'Afternoon Tea Mottainai Fuji Apple Tea' Tasting Review: The aroma and sweetness of Fuji apples blended into tea

Kirin's 'Afternoon Tea' brand will be releasing a new product, ' Afternoon Tea Mottainai Fuji Apple Tea ,' on December 2, 2025. The tea uses Fuji apples from Nagano and Aomori, which are often thrown away despite their delicious taste. It's a fruit tea that allows you to enjoy the deliciousness of carefully selected ingredients while reducing food waste, so I decided to give it a try.

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The Gogo no Kocha Mottainai Fuji Apple Tea uses delicious Fuji apples from Nagano and Aomori that would otherwise be thrown away, and aims to reduce food waste by approximately 3.9 tons of Fuji apples through the sale of this product. In addition, 1 yen from each bottle of Gogo no Kocha Mottainai Fuji Apple Tea sold will be used to support fruit farmers in Japan.

The drink is labeled as a black tea drink, and the ingredients are listed as 'apple juice,' with 50% Fuji apples from Nagano Prefecture and 50% Fuji apples from Aomori Prefecture. The juice content is 0.1%.

Afternoon Tea Mottainai Fuji Apple Tea has 30kcal per 100ml, so if you drink the entire 400ml it will be 120kcal.

I poured it into a glass and the moment I opened the lid, the fragrant aroma of apples wafted out.

When I took a sip, the taste was refreshing like apple juice, with the bitterness of black tea spreading in the aftertaste. The apple had almost no acidity and was a sweet type, making it a fruit tea with a refreshing taste and a strong sweetness of apple.

Afternoon Tea Mottainai Fuji Apple Tea will be released on December 2, 2025, with a suggested retail price of 210 yen (excluding tax). Amazon.co.jp offers a 24-bottle set for 4,545 yen (including tax).

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