Matcha Sundays

01/04/2026

🥰It's "Big Egg" time🤩
Our snack box of Easter themed snacks is ready for you.

Ever since we rolled out (heh heh) our “Dino eggs” for a previous Easter box, we’ve been challenging ourselves on how we can make more of our snacks look egg-ish. Well, we’ve been thinking behind the scenes and we’ve assembled a pretty cute selection of wagashi for you!

The "Tamago" daifuku is a double layer daifuku which should really bring out the egg vibe!

Inside this week’s box:

– 1 x “Tamago” Mochi Ball Daifuku (pb | gf) *NEW* *PREMIUM*
– 2 x Mini mochi doughnuts (pb | gf)
– 1 x “Fried Egg” yatsuhashi (pb | gf) *SPECIAL*
– 2 x Mini “Dino egg” mochi sticks (pb | gf)
– 1 x portion of Colourful warabi mochi (pb | gf)  *SPECIAL* *PREMIUM*
– 1 x “Usagi” Ohagi (pb | gf) *SPECIAL*
– 2 x Mochi Doughnut bites (pb | gf)

pb: plant based | gf: gluten free
Allergens: Soya

We have rolling deadlines which are generally the night before the date of delivery! We’ll be delivering on Sunday, 05 April and Tuesday, 07 April for those of you away during the Bank Holiday, between 12PM and 10PM no matter what the weather!
(Actual product may differ from description due to last minute substitutions. If substitutions occur, we’ll notify you in advance!)



#英国美食

31/03/2026

🌸Let's talk about the wonderful world of sakura🌸

March is full of cake shops and restaurants, cafés and ice cream parlours all promoting Sakura flavour like crazy. The lovely pink hues are sending all the right signals to our brains. The gentle scent of Sakura wafting up to your nose is just confirmation that you've made the right decision.

The science behind the incredible scent and flavour of Sakura comes down to something called "coumarin". It's an organic compound (C₉H₆O₂) which is found in the petals and leaves of the sakura tree, and when these are preserved in salt, result in the incredible "Sakura" scent and taste we're so happy to experience.

That's why wagashi like Sakura mochi (You can order them from us!) have this joyful scent that wafts out the moment you open the box. That's coumarin telling your brain to get ready for wonderful things🥰

Sakura tea is a bit more complicated because the blossoms are salted. You have to toss the first pour of hot water to get rid of the excess salt. The second pouring of water will allow you to enjoy the gentle Sakura tea.

30/03/2026

28/03/2026

What on earth does traditional Japanese wagashi have to do with rich tea biscuits? Normally, not a lot.

But when you mix Hojicha powder in with white chocolate and icing sugar to make a sweet biscuit filling?

All of a sudden you have some tasty fusion snacks! You can dip the biscuit in the Hojicha mix to make a coated RTB, or do as we did and sandwich the mix between biscuits.

#和菓子

Which style are you?

26/03/2026

Of course Japanese wagashi is amazing.
But when you pair them up with tasty fruit.....
Paradise.

Our Matcha Sundays weekly wagashi "Fruits & Fruits" box is now available to order for delivery on Sunday, 29 March!
Since so many of you asked, we've included the option to add more kinds of fruit daifuku to your order! Enjoy🤩

🔗 Please order by midnight Saturday, 28 March and we'll deliver on Sunday!🔗





#和菓子

21/03/2026

Kindness to others is a superpower.

We're always happy to send out our wagashi and our baked goods but when it's a gift for somebody else, we'll that's just amazing. We've had the wonderful experience of helping with wedding anniversaries, birthdays, wedding favours, care packages, pregnancy cravings, and even made-up milestones in a relationship just so she could surprise her. They're all priceless to us🥰

Is there somebody you want to send a little gift to?
We're happy to help and just love being asked to do that little extra bit🤗 (Obviously we can't sing and don't want to get arrested but DM us!)

20/03/2026

Happy Spring Equinox!

We hope you're enjoying the coming of Spring because we probably speak for most people in the UK when we say "about time!"😜

Grab a friend or few, prep the snacks and go enjoy the warm weekend weather under the sakura trees!

20/03/2026

Earl Grey mochi doughnuts with orange-peel infused glaze

The centrepiece of this week's "Yozakura" snacks box, the Earl Grey mochi doughnut brings a British twist to your wagashi selection!

The gentle scent of earl Grey wafting out of the oven when we're baking these doughnuts is truly wonderful. We can't begin to describe how calming it is, but you just have to walk by your local bakery to understand.

