Comments | dianyla: OMG! Finally!!!

dianyla

OMG! Finally!!!

Mar 02, 2008 22:05

For years Haagen-Dazs has made and sold green tea flavored ice cream in Japan and the rest of Asia. For some reason they've never marketed it in the US. Until now! I just found it at my neighborhood Fred Meyer, of all places. It's a Limited Edition flavor that just came out this year. I made sure to buy two pints (and plan to buy more) to ( Read more... )

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trolleypup March 3 2008, 06:45:20 UTC

*mew*

Pup adds foraging to to do list for tomorrow.

dianyla March 3 2008, 23:40:10 UTC

Mmm, I'm hoping you'll find some. I don't think a pint would survive an airplane trip. It would surely start melting, at which point I would simply have to eat the whole damn thing on the plane. Um, not good.

trolleypup March 4 2008, 03:37:57 UTC

This didn't even make it onto the to do list. *mew*

alba_ny March 3 2008, 20:26:40 UTC

mmmm I love green tea flavoured ice cream. There is another brand, I forget which, that I buy occasionally.

Btw, last night my internet stopped working so I couldn´t reply to you. Thank you for the information :)

dianyla March 3 2008, 23:36:10 UTC

Hell, I just figured you, like, went to sleep or somethin'! ;)

The brand I've usually been getting here at the asian groceries that's decent is Maeda-En. But none of that even touches the HD creamy butterfat mouthfeel.

canyonwren March 3 2008, 21:04:37 UTC

Good green tea ice cream tastes like chocolate with your eyes closed. :)

When I toured the Ben & Jerry's factory (gaining about 20 lbs in the process), they said they didn't sell green tea ice cream in the states because people here didn't like it in the best forumlations, which is lower sugar and whatnot. So, what sold really well in Asia didn't sell in the states at all. I think tastes have been changing over the last ten years, though.

I keep finding green tea that has been mixed with other stuff, like jasmine. Not as good.

dianyla March 3 2008, 23:39:14 UTC

Yeah, that's partly why I like rich icecream. There's less sweetness added.

Green tea especially tastes like chocolate when you've drinking Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur that has been spiked with matcha powder. Tpup and I had fun trying that little home experiment out. Hard to get it to mix thoroughly without clumping with little air pockets. I think next time I'll beat the crap out of it with a blender, and then let it steep/infuse for a few days.

Jasmine green tea is nice, as long as it's regular plain green tea. Matcha green tea wouldn't mix well with that. *wrinkles nose*