At a tea shop
called “CHASHITSU” in Osaka, I ordered this: “hojicha coffee jelly tea”.
According
the shop, "this drink has coffee jelly, coffee essence and a slice of orange IN hojicha. You can enjoy the coffee as if you do tea."
That made me more
confused…..but I shouldn’t complain it until I try….so I did.
Surprisingly,
it was not bad. I tasted coffee rather than hojicha, but like I said, it was not
bad. Better than I expected. It was difficult to tell what it was, but as a summer drink, it was good. A slice of orange
gave it refreshing aroma too. Actually, an elder guy at the next table said “Wow,
it’s more tasty than I expected.”
The shop has relatively ”conventional” drink too, but also soda of blending of
hojicha and coffee with some grapefruit, coffee with thick Matcha cream on, coffee mixed with hojicha.... and so on.
I prefer tea as tea, but it's interesting to try something else once in a while. I should remember that tea can
be anything. And I should be more flexible without being held back by fixed ideas.:-)
* CHASHITSU http://chashitsu.jp/
