 Thanks for checking out this unboxing video. This is for the November Snaku box and if you're Checking these unboxing videos out of mind for the first time. This is a Japanese snack box that you can get every month They also have a tasting size, which is a lot smaller if you don't want to commit too much and you want to or you want to spend less So the the tasting size actually ships from New York in the United States I believe and but the actual like full-size box ships from somewhere in Japan So it takes a little bit longer for this to get here. So I Got to be honest I'm not actually all that excited about this month's box just because it is like a tea themed and I think it's Specifically like matcha and I don't really like matcha I find it to be way too vegetal for my flavor or for my palate for what I like flavor wise So I'm not that excited about it But I'm sure there will be like one or two things at least that I'll like in here because that's you know How it's been with these boxes. I always find at least something Check this Make this No, okay. It's weird. It's just kind of like low lighting. I'm trying to see if I can fix it But oh well, I'll fix it in post potentially Okay, so as you can see the theme is there we go tea With a little teapot some little biscuits biscuits or cookies depending on where you're from You would call it that okay, and if people want I'm not gonna read the thing at the top But here you go if you want to you can You can pause on that and then we have the featured snacks. We have the popular snacks Oh, they said they decided to lay it out differently because usually it's like one on one side and one on the other side It's um It's usually the featured snacks on this side and the popular snacks on this side So, oh no, they're laying it out differently. Okay, so let's get into it I'm sure you what it looks like in there. Have I been doing that? I hope I've been doing it look chock full of stuff All right, so hopefully I find some things I really like in here. All right, so first Let's jump to this Okay, so there's a few of these look kind of similar so first we're going with this Salty senpai and this is under the popular snacks area very light and airy rice cracker topped with Japanese salt. It's a pretty run-of-the-mill looking senpai no frills just gonna be Salty I assume Does smell a little fishy Not a lot though see that I Smell that it's salty though very nice and crunchy very typical rice cracker flavor And it does have a decent saltiness to it. Actually usually the salt is lower on these things But I actually like this really Kind of aggressive saltiness that it's got going on here. It's kind of a nice change of pace I like something real salty every now and then This would go very great with you know having a beer. I like to have some craft beer here in there I actually do a craft beer podcast. It's called brutal battle BRW TAL battle And this this nice salty senpai would go very well with some with some beer I love that crunch love senpai love salt love crunch I'm a texture guy so That's a good one. All right I'm feeling better Already I already found something I like I do have to drink water after that though because that salt level is high But it's good. It's good. All right. Let's go here now This I believe is the Hojicha Florentine Things was supposed to be yes Hojicha Florentine, you know, so I don't really have anything so Way first topped with honey glazed almond and Hojicha tea tea cream the Hojicha is from the tea farms in the Shizuoka prefecture, which is known to produce some of the most premium teas in Japan Okay, this actually looks like it could be pretty good and sounds like it could be good Just in case of crumbs. I got to open it over my plate that I brought here. Oh, this is no it actually looks gross Look at this that looks nasty actually that looks gross But it smells I Mean I smelled the tea to it for sure other than that Smells like kind of grainy and tea and a little bit of chocolate It's supposed to be chocolate. I don't know it has nice texture I will say that because there's little pieces inside here are pretty crunchy the outside's more of like a really easy To cut through wafer Chocolate crap on the floor. Yeah. Well, sorry hmm So So there's a sweetness to it. It's definitely a bit sugary. I Definitely taste that tea in the tea. The tea flavor actually is pretty good It's not coming off. It's like a matcha. It's it's way less vegetal It's just more of like a kind of a light tea flavor It doesn't taste chocolatey Well, maybe just a slight bit, but it's the honey That sweetness from the honey definitely comes through. Um, I don't love it. I don't dislike it. It's decent I'm okay with it. I'm not gonna have a problem finishing