March Courses
Sweets combining tradition and innovation, created through the skill of a Japanese confectionery craftsman of long standing. Japanese tea and cocktails using painstakingly selected tea leaves. Enjoy paired courses, choosing from five sweets and five Japanese teas

1 Snow’s Farewell
Emerging from beneath winter’s blanket, a hint of spring’s first breath
Raisin, butter, almond

2 Radiance of Blossoms
The dusk faintly lit by the flowers’ glow
Cherry blossom, lychee, cherry

3 Spring Mist
Through the vanishing sky, the perfume of spring dancing
Strawberry, mint, coconut, mascarpone

4 Spring of Light
Lush fruits shining with brilliance under the soft rays
Hassaku, kinako, Anno sweet potato, dill

5 Dawn
Light breaking as a crimson veil spreads through the sky
Cream cheese, matcha, raspberry

1 Gokou Gyokuro
A rich lingering umami and fragrant afterglow, woven by time
Rishouen single variety goko from Minato Tea Farm in Kyoto

2 Semi-Fermented Pan-Roasted Hojicha
Semi-fermented leaves unfolding a song of elegant floral fragrance
A hojicha blend of summer-picked benifuku and summer-picked yabukita from Takanashi Chaen

3 Young Shoots
The breath of blooms permeating the air of the spring fields
J. Bally White Rum (absent in mocktail), sencha, lavender, mint, ginger

4 Fragrant Spring
Pure water welling up in the glowing wind
Nikka X.O brandy (absent in mocktail), Japanese black tea, apricot, hassaku

5 Wabi no Shiro Matcha
A rich and mellow cup of tradition-crafted, stone-milled tea leaves
The favorite at Ryuouen tea shop of the Omotesenke school’s thirteenth head, Sokuchusai