From a humanistic perspective, cherry blossoms taste like tranquility; from a love perspective, cherry blossoms taste like sweetness; and from a historical perspective, cherry blossoms taste like aggression?

So what do cherry blossoms taste like? In fact, it does not have any flavor in itself? As an alumnus of Wuhan University, Yi Zhoujun’s answer is of course a yes!

But aside from the sense of smell, cherry blossoms also have a taste. Is that the taste experience of putting it in your mouth?

The first is this cherry blossom-flavored Pepsi Cola. Just look at the ingredients. It’s different – ??it contains cherry blossom coloring and flavoring. According to the reports of children who have drank it, you can smell a light floral fragrance as soon as you unscrew the bottle cap, but cherry blossoms have no smell, so it is impossible to determine what kind of floral fragrance it is?

Maybe you have never drank it, but you can imagine the feeling of cherry-flavored Coca-Cola. It is very similar.

Of course, if you want to truly taste the taste of cherry blossoms, you have to find the answer from the traditional Japanese snack-Sakura Mochi.

Sakura cakes are made of flour and glutinous rice. The filling is usually red bean paste, and the salted cherry blossom leaves are used as a wrapper (just like our domestic bean paste rice dumplings). The slightly salty aroma in your mouth actually comes from the coumarin component on the cherry blossom leaves. It can only have this taste after a chemical reaction with salt. It feels quite magical?

Been to Japan? Children who enjoy cherry blossom viewing in Kyoto, Osaka and other places should pay attention to this "salted cherry blossom". It is actually the late cherry blossom that blooms from April to May. The flowers are abundant and the petals are many. Use salt and plum vinegar to pickle them. Save for a long time.

Therefore, it is often sold as a souvenir in various gift shops, costing about RMB 40-50 per bag. You can use it to add other ingredients for seasoning, or you can mix it with green tea to make tea, and mix it with sake to make wine.

When brewing tea, use a large glass and watch the pink petals of the cherry blossoms slowly unfold in the tea vessel. It feels quite happy, right?