Hello and Happy New Year’s Eve! I can’t believe we’re about to enter 2022, and we’re had 11 months of Sakuraco now! I know I’ve only done a few of them on here, but I’ve loved all the boxes I’ve gotten this year! I can’t wait to see what comes next year, but for today we’ll focus on January’s box!

Such a pretty card and pamphlet! I’ve got all the past ones put away to stay nice and safe, and so I can see the directions for the various teas I have now haha.

So first off, we have Dried Persimmon Mochi, Fresh Cream Baumkuchen, and Yokohama Caramel Ring Cake! The persimmon mochi is actually super good and just sweet enough, its not sour at all. I’ve loved all the baukuchen cakes we’ve gotten this year so I can’t wait to try this one, and the caramel ring cake looks so sweet and tasty too.

Next we have Chestnut Red Bean Bread, Matcha Cookies, Berry Shortcake Rusk, and Plum & Shiso Snacks! I’ve been really enjoying the different breads we’ve been sent so far, and I really do hope this chestnut and red bean one is good. The matcha cookie looks very cute, and the berry shortcake rusk sounds like its going to be really good! The plum and shiso rice snacks look like they’ll be a good afternoon snack too!

Third set of snacks is Okoge Senbei, Shirasu Pie, Soybean Mochi, and Brown Sugar Kuzumochi! The okoge senbei and soybean mochi crackes both look delicious, and the shirasu pie is apparently fish flavored, but I think it’ll be a good quick snack! I’ve really come to enjoy kuzumochi over the last year, and I can’t wait to give this new flavor a try!

The final set of snacks for this month (before bonus items) are Shonan Gold Citrus Jelly, Butter Sable, Cocoa Sable, and Enoshima Tako Rice Cracker! The Shonan jelly is a Sakuraco exclusive and looks like it could be a fun treat one day. The butter and cocoa sable cookies look really good and sweet too, and the rice cracker will definitely be a good snack while working!

So the tea for this month is in the floral packaging, the other two were bonuses that I’ve gotten in past boxes. This month’s tea is Sencha Infused Matcha, and I’m excited to finally get to try some of these teas in the new year!

The final items are the last two bonus snacks and the home item for this month. Lots of rice crackers for the bonuses, which I’m not going to complain about, and then some really pretty chopsticks finally! I’ve been waiting for them to send us chopsticks, and these look so lovely will match the other home items we’ve been sent!

And there’s everything together! This box is definitely full of variety and I’m so excited to try all the snacks I haven’t yet, and see what we’re sent next year!
Not sure when or what my next post will be, but I’ll try and at least keep up on snack boxes next year!