this off I'm not gonna do it on camera, but It's fine. It's fine, especially for something primarily focused on tea Am I right with that? I'm not bad. Okay, let's go to this. Whatever this is next I'm probably gonna have to open this to figure out what it is first. I think this is the hojicha waffle is my guess Hojicha waffle Nothing on the back a few of these Oh Okay, well that's not opening The best way the thing came off. I'm gonna have to open this in the worst way possible Oh, no Is this oh no, it's not it's not the hoji What the hell? Just fell apart. It's not the hojicha waffle. It's actually the hojicha lungade dichot So as you can see the other part of the cookie fell off That's what happens in transit. So but it's kind of better because you can see a better Kind of cross section of what's on there. You can see that cream in there So this is delicate hojicha infused butter cookie from kiyoto's tea growing region Hojicha chocolate is sandwiched between roasted tea flavored soy butter cookies one of our favorite cookies from kiyoto Oh Kind of smells like white chocolate And tea mixed together I smell the butter too. I smell that butter cookie. It's a little sweet, but it's not crazy sweet I'm going in and kind of like Starts to melt immediately definitely tastes like white chocolate mixed with tea The tea is more at a medium level on this So it's a little bit more vegetable. So it's not my favorite, but I think that the kind of butteryness of the cookie and that white chocolate kind of bounces it out a little bit yeah That's all right It's not my favorite, but It's not bad I wouldn't intentionally want more of them. I wouldn't be like, oh send me more of that Because the tea flavor actually starts to build a little bit more as you keep eating Yeah All right Not a huge fan. All right. What are these? What is this? Let's figure this one out. This thing is It's a big cake. I think this might be the matcha milk manju but I'm gonna I mean, it looks like it's matcha on the front. So When I see that like Really green powder. I usually think matcha so Yeah, I think this is the matcha milk manju It's like one of these cake things Okay, we've had things like this before so it's very green that would indicate matcha, buddy It's very soft. It's very very soft Bite-sized manju cake stuff with matcha cream white bean filling The matcha used for this snack is handpicked by farmers in fukuoka and okinawa It smells like matcha So vegetal So much matcha Matcha just smells like aggressively green God, I don't like that smell All right, um This has a few things working against it for me personally one The matcha flavor To that little bit of weird bitterness that goes along with matcha sometimes three the texture Because it's bean paste But this bean paste in particular is a little more jelly-ish Then it is grainy like bean paste is Although it does taste a little buttery on the finish Which I kind of like that buttery note. It's too much matcha to it though. It's too much matcha No, thank you. No, thank you. I don't like it Pass That's probably for me personally one of the most offensive things that they've had In this in in any of the snackers I've gotten and that's including like shrimp stuff I can handle that better All right. Let's let's you know speaking of shrimp stuff. I have one here that's a shrimp shrimp senpai Rice crackers made with powdered dry shrimp Caught off the sea of japan This one is like really beat up obviously, but you can see the sorry you can see the shrimp Yeah Pretty easy to see that shrimp on there. All right, so let's pull a little piece out I bet you're gonna be able to see the little pieces of shrimp in there. You always can See there you go those little flecks in there little shrimp Smells like shrimp. It's very ocean-y very fishy a lot crunch Tastes like shrimp There's a decent saltiness to it. I love the crunch on that It's a little heavy on the shrimp flavor to be honest. Um If you're okay with that, you're gonna be fine with that particular one, but It's a little high for me personally on the shrimp flavor We've had a few Like shrimp snacks in in the snack you that like the shrimp is kind of like on a lower level or like a medium low level And i'm good with that, but this one is a little higher. I had that flavor out of my mouth now too This is not going the best. Okay, so this is the hojicha waffle. We're gonna do this one now Now the hojicha waffle There you go Uh twice baked hojicha infused waffles filled with a lightly sweetened hojicha cream Morihan has been making these snacks since 1836 That's a while That's a long while All right, here we go. These look cool Oh the way they feel they're probably gonna have some good crunch to them But then that also means i'm gonna