アールグレイティー風味餅ドーナツ！
久々に焼いてみたら思い出しました！
アールグレイティーのほのかな香り、家中に広がりいつの間にかストレスが無くなります（笑）

18/03/2026

🌸It's Hanami ("cherry blossom viewing") season!🌸
Prep the snacks, grab your picnic blanket and a few good friends and you're all set for Hanami!
Only problem is: you forgot the wagashi.

No problem!

This week's box is all about the infinitely more fun "Yozakura" nighttime cherry blossom viewing!

It's got everything you need to enjoy the cherry blossoms, we promise! Well, maybe everything except the sake🍶😜

🔗Order via the link in bio by night before your desired delivery date and we'll do the rest!🔗

16/03/2026

There are many levels to warabi mochi.
Which level are you?





#和菓子

16/03/2026

How many strawberry daifuku can you count?😜

We love making strawberry daifuku here at Matcha Sundays!
The way they start off as regular strawberries before being wrapped in a layer of azuki bean paste and a soft mochi.....
There's something incredibly satisfying about making them.

Pro Tip: When you receive your delivery of strawberry daifuku, bring your face close to the box as you open it. The gentle scent of strawberry mixed in with the sweet smell of azuki bean paste will waft out and send a signal to your brain of the wonderful experience to come🤗




#大福

13/03/2026

Not going to lie.

This one hurt more than I expected.

Made warabi mochi for a friend's party.
Coated in freshly made kinako soy powder and smells 💯
Feeling really good about it and having good feedback from the adults.

Then a young child steps up and pops a warabi mochi in her mouth. Makes a face and says "it's dry".

My face instantly flips to "frozen grin mode" and I say something about having to dust off the excess powder.

The adults all scramble to say positive things about kinako and warabi mochi. The child shrugs and walks off laughing about it being dry.

💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔

Currently in a neverending downward spiral of suspicion that everybody secretly thinks our warabi mochi is "too dry"

🤗 Stay strong!

10/03/2026

What's in a mango daifuku?

Just a chunk of mango, in a ball of azuki bean and wrapped in a soft mochi. Nothing special, but these wagashi are oh so special.

We made these for a friend's going away party.
Took a loooooong time but so worth it!

10/03/2026

THE MATCHA SUNDAYS "MANGO DANGO"🥭🍡

🥭Our mango mochi dango balls get their colour from mango purée we mix into the mochi ball dough while kneading. They look simple but actually are full of flavour!

The purée not only provides colour but flavour as well!
The best thing about our mango mochi dango is that they can be eaten on their own, or with azuki bean paste!

Tip: When adding water to your mochi mix, remember to adjust the amount of water down a bit, to compensate for the water in the purée! Otherwise your dough will be too sticky 🤗

08/03/2026

This is a story about mangoes, and it's probably not something you expected to think about🤗

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Our Matcha Sundays mango daifuku all start life as mango chunks.
Sliced into bite-sized pieces, not too big nor too small.

They then get lovingly wrapped in azuki bean paste.
After this they'll get wrapped in a soft mochi skin.

Then they're off to yours, where you'll (hopefully) enjoy them.
Maybe you'll even praise them with a "not too sweet"😜

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Making our daifuku always involves just a tiny bit of sadness because the fruit inevitably gets covered up by azuki bean paste and mochi.

We never see the fruit again.
Of course we know it's still there, but...
The fruit, so bright and full of flavour is only seen by you after this.

Sure, we're happy to see them go out the door to be enjoyed by our customers. Still, there's that part of you that is just a bit sad to see them go, after you've poured your hopes and dreams into making them.

We hope you enjoy them, and if you could let us know, we'll have a smile on our faces for the rest of the day!

06/03/2026

It's time to admit and say out loud what we've all been thinking: we need more mango wagashi in the world.

We've got a box full of wagashi for this very reason.

The "Mango" box is here and just needs you to decide to enjoy the snacks!

🔗Order via the link in bio🔗

We're delivering on Sunday, 09 March and on Wednesday, 11 March so order by the night before your desired delivery date and we'll do the rest!




#英国美食

04/03/2026

A big thank you to everyone who celebrated Hina Matsuri with us via our "Hina Matsuri" box!

We really enjoyed making this🤗
The colours are really pretty and think the different wagashi really came together beautifully!

Clockwise from top:
Pinkberry daifuku
Sanshoku dango
Hina yatsuhashi cannoli
Hishi mochi
Matcha mochi doughnut
Matchaberry daifuku
Sakura yatsuhashi (centre)

See you next time!




