🌸Haru Bagels News Letter September Edition🍁
🇯🇵 Discover the Unique Japanese Ingredients in Our Bagels🥯
We are so excited to introduce the unique Japanese ingredients featured in our bagels this month! We hope you enjoy learning about their special flavors, fun backstories, and amazing health benefits.
🍪 Cookie-Crusted Bagel
Inspired by "Melonpan," one of Japan’s most beloved bakery classics! We bake a sweet, crunchy cookie-dough crust right on top of our bagel. It’s sweet and absolutely delicious—just watch out for the crumbs when you take a bite! 🥯Currently available in Strawberry, Matcha, and Cinnamon Raisin, we are always experimenting with exciting new flavors to try next.
💡 Why 'Melon'?!: Did you know that traditional Japanese Melonpan doesn't actually taste like melon? It gets its name simply because the crispy, patterned cookie crust looks just like the skin of a cantaloupe!
🍵 Premium Tea Infusions (Matcha & Hojicha)
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Matcha (Green Tea): Finely ground green tea leaves that offer a beautifully rich flavor and a calming, focused energy boost from natural L-theanine. It has a delightful, authentic touch of bitterness.
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Hojicha (Roasted Green Tea): A tea defined by its deeply comforting, nutty, and smoky aroma from the roasting process. It contains significantly less caffeine than Matcha, making it a perfectly soothing option.
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💡 Baker's Tip: To elevate our tea-infused bagels, we highly recommend enjoying them with a pat of rich butter and a drizzle of sweetness, like honey. The creamy, sweet contrast perfectly balances the deep tea flavors!
🫘 Sweet Bean Pastes-Anko
Sweet bean pastes are incredibly popular in Japan for breads and pastries. Beyond traditional sweets, they seamlessly blend into modern flavor profiles!
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Anko (Sweet Red Bean Paste): Made from sweetened, mashed adzuki beans. This classic filling offers a rich, gentle sweetness and is packed with dietary fiber and iron, featured in our “Natsu Bagel”.
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Shiro-an (White Bean Paste): A smooth paste crafted from white kidney beans. It provides a milder sweetness along with plant-based protein.In our signature "Haru Bagel," we blend the paste with matcha and fill it right in the center for a rich, flavorful bite.
👑 Try the "Anko-Butter" Trend! Mixing sweet paste with rich butter is a massive trend in Japan. Since our Natsu Bagel and Haru Bagel are packed with a generous core of filling, they are delicious as-is, or lightly toasted in the oven (just watch so it doesn't burn!). For the ultimate experience: toast it and top it with a cold slice of butter. The combination of melting butter and sweet paste creates a heavenly sweet-and-savory contrast!
🥦 Savory & Spicy Twists
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Edamame (Green Soybeans): They add a wonderful texture and a savory pop to our bagels while delivering plant proteins and folate.
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Shichimi Togarashi (Seven-Spice Blend): A traditional, iconic blend of seven spices (chili pepper, sesame seeds, ginger, etc.) that adds a complex, fiery kick to our savory bagels—featured in our popular “Spicy Edamame Cheese Bagel”.
We’re always experimenting with unique Japanese ingredients and exciting new flavor combinations, so keep an eye out for our next creations! Thank you for reading to the end😊