make a pretty significant mess Hmm they smell They kind of smell like waffles a little bit, but it's like a mix of like that waffle that typical like baked waffles smell and tea Because I assume it's a tea cream All right, here comes the math I like the crunch and flavor of the waffle cookie portion And it's sweet. It's like a little bit sugary It tastes pretty good And then you get that little hint of tea in the middle. Here you go. You can see the tea in there It's not too bad Um the tea isn't crazy pronounced Oh here I need you to cream a little bit better There you go It looks gross. It looks like brown green. So it actually looks like you know like baby crap That's the thing It's okay I'm not Like a big fan But I don't hate it. I actually really like those waffle cookie pieces Those are really awesome You put a different type of cream inside there like one of the most awesome strawberry creams that they do like february In japan I would be killer Yeah, I like the cookie portion of that. Okay moving on What is this? What is this? Oh, I got two of those. It's like I only got one. No Azuki matcha More matcha Sweet azuki red beans from Hokkaido covered with matcha green tea chocolate Made in Kyoto It's one of these kind of like, you know Pyramid packs Tear that open So literally it's like a little red beans covered in white chocolate and matcha on the outside So it's like matcha. So it's very vegetal Little bit of sweetness You know what? I actually don't really taste the matcha that much on this The flavor of the red bean And the white chocolate combined to really overpower that matcha. I get it very slightly. So I'm I'm good I actually kind of like that I'm usually not huge on white chocolate either, but for some reason The way white chocolate's done in japan. I like it a lot more than the united states Maybe a part of that has to do with Like a lot of candy Especially like chocolates in the united states taste very chemical driven and in japan. They really don't They're also a lot sweeter. So No, I actually dig these. Um, it's a nice little snack. I like that plus you're getting protein because there's beans in there, man Hopefully it doesn't cause a problem. If you know what I mean All right, here's a big bag of something that i'm kind of afraid of It looks a little weird. It's called satori matcha Look at this Doesn't that look like it looks intimidating. Okay, so it is airy matcha cream dipped biscuits So much matcha smell So much Yep, it smells like matcha. Is there's like a little bit of a sugary sweetness and that smells like matcha Um, I think it'll be crunchy though Oh Oh I actually kind of like that There is matcha But once again, just like those beans I just had There's a white chocolate That's coating the thing that is overtaking the flavor of the matcha, which I really like and the actual like biscuit of it Is just like this really light fluffy thing once you chew through it Like it's a little bit crunchy, but it's kind of fluffy like it's the consistency of like the really puffed Cheetos That's what it's a consistency of and it actually tastes kind of like that without the the cheese on it Yeah, it's got like just kind of nice like corn type cereal note Kind of tastes like a corn pop. You know that Without all the sugar Kind of like that. It's actually kind of good. Wow. Okay. I was afraid of that one. I thought I was definitely gonna hate it I was actually pretty solid. I like it Once again, there's something about the Japanese white chocolate that like I'm actually on board, you know Okay, we're winding down. We I've got like two more things and then we're done here I feel like I'm going faster than normal. Maybe it's because I just want to get through it because you know matcha bomb roll BAUM bomb Matcha bomb. I don't know which way it goes. Oh like that The picture would indicate it to me, right Okay, so The Muramaki period of Japan 14 to 15th century was when tea culture was popularized in Japan And with the advent of tea ceremonies Confectionaries that would be eaten alongside the tea began to be increased in popularity Madaseika Was founded in 1924 to keep this tradition alive and the shop is now one of the most influential snack stores in all of Kyoto That's cool. No Get this open with minimal. Okay. This this one's gonna get messy. I've we've I've had one of these bombs before actually We've had it at least two times Um, they're kind of like these you remember like they're cakey And it's like really small so you can see like these really thin layers here Of like cake and then a cream on the inside Smells like matcha though Dang it. It's a little bit sweet and matcha. There's a theme here. I like the I like to texture the buttercream on the inside. It's soft on the