{"id":7046,"date":"2026-06-20T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=7046"},"modified":"2026-06-20T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T16:00:14","slug":"japanese-sweets-brand-creates-new-drinkable-cigare-and-were-totally-here-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/?p=7046","title":{"rendered":"Japanese sweets brand creates new drinkable Cigare and we\u2019re totally here for it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736115\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Yoku-Moku-drinkable-cigare-shop-best-Tokyo-Station-souvenir-Japanese-sweets-cookies-dessert-drink-Ichibangai-news-1.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Famous \u201cCat\u2019s Tongue\u201d cookies get a whole new look with a limited-edition release at only one location.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the best places to shop for Tokyo souvenirs is in the basement of Tokyo Station, and some of the most popular souvenirs you\u2019ll find there are <strong>buttery rich cookies by Yoku Moku<\/strong>. This long-established Tokyo-based confectionery brand is famous for its elegant <strong>langue de chat (\u201ccat\u2019s tongue\u201d) biscuits<\/strong>, with the standout being its signature product, a rolled langue de chat known as <strong>the<\/strong> <strong>Cigare<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc The Yoku Moku Cigare<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736155\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/IMG_2904.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Image\u00a9OonaMcGee\/SoraNews24<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now, Yoku Moku is giving us a new way to enjoy the immensely popular rolled cookie, with what\u2019s being dubbed the \u201c<strong>Drinkable Cigare<\/strong>\u201d. The official name for it, though, is \u201c<strong>Coo-Che<\/strong>\u201d (pronounced \u201c<strong>Coo-Shay<\/strong>\u2019), an amalgamation of the word \u201c<strong>cookie<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>shake<\/strong>,\u201d as it places an extra large rolled langue de chat biscuit around an original vanilla-flavoured shake.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736119\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Yoku-Moku-drinkable-cigare-shop-best-Tokyo-Station-souvenir-Japanese-sweets-cookies-dessert-drink-Ichibangai-news-5.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The vanilla in the shake and langue de chat is the same as what\u2019s used in the filling of a Yoku Moku Cigare, so the flavour will be very familiar to fans of the biscuit. The crunchy cookie crumble pieces on top also deliver the same buttery flavours of a Yoku Moku biscuit, only with a greater crunch for more textural contrast.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736117\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Yoku-Moku-drinkable-cigare-shop-best-Tokyo-Station-souvenir-Japanese-sweets-cookies-dessert-drink-Ichibangai-news-3.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Said to be a \u201cdrink, mix, and taste\u201d cookie experience, the different components can be enjoyed separately or mixed together to suit your preferences for texture and taste. Unlike Yoku Moku\u2019s boxed cookies, which are sold at a wide number of retail outlets in Japan, this drink will only be available as a Tokyo Station Ichibangai store exclusive, and only in limited quantities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736116\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Yoku-Moku-drinkable-cigare-shop-best-Tokyo-Station-souvenir-Japanese-sweets-cookies-dessert-drink-Ichibangai-news-2.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sales are limited to specific times as well \u2013 11:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. daily \u2013 and each shake is priced at 780 yen (US$5.01) each.<\/p>\n<p>\u25bc If you have trouble spotting the store, look for the giant Coo-Che out front (bottom right)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-736120\" src=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/Yoku-Moku-drinkable-cigare-shop-best-Tokyo-Station-souvenir-Japanese-sweets-cookies-dessert-drink-Ichibangai-news-6.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to Yoku Moku, the new drink was developed out of a desire to introduce people to the long-loved taste of langue de chat in a slightly different form, while also highlighting its oft-overlooked expertise in vanilla cream as well. This drink certainly does that, and if they can showcase its regular cookies this beautifully, we have our fingers crossed for a version that features their <a href=\"https:\/\/soranews24.com\/2017\/02\/17\/yoku-mokus-cigare-cookies-to-become-available-in-new-matcha-flavor\/\">matcha cigares<\/a> too!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Store information<\/strong><br \/>\nYoku Moku Tokyo Station Ichibangai store \/ \u30e8\u30c3\u30af\u30e2\u30c3\u30af \u6771\u4eac\u99c5\u4e00\u756a\u8857\u5e97<br \/>\nAddress: Tokyo-to, Chiyoda-ku, Marunouchi 1-9-1, Tokyo Station Ichibangai, Basement 1<br \/>\n\u6771\u4eac\u90fd\u5343\u4ee3\u7530\u533a\u4e38\u306e\u51851\u4e01\u76ee9\uff0d1\u6771\u4eac\u99c5\u4e00\u756a\u8857 \u5730\u4e0b1\u968e<br \/>\nOpen: 9:00 a.m.-8:30 p.m.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/yokumoku.co.jp\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Source, images: Press release unless otherwise stated<br \/>\n\u25cf Want to hear about SoraNews24\u2019s latest articles as soon as they\u2019re published? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RocketNews24En\">Follow us on Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RocketNews24En\">Twitter<\/a>!<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famous \u201cCat\u2019s Tongue\u201d cookies get a whole new look with a limited-edition release at only one location.\u00a0 One of the best places to shop for Tokyo souvenirs is in the&hellip;<\/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-7046","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\/7046","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=7046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catbradley.io\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}