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The chain\u2019s first-ever Japanese-style sweet pizza has some very surprising ingredients.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n In Japan, there\u2019s a lot more to matcha<\/strong> than just matcha lattes<\/strong>. Here, you can find powdered green tea in a wide variety of settings, from traditional teahouses<\/strong> through to modern cafes<\/strong>, and now even a pizza chain<\/strong>, thanks to a new product from Pizza Hut Japan<\/strong>. Called the \u201cHandy Melts Matcha Shiratama Kuromitsu<\/strong>\u201c, with shiratama<\/strong> being small, chewy dumplings made from glutinous rice flour and kuromitsu<\/strong> being a molasses-like traditional Japanese syrup made from brown sugar, the new pizza is a collaboration with Kyoto\u2019s long-established tea shop<\/strong> Gion Tsujiri<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Founded in Yamashiro Province<\/strong> (present-day Uji City<\/strong>) in 1860<\/strong>, Gion Tsujiri has a long history of green tea production, and for this new release it\u2019s using its special blend of matcha to create what Pizza Hut is calling its first-ever Japanese-style sweet pizza.<\/strong> This dream collaboration features a crispy pizza dough infused with Gion Tsujiri matcha<\/strong>, while the filling consists of rich matcha paste<\/strong> and chewy shiratama<\/strong>, with mozarella cheese<\/strong> and cream cheese <\/strong>creating a sweet-salty flavour.<\/p>\n \u25bc The final element is a drizzle of kuromitsu<\/strong> for an extra depth of sweetness<\/p>\n This mish-mash of sweet and savoury is said to be the perfect marriage between Japanese and Western flavours, and it\u2019s perfectly timed for Japan\u2019s tsukimi moon-viewing season, with the white shiratama resembling the full moon. While the Handy Melt can be purchased on its own, priced at 790 yen (US$5.38) for delivery or 550 yen for takeout, it can also be purchased as part of a special value set, which includes the limited-edition autumn pizza \u201cPork Tsukimi Pizza \/ Mayo Chicken Tsukimi Pizza Half & Half\u201d. Customers who purchase this pizza, which starts at 2,195 yen for a small takeout, can add the Handy Melt for just 395 yen.<\/p>\n To help drum up excitement for the new release, Pizza Hut will be holding a commemorative gift campaign where 30 winners will receive a special set containing five types of Gion Tsujiri single-use tea bags. To enter, simply follow Pizza Hut\u2019s official Twitter account<\/a> and retweet the campaign post<\/a> or follow the chain\u2019s official Instagram account<\/a> and like the campaign post<\/a>. 15 winners will be selected from each entry method, with entries accepted from 1-10 September.<\/p>\n Both the matcha Handy Melt and the special discount pizza set will only be available in limited quantities from 1 September to 26 October, and will end when sold out, so you\u2019ll want to to get in quick to try it while it\u2019s still available. Otherwise we\u2019ll just have to wait for Gion Tsujiri\u2019s next collaboration, which, given its past record<\/a>, might just be with doughnut king Mister Donut<\/a>.<\/p>\n Source, images: Press release<\/em> The chain\u2019s first-ever Japanese-style sweet pizza has some very surprising ingredients.\u00a0 In Japan, there\u2019s a lot more to matcha than just matcha lattes. Here, you can find powdered green tea…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1919\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/Pizza-Hut-matcha-Japan-Gion-Tsujiri-Collaboration-best-Uji-Kyoto-green-tea-shop-fast-food-news-2.jpg?w=640\")
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