outside Then you get that nice real fluffy Smooth buttercream on the inside But there's a decent matcha flavor to it. So if you like matcha It's like matcha mixed with vanilla. That's the flavor. I'm getting from the cream in there So I like the vanilla aspect of it, but the matcha is a little too high for my personal taste But if you're good with matcha or if you really like matcha, you would probably love this like this is Amazing almost for a person who likes like some matcha flavor I can see where people like that. Um My wife might like it. I don't know how she actually I don't really know how she feels about matcha to be honest We haven't really talked to matcha before So let's get to our last thing um Traditional yuji or uji candies Variety of candies all handmade by a tiny candy shop in uji Kyoto flavors include kiyoto maple matcha powder gyo kuro matcha and hoji tea Hojicha tea, uh, can I get the kiyoto maple please? That's what I want to try. I want to try the kiyoto maple, but I don't know which one's which because look There's a bunch of different I feel like this one this one might be safe because it would be least matcha-y because it's least green This would probably be I mean, I feel like this would be the maple But I don't know All right. Look. All right. I'm just gonna go for this one because maybe it's the maple and I kind of want to try that But I might be making a big mistake to be honest Because it's not like I don't know. I can't smell anything. It smells a little vegetal Okay, it's matcha No, thank you. It's not crazy though. I was actually when I first figured out it's matcha I was expecting that it would build a lot more and be like super super matcha It's not it's actually a much lower level than I think so if people like just, you know, kind of a bit of matcha That's cool. But for me, I'm not into it because the only flavor is matcha. So It's not my thing Uh, but once again like with these hard candies. I'm always amazed at how Low the sugary-ness of them are because something equivalent to this in the united states would be like crazy sugary Just crazy sweet. That's why I can't eat it. But because it just it kills me in my in my old age But um these I can do not this one in particular because of the matcha, but you know what I'm saying I'm gonna keep that So my wife can lick it, but I don't think she's gonna want to Just because I don't think she's gonna be turned on by a matcha Hard candy. So okay Well, that was it. Uh, what were my favorites in this? Uh, the story matcha Actually very surprised by those these things. Those were actually pretty pretty darn tasty And obviously that salty senpai. Let me yeah this one the salty senpai Probably my favorite. I know that's kind of boring. Oh and also these um These little red beans I was pretty surprised by those. I like these. I'll munch on these. This is just like a little snack I'll take them to work. That'll be good. So This is one of my least favorite boxes as people could probably guess just because all the matcha stuff. It's not my thing um Yeah, I like the jelly Box better that was that was a lot more fun. I was nervous about that box too But that ended up being a lot more tasty and fun than this matcha one But you know, that's what happens. I'm still holding out for a uh, like strictly senpai box. That's what I would love I Man, I would love especially that there's twice baked ones that are just like kind of sugary and salty at the same time Uh, I I want that I want that so bad, but I love snacky if people can't tell I'm gonna keep going with it I enjoy doing these videos even though they don't get a crazy amount of views But if you're watching this, thank you very much for checking these out It always encourages me when I see that there are some views on these things Kind of like doing this put some comments down there. Do you get snacky? Should you get snacky? What do you like snacks wise? Japanese or otherwise Hit that subscribe for me though. If you're not a subscriber That's the way you can repay me for putting my time and money into these things because i'm not making money or anything I just want to grow the channel so I can interact with more people You know get my reviews of movies out there my box reviews out there stuff like that And then if I eventually get to a point where I can make some money, maybe I'll add boxes Um, potentially more food boxes. I thought about potentially getting a boxu Which is another japanese snack box Which looks pretty good It doesn't look on the same level of what I like like snack who gives me typically But it it looks like just like a little bit under that so I would consider that one maybe But anyway, thanks everyone for checking this out and until next time keep it brutal