Day: March 1, 2019

I posted something I brought back from Japan in the previous post.

This is another thing that came back with me from Japan.

(You can tell I like tea!)

This tea is supposed to be vary good for your health, but it really doesn’t matter much, because I really like the taste anyway.

This is Kuro-Mame Tea.

Kuro-Mame literally means black beans, but this is a different kind from what is called “black beans” in the U.S., so I decided to keep the Japanese name, “kuro-mame.”

Tea is super easy to make.

You put a few beans in a pot and pour hot water over them.

Let it steep for a few minutes.

A great thing about this tea is that you can eat those beans after you finish your tea!

I forgot about this tea that I bought when I was in Japan last time.

But as soon as I realized that it was March 1st today, I knew I had something perfect to celebrate this beginning of spring.

These are salted Sakura (cherry) flowers.

You quickly rinse them with water, and then you just add hot water.

The flowers slowly open up in the water, and it’s so beautiful.

The small glass of spring brought me a smile, but the outside definitely doesn’t look anything like spring in Minnesota yet.