#和菓子
#英国美食

24/02/2026

🚨NEW PRODUCT ALERT 🚨
"Mikan" Clementine daifuku (みかん大福)

Sweet and tangy clementine oranges wrapped in azuki bean paste before being wrapped in a layer of chewy mochi.

It's fascinating how the tangy clementine goes really well with the sweet azuki bean paste. You normally wouldn't think this is a winning combination but it's fantastic!

We're going to roll this out in London first but since clementines have a long shelf life compared to strawberries, we're seriously looking into how we can send these through the post!




#みかん大福
#英国美味

20/02/2026

Happy Lunar New Year!
Matcha Sundays is happy to announce the "Spring Festival" snacks box!

This week's box is filled with wagashi from our childhood in Kobe, where limited edition Lunar New Year versions of popular wagashi were available.

The star of this week's box is definitely the "mikan" clementine daifuku (みかん大福), an entire clementine wrapped in Azuki bean and a soft mochi skin. The tangy citrus flavour goes incredibly well with the sweet azuki bean paste flavour🤗
From pineapple mochi ball sticks to mango warabi mochi to black sesame mochi doughnuts, this week's box is a fond memory to a childhood of years gone by.

🔗Order via the link in bio to reserve your box. We have multiple delivery dates so order by the night before your desired date and we'll do the rest.🔗

The backstory:
Growing up in Kobe meant during the Lunar New Year you went to Chinatown and enjoyed the festivities.
Some people called it Kyūshōgatsu (旧正月) or Shunsetsu-sai (春節祭) but whatever the name, it was a fantastic experience.

Only later on when as an adult we learned about more traditional celebrations did we realise much of what we thought of as traditional was actually marketing by the food companies. Oh well, at least we got to enjoy delicious food😅





#英国美食

19/02/2026

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Matcha Sundays Behind the Scenes #74
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These matcha chocolate oat sandwiches turned out so well we couldn't help but take photos and show them off to you😂

The backstory:
We made a batch of nama chocolate tarts recently.
We ended up having more chocolate than we had shells so rather than toss it, we sandwiched the chocolate between some oatcakes.

🥰🤩🥳😍🤗😂😭😋😋🤯🤓

Yes, they were that good.
Something about the smoothness of the chocolate pairing up perfectly with the roughness of the oatcakes...
Bea even came back looking for more, which clearly means they're good.

18/02/2026

genius (noun [ C or U ]): an ordinary person who enjoys eating Japanese wagashi.

Eating Japanese wagashi isn't just about enjoying life. It's also about learning about Japanese culinary culture 🤤 and appreciating the design sensibilities of Japanese society🧐

Clearly you should be eating more wagashi as it's on the way to becoming a genius. The sign says it all🤗




#ロンドン生活
#英国美味

14/02/2026

So we wanted to make our own version of strawberry kaminari okoshi. Except we also wanted to recreate a fond memory from childhood by paying homage to Apollo (アポロ) chocolates.

So this is what you get when you combine puffed rice crackers with strawberry chocolates🍓🍫

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Kaminari Okoshi is a traditional Japanese wagashi made from puffed rice and sugar syrup. It's the thing to buy when you visit the Asakusa neighbourhood in Tokyo.

You can buy many different flavours and we've always been partial to the strawberry ones. Kind of like a wagashi Kit-Kat.

子供の頃食べてたアポロ、懐かしいですね（笑）
もちろんロンドンでも買えますけど100円だったチョコが£3と思うと笑ってしまいますね。
「アポロ風雷おこし」と言ったことろでしょう！



#ロンドン生活
#英国美食

09/02/2026

Some things don't need explaining.

Strawberry daifuku is one of them.
You know this wagashi is going to be tasty
You know it's going to go well with your tea.
You know you'll enjoy it by yourself or with a friend.

While it may not be as old and traditional as some other mochi, we're really happy it's here. We hope you're happy it's here too!




#英国美味
#ロンドン生活

07/02/2026

A preview of the good times ahead!
We're going to be preparing loads of tasty Japanese wagashi for you! Strawberries will play a visible role but there will be loads of other flavours as well!

Matcha
Hojicha
Chocolate
Yuzu
And flavour combos!

Like the mochi balls with strawberries and Yuzu🍓🍋🍡
Or the heart-shaped yatsuhashi💕

So excited!!

07/02/2026

The menu is out and the dates are set!
The "Matcha Sundays Loves You 6" is coming to doorsteps near you soon.
Full of tasty wagashi and delicious flavours🤤🤤
We'll be releasing mood board inspiration photos soon😋



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#英国美食
#和菓子