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When life gives you lemons, make lemon tea-flavored popcorn!

Keeping in line with the limited edition fruity flavors of popular snack items, this time we bring you lemon tea-flavored popcorn, from famous Japanese confectionery company Morinaga. Of course, not any plain-old lemon tea will do – this popcorn features the well-known tea brand Gogo no Kocha (Afternoon Tea). The popcorn went on sale nationwide on July 26, and this particular bag was found at 7-Eleven.

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Opening the bag, we were greeted by a pleasantly sweet smell. It was fruity, yet not particularly lemony. Pouring the popcorn out, we could better see the fluffy round popcorn pieces coated in their glimmery, sugary goodness.

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The coating was solid and crisp, much like the coating of caramel corn, yet the color was a soft yellow. The popcorn gave a nice crunch and yielded a pleasant sugary sweetness, followed by a slight lemon flavor. Once the sweetness melted away, it was followed by a slight corn aftertaste, not unlike a fruity, sweetened kids cereal (think Froot Loops, if you’re familiar). There really wasn’t any tea flavor that we could detect, but it was still tasty all the same!

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If you’re a fan of caramel corn, you will likely also enjoy Morinaga’s lemon tea popcorn, which is similar in taste and texture, just with a hint of fruitiness. We will be sad when this flavor’s time comes to an end!

Source: Morinaga official site 
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