however, you are looking for something with a little more uniqueness, then there are plenty of speciality stores that focus on creating the perfect pile of shaved ice.
For the coffee lovers amongst us, Blue Bottle Coffee Japan has just released a Coffee and Milk Kakigori as part of a special summer collaboration with Konnyaku Sushi and Shaved Ice KON.
This is the first time that Blue Bottle Coffee Japan has offered shaved ice as part of their summer menu. The dessert will only be available until 31 August 2021, but it will help get us through the summer heat.
Developed by Blue Bottle Coffee Japan and Konnyaku Sushi and Shaved Ice ‘KON’, the dish has been dubbed as ‘an adult shaved ice’ that combines the freshest ingredients of the season.
The Coffee and Milk Cream Kakigori is created by carefully flavoring shaved ice with coffee syrup and salted caramel sauce produced by Blue Bottle Coffee. Sugared orange peel shavings and chopped nuts are hidden within the mountain of ice, creating surprising texture and flavor with each and every bite.
The dessert pairs well with coffee, and is perfect for enjoying a relaxing moment and forgetting about the summer heat.
Eat-in: 1,320 yen
Take-out: 1,296 yen
The dessert is available until Aug 31 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the following Blue Bottle Coffee stores; Aoyama Cafe, Roppongi Cafe, Kyoto Kiyamachi Cafe and the Minatomirai Cafe
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starpunk
that doesn't look so good in the picture but the ingredients make it seem worth a try.
UK9393
The people marketing this should do some research into what blue bottle means. Calliphora vomitoria.
Nippori Nick
So true...first think I though of when reading blue bottle was that horrible fly. Can't stand them and would not order any drink with that name.