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While we were in Japan at the beginning of 2023, my sister took us to Hayashiya Chaen. They focus on Japanese tea, and also serves desserts made with their special teas. You can purchase their tea and sweets to go, or you can dine in. We ordered Sencha, Hojicha, Matcha Latte, and White Peach Hojic...ha. The Sencha and Hojicha came in the traditional tea pot, which was a nice touch. They were indeed excellent, very high quality. White Peach Hojicha came in a glass cup, with a side of sugar. It had such elegant aroma and flavor of peach. Another wonderful tea with high quality. Iced Matcha Latte had syrup, or liquid sugar, so that it will meld faster and easier in a cold drink. It had beautiful two-layer, an excellent drink. Although they have amazing tea selections, we were even more excited about their dessert menu. For my husband and I, we were all about their parfait. We got the Hojicha Parfait and Matcha Parfait. My sister chose Warabi Mochi Anmitsu. Warabi Mochi Anmitsu came with a side of black sugar syrup. This Warabi Mochi Anmitsu looked great, with vibrant colors, and it tasted amazing too. The parfaits were like a work of art. Kind of modern abstract art topped with peaceful, tranquil Japanese garden. And they tasted even better than they looked. Matcha Parfait was one of the best matcha dessert ever!!! It was love at first bite. Hojicha Parfait has loads of ingredients in there, yet they didn’t fight against each other, but working together and enhancing the flavor of hojicha. This parfait was also amazing! We had an excellent teatime here with super high quality tea drinks. It was such a wonderful experience. If you want to have the “real” tea, or want to have amazing Japanese desserts made with high quality teas, try this place!

Visited January 2023