Titch is here. As usual, he is laden with intriguing Japanese snacks. He gave me one for my lunch.
could it be. . . .
. . . no, really . . .
indeed, it *is* a green kit kat.
It is supposed to be green tea flavoured but tastes more like a weird caramac.
Still, I fared slightly better than Mr B:
. . . his gift-snacks are strangely intestinal, both in name and appearance.
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ye gods! cherry blossom. are they pink? I must have one. . .
Green Tea Kit Kat ….. hmmmm – I think I’ll stick to chocolate and keep my green tea separate, but thanks for raising a smile!
p.s.
You’ve now prompted me to go googling on kitkat history. So another factette, courtesy of the wikipedia entry: the Japanese cherry blossom flavored Kit Kat is actually flavored made from a combination of Lychees and Rose Water. Which I think sounds a lot nicer than cherry blossom flavouring. Though its probably got that odd caramac base, the kiwi and pineapple ones had that too.
I searched EVERYWHERE for the fabled green tea kit kats when I was in Japan this summer. There were pineapple ones (urgh) and kiwi ones (urgh, urgh), but no green tea.
Green tea pokey though. That I found, and that is good. MMmmm, I’d forgotten I have a load of green tea powder for baking in the fridge, I must make cupcakes with it again. It gives a good fruity taste.
Apparently it’s all because Nestle bought Rowntree. Before then, kitkats were just made in the UK, for the UK market (also licensed with a different recipe for sweeter, ickier chocolate) in the USA. When they went globalised, they also got localised (what sociologists call “glo-calisation” – like the different flavours of coke) and things like green tea flavour kitkats started popping up. This also prompted the UK to start the dark, white, mint, orange and peanut butter ones. The last of which I belive are a truely wonderful invention, much better than Reeces Peanut Butter cups (less sweet, crunchy and saltier).
Oh Lord that green Kitkat looks so delicious…
Hahaha, that’s fantastic.
I thought it was wasabi flavored at first. Now that would be interesting.
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