Keeping To A Food Theme,

here is another 'treat' I would not like to try,

a Tokyo dessert shop has become famous for selling a soft-serve ice-cream covered with generous amounts of matcha powder that makes people choke when they eat it, the Nagamine Tea Store in Tagata, Tokyo, has been serving its popular matcha green tea ice-cream for at least four years, but it recently went viral after being featured on national TV entertainment program, Monday Late Show, the segment focused not on the quality or taste of the ice-cream, but on the effect it had on many of those who tried it,

videos played during the TV show featured people trying to take a bite of the ice-cream, only to start coughing, as the cinnamon-like matcha powder instantly coated and dried their mouths and throats. It’s not as bad as eating a spoon of cinnamon, because the soft ice-cream reduces the dryness, but it’s still pretty bad, the matcha-flavored ice-cream is pretty much covered in a blanket of matcha powder, so if you take it in a cone, and take a big bite, you’re almost guaranteed to choke and start to cough. Taking small bites, or eating it from a cup, with a spoon, helps, if you’re curious about the taste, this basically a matcha green tea supercharged dessert, with the bitter matcha powder balancing out the sweetness of the soft-serve ice-cream, I know I should not say this, but watching the video I could not help myself chuckling as people tried the ice cream!