Tea & Wagashi Box: Lunar New Year 2026

季節限定 旬の菓 

We are teaming up with talented wagashi artist, Saki Fukuda for a new set of seasonal wagashi for us in advance of this year’s Lunar New Year.  

Together, these impeccable wagashi reflect Winter’s unwinding and the pleasure of imagining what is to come, offering us a delicious way to take pause and appreciate seasonal renewal. As Lunar New Year falls so closely to Valentine’s Day this year, we also expect some of you to want to share these sweets with your sweets. 

With romantic intentions in mind, we’ve paired this seasonal wagashi with our Rose Keemun Gold black tea, an experimental small batch tea made with the highest grade heritage Keemun black tea from Qimen county, Anhui province. This black tea is so special because it spent a night with freshly harvested China roses, and the impression that one night has left on it is unbelievable: you will think a dozen roses are in your tea cup. 

Each set comes with 4 wagashi, 1 kuromoji pick to eat the wagashi with, and 1 serving of tea to be shared, inside a customized wooden box. 

Once purchased, the box must be picked up at our shop during store hours on the date that you selected with your pre-order, on Friday February 13 (12-6 PM) or Saturday February 14 (12-6 PM).  The wagashi is best enjoyed fresh, within 1 day.

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Seasonal Wagashi

Lingering Winter  余寒 
Milk kinton with Okinawa black sugar, kumquat white bean paste 

Texturally unified kinton and white bean, the suspended taste of kumquat against black sugar, melting like snow on the tongue to reveal winter’s treasures  

Celestial Robe 羽衣 
Cranberry uiro mochi, jasmine silver tip white bean paste

A jacket inlaid with tart rubies, carrying the downy scent of jasmine, our thoughts are dressed to travel great distances.  

福梅 Auspicious Plum 
White bean nerikiri, smooth red bean paste

For centuries, this sweet brings good dreams and renews gentleness. May it be the first of many prosperities for this new year. 

福寿草 Fortune in Bloom
Mugwort mochi, kinako ganache with white bean paste

Richness to rest on, white chocolate in a mugwort envelope, sealed with white bean and kinako. Sweet assurance, harmony of insights, and concentrated blessings.