This year, starting March 1, Japanese coffee chain Dotour will be offering customers an early taste (or smell, in this case) of spring  — with sakura-scented coffee! Their new coffee product, the “Premium Roast Coffee Sakura“, will be a limited edition blend of  high roast coffee using beans from several locations, to be available in both ground and drip coffee bag form.

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While the sakura-scented coffee is certainly flavorful and tasted black, its distinct cherry aroma should become even more pronounced if you add some sugar.

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Also, when the temperature of the coffee is still hot, the scent of the cherry flower should be strongly recognizable, while the scent of cherry leaves should become more evident as the coffee cools down, almost as if you can sense the change of the cherry trees from full bloom to their green, leaf-covered state after the blossoms are over.

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The Premium Roast Coffee Sakura will be available at Panhouse Coffee for a limited time from March 1. If you’re visiting Japan and looking for a bit of Japanese spring it may fit your bill perfectly!