Name: Sakura Food in Japan
Uploaded: 2018-03-09T04:47:47.000Z
Duration: 5 min 53 s
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[S]: Cherry Blossom Season is upon us now. We're about to go on and try some seasonal cherry blossom items right now

[S]: So this here is Baskin Robbins Sakura ice cream.

This has not been on the menu for over 20 years.

It actually has cherry and actual flower in here as well, not cooking flour, but like, the--

[M]: Cherry blossom ? [S]: Cherry blossom flowers in here.

[Simon singing]: I have some ice cream. I have some ice cream. You cannot get none of my ice cream!

You cannot have none -- and that's the part of the song where you drop the ice cream, but I'm not dropping my ice cream

[S]: Oh yes. [M]: Wait, wait. I need to take 4 million food porn shots--

[S]: No, it's going to melt! [M]: Yes, I do. It's not gonna melt, you know why?

[S]: Why? [M]: 'Cause it's a freezing cold day!

[M]: I did never have Sakura ice cream, have you? [S]: Me neither.

[M]: Ever. I don't even know what to expect

[S]: This is actually quite good. It tastes like cherry, but almost like cotton candy.

[M]: Is it almost overwhelmingly like when you have a lavender kind of.. or rose?

[S]: Yeah, it's almost like a rose, but except rose food is gross.

[M]: So then, this is nothing like rose cuz you're eating it

[S]: Nothing about this is tart, it's all just like... smooth.

[M]: Give me a scoop.
[S]: Hold on I have to keep on tasting it.

[M]: That is really good.
[S]: Isn't that shocking?!

[M]: It almost tastes like strawberry's best friend. Like it's not strawberry, but it is strawberry.

[S:] You know what it tastes like? It's almost like strawberries and cream.
[M]: Yeah. But with cherry.

[M]: I realized we might not have even explained what Sakura is.

So you guys might have heard of cherry blossoms before, and they're all over the world but they're really big in Japan.

A lot of the drinks and the specialty items in Japan can have a little bit of cherry in them, or actual some of the blossom.

This is the Starbucks Sakura and Strawberry Latte.

Seems like a pretty great combination to me.

It's got these little tiny like white chocolate shaved flakes on top and like a strawberry cherry syrup.

Wait before I dig in, let me show you the whipped cream's actually tinted pink!

Oh my god, it's so pretty. First I'm trying the whipped cream part.

That's strawberry whipped cream. That's amazing.

This feels like something you'd make up in your mind as a kid.

"What does it taste like, Princess? It tastes like strawberry whipped cream with cherry shreds on top."

You think I can order just like a cup of the whipped cream?

[S]: Hi I'd like a coffee, just uh... hold the coffee and put on whipped cream.
[M]: No.

[M]: Of course you can, you can do anything at Starbucks. I'd be like...

I want a tall Sakura Latte. No milk, no espresso... Mhm.

[M]: And then that's it! And then I would just get whipped cream in a cup... Okay.

I'm not sure if there's coffee in here, because this is way too delicious.

It tastes like if you took a cherry and strawberry flavored marshmallow

and then you covered ice cream with that - like vanilla ice cream - and you melted that down into a cup.

[S]: How does it taste compared to the Baskin Robbins one?

[M]: It's a lot creamier, I can taste more strawberry in here, I think.

Baskin Robbins one had more of like sharp cherry, like a sour taste at some of the cherry bits, this one's a lot sweeter.

[S]: I'm now going to try a Sakura Pepsi, this is the first time that Pepsi has ever released something Sakura flavored.

And it's not dark! It's just... pink!
[M]: It's so pretty!

[S]: And on the back, let me see if there's any cola flavor in this... and I have no idea what the hell I'm reading.

So let me just give this a shot.
[M]: Careful its... been shaken.

Kinda has a Pepsi-ish - you know what this smells like?

[S]: You know those like chewy Colas that you taste?
[M]: Oh yeah.

This smells like that. Okay let me give this a taste.

That's weird that tastes - it still tastes... like Pepsi.

It tastes like Pepsi but it still has that like light florid feel to it.

I would totally dig drinking Pepsi if it tastes like this.

[M]: Really? Er mah gerd... Okay.
[S]: This is a better Pepsi than regular Pepsi.

[S]: *imitates Martina* Tastes like bubblegum!

[S]: I didn't think this was gonna have any Pepsi taste at all but they still somehow maintained the integrity of Pepsi, while making it pink and fluffy

[M]: You know what's great is we bought this for like a really cheap price and I've seen them online already being, like, sold for $5

[S]: We got, like, 3 more bottles in our fridge. If you wanna buy 'em, $100 a pop!

[M]: Now if you're not into eating and drinking sweet things, maybe you just love cherry blossoms, like me!

For their deep philosophical representation of how life is fleeting, and we all too, will die.

Then maybe you should pick up some limited edition cherry blossom things. Like these sweet shoes!

Notice how they're on the table because I've never worn them outside of the house before

And they're on my limited edition cherry blossom table runner from Daiso for a dollar

Beside my limited edition chopstick holders that were also a dollar

And I'm going to enjoy myself a limited edition beer, covered in cherry blossoms. Which I don't think is cherry blossom flavored, but it's so pretty

Cheers to cherry blossom season in Japan!

I will now purchase all your things, Japan.

If you want to learn more about cherry blossom season in Japan, specifically when will the cherry blossoms be blooming?

Click on our blog post below and we will have a scientific study, linked to the actual dates of cherry blossom season of 2016

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