Guide to Matcha Desserts in Tokyo

The packaging is very nice, with clear containers for the anko (red bean paste) and heavy whipped cream. The red bean paste is ogura-an (?????????). Honestly there’s nothing much to say about presentation, it’s just plastic cups.

Although I like their paper bag, the red dots and blue bowl really makes you think of dessert though (red bean soup).

credit: https://www.justonecookbook.com/how-to-make-anko-red-bean-paste/

Ogura-an is made by mixing smooth sieve pressed paste (koshi-an) and whole cooked bean (tsubu-an). Most shops use only koshi-an, especially in things like mochi, you have the smooth-on-smooth texture to create that silky chewiness. Tsubu-an is common in shaved ice, so if you go Hawaii and get a topping of whole red beans and condensed milk, that’s tsubu-an.

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