{"product_id":"glico-pocky-koi-fukami-matcha","title":"Glico Matcha Pocky Koi Fukami — Uji Green Tea, 2 Packs","description":"\u003cp\u003eA matcha Pocky where the matcha is in the biscuit as well as the coating: the stick itself is green, with matcha worked into the dough, under a chocolate made with stone-milled matcha. It tastes clearly of green tea rather than of green-tea flavouring: more sweet-edged than bracing, though the matcha does deliver for most people. It is the approachable one of the two matcha boxes we sell. Buy it if you want matcha you can eat a whole bag of; if you want the richer, thicker-coated version, the two-layer box is the one, though be warned that its own buyers split on whether it is actually as astringent as its name claims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eポッキー＜濃い深み抹茶＞: \u003cem\u003ekoi fukami matcha\u003c\/em\u003e, roughly \"deep, rich matcha\". Matcha is powdered green tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat you're getting\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo kinds of matcha, not twice as much.\u003c\/strong\u003e You will see this sold in English as \"double the green tea\". It is a mistranslation: 二種の抹茶 means \u003cem\u003etwo kinds\u003c\/em\u003e. One is ground on a stone mill and goes into the chocolate; a second, more bitter one is kneaded into the biscuit. Glico names Uji matcha. Uji, near Kyoto, is the region Japan most associates with it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe biscuit is green, and you taste the matcha in it.\u003c\/strong\u003e It snaps like any other Pocky; what changes is that the bitter edge comes up through the stick instead of sitting only on the outside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHow strong is it, honestly.\u003c\/strong\u003e The matcha delivers for most palates, and a real minority find the pack promises more than it gives: the word that falls short is \u003cem\u003ebitter\u003c\/em\u003e, not \u003cem\u003ematcha\u003c\/em\u003e. If you read matcha desserts as usually too sweet, you will probably like it. If you drink your matcha unsweetened, temper your expectations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIt is a spring seasonal in Japan\u003c\/strong\u003e, run once a year since 2017 and not made the rest of the time. What is on the shelf is what there is until the next run.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThere is caffeine in it\u003c\/strong\u003e, as there is in any real green-tea product. Glico declares it on the pack, which it does not do on most Pocky.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAllergens\u003c\/strong\u003e: contains \u003cstrong\u003emilk, wheat and soy\u003c\/strong\u003e. The same production line also runs egg and peanut products. Read the pack's own label before you rely on ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThree things to clear up before you order. First, we sell \u003cstrong\u003etwo\u003c\/strong\u003e matcha Pocky and their Japanese names differ by one character. This is 濃い\u003cstrong\u003e深み\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003ekoi fukami\u003c\/em\u003e, \"deep\", and the other is 濃い\u003cstrong\u003e渋み\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003ekoi shibumi\u003c\/em\u003e, \"astringent\", built in two chocolate layers over a cocoa biscuit and more thickly coated. Second, the matcha Pocky Australian supermarkets range is a different, smaller pack made for export, and its own retailer describes the coating as a green tea \u003cem\u003ecream\u003c\/em\u003e; this box's ingredient list names cocoa butter. Third, Glico has quietly made this box smaller twice since 2019 and most sellers still list an older, larger pack. This is the current one. Keep it below 28 °C and out of direct sun; it is chocolate on a stick, and a hot letterbox will show.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Glico","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48296844001506,"sku":"SH-SNK-0044","price":6.1,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0824\/1312\/5858\/files\/glico-pocky-koi-fukami-matcha-box-front.webp?v=1788500817","url":"https:\/\/shintop.com.au\/products\/glico-pocky-koi-fukami-matcha","provider":"Shintop Trading Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}