Hi there! Bea and Ken here, the creators of Matcha Sundays. We bring our treats from our home in East London to yours.
Having been born and raised in Japan, Ken is the type to ignore a slice of chocolate cake and instead reach for traditional Japanese treats with a cup of green tea. Since landing in the UK in 2012, he’s become increasingly grumpy over the fact that he can’t find traditional japanese treats in London easily or at reasonable prices. After noticing (finally) that somebody was getting tired of all his complaints, he decided to do something. He researched authentic Japanese recipes and headed to the kitchen…
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Suddenly Bea became the taste-tester – not a bad job at all – tasting new creations every week and finding new ways to incorporate these Japanese flavours into her own baking.
Without us realizing our kitchen slowly became a 24 hour sweets-making workshop/bakery. We’re quite happy with our creations and have even dared to share them with friends … and they liked them! Thus, the idea of MATCHA SUNDAYS was born.
Why “Matcha Sundays”?
We love the act of sharing treats, conversation and experiences with friends and family over a cup of matcha and we want to share our enjoyment with you. Our products are made fresh using natural ingredients with no additives or preservatives. To ensure that the products are as fresh as they can possibly be we will personally deliver our treats to your door. We chose Sunday because this is the day where you’re likely to be taking it easy – so please, don’t get up.
We’ve since then expanded our offerings and delivery zones so now we’re driving around London almost every day of the week delivering at all hours of the day (and night!).
New Product Alert and a Life Lesson!
🚨NEW PRODUCT ALERT: Genmaicha Oat Cookie!🚨
We have a new addition to our vegan and gluten free lineup: Genmaicha oat cookies! These bring the nutty, roasted flavours of Genmaicha to your soft and chewy oat cookies goodness. The best of Japanese flavours combined with a nice cookie🤗
The Genmaicha cookie joins the Matcha and the Azuki bean oat cookies, but will also be joined by the Hojicha oat cookies shortly!
#genmaicha #oatcookies
#vegan #wagashi
#japanesesweets
😮💨LIFE LESSON LEARNT (the hard way)😮💨
🧐In a relationship, communication is key🧐
👉The Back Story:
I was trying to do a quick promo of our newest Genmaicha Oat cookie. The plan was to film it in a "quick 3PM snack while working from home" manner.
👉The Lesson Learnt:
It's my fault because I put a cookie in front of Bea without explanation.
📢📢POLL: Who do you think is at fault here?
A good way to keep the Spring Bank holiday weekend going? After you've carpe'd the diem out of the long weekend, recharge with our "Haru Matcha" wagashi box!
We're introducing new wagashi this week, starting with the Clementine & Hojicha daifuku (みかんほうじ茶大福). The combination of the sweet clementine and the nutty hojicha is a surprisingly good one!
We're also introducing a new doughnut sando: the "Matcha berry mochi" (抹茶ベリー餅ドーナツサンド) which is a chewy matcha mochi doughnut with matcha bean paste, fresh strawberries, matcha warabi mochi, and mochi balls! You'll have to see it to believe it!
The third new product is our Genmaicha oat cookie (玄米茶オーツクッキー) which has genmaicha bean paste combined with our vegan oat cookie!
The box is rounded out with a selection from our main wagashi lineup!
🔗 Order via the link in bio by the night before your desired delivery date. We'll do the rest!🔗
#matcha #wagashi
#daifuku #和菓子
#londonfoodie
🚨NEW PRODUCT ALERT: Baked Yatsuhashi🚨
We here at Matcha Sundays are happy (and also proud) to present "Baked Yatsuhashi"🥰🥳😋🤗🤩
Note: They're part of the "Kiyomizu" weekly snack box that's available this Sunday, 10 May👍
They'll be available in a variety of flavours like:
– Plain
– Cinnamon
– Matcha
– Hojicha
– Genmaicha
– Kuromitsu
– Black sesame
Baked yatsuhashi are actual yatsuhashi "dough" that has, after having been rolled out into sheets, cut into smaller shapes and baked in the oven.
