Green tea, a Japanese traditional tea, is often used for desserts, like cakes, ice cream, cookies and so on. Usually, "matcha" is used to express green tea, for example matcha ice cream. Here is a list of Green tea flavoured sweets I recommend.
1. Matcha Crème Frappuccino at Starbucks Coffee
Frappuccino with green tea powder and whipped cream on top. This is the best green tea flavoured milkshake I have ever had. Even though, USA has Tazo Green Tea Crème Frappuccino, but it is said that tastes different from the Japanese one.
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2. Häagen-Dazs' Green Tea Ice Cream
Häagen-Dazs is loved in Japan, despite the relatively high price (A mini cup is usually 270 yen or so at a convenient store). Besides, this is a Japan exclusive, but I personally think this would be popular in other countries. Häagen-Dazs' Green Tea has a rich and sweet taste with a bit of bitterness. It is worth trying once! Limitedly, Green Tea Cookies & Cream is available from April 25th, 2011.
3. Saryo Tsujiri's Matcha Parfait
Saryo Tsujiri is a Kyoto based Japanese Tea & Sweets café. They have 3 branches in Kyoto and 2 in Tokyo. This café is really popular, so you might have to queue, but it is worth it. I highly reccomend you to try "Tokusen Tsujiri Pafe (1231 yen~1401 yen)". It consists of matcha ice cream, matcha jelly, macha sponge cakes, matcha whipped cream, chestnuts, satsuma, sweet bean paste and rice-flour dumplings. This parfait is actually filling! so that it makes your stomach satisfied. Though it's kind of pricey, but tastes truly lovely.
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