Sakura Latte

One of two powders I picked up from Lemon Lily!

This one caught my attention for a few reasons. The first was the very simple ingredient list: powdered cherry blossoms petals and cane sugar. The second was the absolutely breath taking pastel pink colour. So stunning! I can just imagine the field day the creative director at DT would have taking photos of it.

I know it’s advertised as a latte powder, but I wanted to try it on its own first to get a more true sense of the taste. Whisked up it’s still a stunning pink colour. Fragile and soft and just really romantic looking!? I thought the taste, however, was lacking. Not unpleasant but just so incredibly light that I felt more like I was drinking the memory of sakura over the cherry blossoms themselves. I can only imagine that, with milk, it would have been even more masked.

So I think either you need to use a TON of the powder or this is really more of an aesthetic play over a flavour forward one. Both options kind of seem like a bummer…

Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2s0PrrOpqr/?img_index=1 (Second Pic)

Song Pairirng: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnGNKxk-F8E