NESTLADY Edible Salt Pickled Sakura, Pickled Sakura Cherry Blossoms, 腌渍樱花70g / 2.47oz

I am hoping this happened due to a hot day and that my package was supposedly out all day in a truck. When opened ( no pop of a seal, or safety wrap) item did not smell rancid but surely looked nasty- wet looking large pink clumps. Product photo alleges a "dry" looking product, but the nature of the item is blossoms soaked in vinegar and salted. Will re -evaluate and give proper stars after testing product because Amazon demands stars before posting. Update: product tastes fine cooks like recipe calls for, the look of the product after soaking was fine. Scent of cherry blossom is lovely. Will order again, maybe in cooler months now knowing what to expect.

Nicely preserved sakura flowers. Two separate orders arrived in only two days each time which was perfect for my celebration. Nice packaging so you can see the flowers.

I put cheery blossoms flower in matcha muffins, sweetly plus salty then very tasty. Look beautiful. I wanna try next in tea pot also!

I love the beauty of cherry blossoms, but I never thought they were actually edible. I found some recipes I wanted to try and looked up salted cherry blossoms, and this was the least expensive ones. I don’t know how real Japanese sakura taste like, but I didn’t want to spend the money on those yet. I learned this manufacturer is state-side, so I ordered this one to try. From what I understand, it’s pickled in plum vinegar, and I like pickled plums, so they ended up tasting very similar. I used them to make madeleines, and I honestly didn’t know what to expect. It was a good balance of sweet and sour in a mini cake. I also made tea with the blossoms, but it was not my cup of tea. Basically hot salty sour water. It probably would be best to add it to orange or grapefruit juice or flavored sparkling water, which actually sounds pretty good. There was surprisingly quite a lot in the bag it came in. The blooms are quite tiny, like about half an inch, even when rehydrated, so don’t expect anything large. I only ended up using about 1/3 of it, so I plan to make more madeleines.

When steeped this makes a lovely tincture. It doesn't have any tea leaves so there are no stimulants. It has a floral taste, you can control the level of saltiness by how much you choose to rinse off before adding it to the cup. It's also nice to add a couple of petals to float on top of steeped sencha. When I was introduced to this at a hanamachi party it was served rinsed and steeped in warm water and the sakura flavoring was amazing. This product is very close to what I had then.

Flowers did not rehydrate or look at all natural in water as expected. I ordered these for a seasonal Cherry Blossom cocktail at my bar and they looked shriveled still no matter what method I used.

High quality salted cherry blossoms from Japan. Used them for cookies and enjoyed them for traditional Sakura tea. Will definitely order again!

Lovely addition to gin drinks, salty like olives but with a floral, slightly peppery flavor.