An exotic collection of tea-infused chocolates is being prepared by Japanese chocolate manufacturer Sils Maria, and it’s called the ‘Tea Connection: Fresh Chocolates from Three Uji Teas’, created in collaboration with Tsuji Rihei Honten, a 150-year-old tea retailer and manufacturer in Japan. Each gourmet set consists of 20 pieces of three unique varieties of chocolate. There is the “Matcha fresh chocolate” prepared with powdered green tea, cream, Belgian white chocolate and a dash of champagne, and the “Fresh chocolate with roasted stem Uji Gyokuro tea” made from the hoji-cha stem found in the valuable Uji-grown Gyokura tea and some fine whiskey for added flavor. And finally you have the Fresh Uji Sencha Chocolates that blend Belgian white chocolate, stone-ground Uji green tea and fresh sage. Priced at a staggering $900, this gourmet collection is comes packed with three packets of the core ingredients i.e. the hand-picked matcha, two packets of the roasted stem Gyokuro tea, and three packets of the Uji sencha for a complimentary tea experience. And for the final flourish, its wrapped in a beautiful Furoshiki styled cloth. Now that’s what we call double the temptation!