Because yatsuhashi are made out of rice flour, they become light and crispy when baked. In fact, if you don't bake then between two trays, they swell up like balloons🎈! In case you have dietary requirements, they are both vegan and gluten-free🤗
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Picture 1: Matcha Sundays "baked yatsuhashi"
Picture 2: Matcha Sundays yatsuhashi (matcha, cinnamon)
Picture 3: Baked yatsuhashi as seen in Kyoto
Picture 4: Matcha Sundays "baked yatsuhashi"
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#yatsuhashi #wagashi
#japanesesweets
#八ツ橋 #和菓子
🚨FREE MONAKA in this week's wagashi selection box!🚨
🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
We've managed to order in monaka from Japan and so are pleased to once again offer our Plum design monaka!
These are made of rice flour and not only are gluten-free but also vegan. The Azuki bean filling as well👍
Made of rice flour, monaka (最中) are incredibly light and come in beautiful shapes. We've chosen the traditional plum design but there are many other designs in Japan, from simple circles to intricate floral shapes and even cute teddy bears😁
Each weekly box this week ("Kyoto Old Town" & "Kiyomizu") will come with a FREE monaka and Azuki bean filling!
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2年ぶりですがようやく最中を仕入れる事に成功しました!
いやぁ、手間だけでなくコストもかかりましたね!😱😭
まぁ、それは置いといて、早速あんこをはさんで食べましょう!!!
#monaka #wagashi
#japanesesweets
#もなか #和菓子
This is what a love letter to Kyoto looks like…
Growing up in Kobe, Kyoto was a train ride away on the Hankyū train line. Many weekends and Bank holidays were spent in Kyoto, with family and with friends.
So this week's box is all about the many fond memories of Kyoto wagashi we've enjoyed. We have two different box options so choose one, or both!
Also, every order will come with a FREE monaka wafer with azuki bean filling!🥰🤗
🔗We'll be delivering on both Sunday, 10 May and on Tuesday, 12 May. Please place your orders by the night before your desired delivery date and we'll do the rest!🔗
#kyoto #wagashi
#japanesesweets
#matchasundays
#和菓子
When you do a children's wagashi workshop and all you have left is one mochi doughnut and a ton of good memories 😋
So we got to run a children's workshop at a friend's daughter's 8th birthday party. Working together, the children decorated mochi doughnuts, made their own Hojicha nama chocolate tarts, and made their own blue hibiscus warabi mochi🥳
It was amazing to see so much cooperating, sharing, caring, supporting, and cheering on from the group.
Professional wagashi chefs, all!
We'll definitely look to running more wagashi workshops, both for children and for adults🤗
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いやぁ~、楽しかったです!
昨日友達の娘の8歳の誕生日パーティーで和菓子作りに子供達が挑戦してみたら、結構良く出来ちゃってビックリ!
まぁ、男の子だったら違ってたかな(笑)
餅ドーナツのデコ、生チョコタルト作り、そして青色わらび餅作りを楽しめました。笑顔と言う事は良かったかな?
#japanesesweets
#wagashi #workshop
#matchasundays
#matcha
Just wanted to send out a big Thank You to all our customers we post out our wagashi snacks to🥳
We've messaged you, sometimes have spoken over the phone with you, have received DMs and comments from you, but we've never been able to meet you in person.
Still, you order from us again and again and it makes us feel special. Incredibly so when we think about how long you have to wait until you receive your snacks order 😱
Love,
Matcha Sundays🤗
#japanesesweets
#wagashi #和菓子
#matchasundays
Tricolour "sanshoku" dango and sakura warabi mochi for a sunny day🤗🍡🌸
We were asked by @harumatcha_uk to make some of our tricolour "sanshoku" dango (三色団子) to go along with one of their matcha workshops they were hosting for an event by @meetyouformatcha and friends at the fantastic @zaoancollective 🤗
Since we go way back with @matchagreenbox who was one of our early customers, we also made some sakura warabi mochi (桜わらび餅) as a little "thank you" for all the hard work she's been doing.
Hope everybody was able to enjoy them and had a fun time learning about and appreciating matcha!
If you're in the Angel/Islington area, please make time to enjoy what @zaoancollective has to offer. Also, @harumatcha_uk has really informative workshops on a monthly basis and you can pick up their tea powders via their website or in select stores. Why not join in on the regular meet-ups with @meetyouformatcha since they're the fun social space you never knew you needed.
#japanesesweets
#londonfoodie
#dango #matcha
#wagashi
When it's a beautiful, sunny day and you have some yatsuhashi…..
Hope everybody is enjoying the warm weather!
(If you're not, wagashi can help😆)
#matchasundays
#japanesesweets
#yatsuhashi