US Candy Makers React To Japanese Sakura Candy (JunsKitchen)
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- US Candy Makers React To Japanese Sakura Candy (JunsKitchen). A couple of you guys suggested that Terry & Steve should react to JunsKitchen touring the Japanese candy
JunsKitchen - / @junskitchen
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OMG…It’s the Steve and Terry of Japan. The smile on Steve’s face as the story of the owners dad was told was priceless!
There was a lot of similarities!
Right? Wow, this video is absolutely priceless!!! Love you Terry and Steve ❤️✌️
You guys should definitely try making Sakura candy!
I subbed to Jun's Kitchen, he and Rachel are really good at what they do.
@@JadenYukifan28who what
Japanese starch syrup and American corn syrup are similar but not exactly the same. Both are sweet syrups used as sweeteners and ingredients in various recipes. However, they differ in terms of their sources and manufacturing processes.
Japanese starch syrup, also known as mizuame, is primarily derived from glutinous rice or tapioca starch. It is a common ingredient in Japanese cuisine and confectionery. Mizuame has a thick and sticky consistency and is often used to add sweetness and moisture to foods like mochi, candies, and sauces.
American corn syrup, on the other hand, is made from cornstarch. It is commonly produced through a process called enzymatic hydrolysis, where enzymes are used to break down the starch into smaller molecules. Corn syrup is widely used in American cooking and baking and is often used as a sweetener in recipes for desserts, sauces, and beverages.
While both Japanese starch syrup and American corn syrup serve as sweeteners, they can have different properties and flavors. Japanese starch syrup, derived from rice or tapioca, may have a slightly different taste compared to corn syrup, which is made from cornstarch. It's important to note that there are different types of corn syrup available in the United States, including light corn syrup, dark corn syrup, and high fructose corn syrup, each with varying sweetness levels and flavor profiles.
In summary, while Japanese starch syrup and American corn syrup are similar sweet syrups, they are made from different sources and can have variations in taste and consistency.
Thank you!! I was wondering about these very things, because it definitely did not look like corn syrup in the details.
This is a very ChatGPT response
Thank you for that it got on my nerve too when she corn starch sugar. Japanese very rarely use corn syrup in their sweets and have many healthier alternatives to it
interesting to note that mizuame's sweetness is a lot more gentle to my tongue as well compared to corn syrup, i can finish japanese sweets more easily compared to american counterparts as a result. i believe corn syrup is flavored with either vanilla or molasses which makes the sweetness a lot heavier compared to mizuame. but then again that might just be my taste buds speaking
i detect a chat gpt response
"Cause I haven't tasted that tree, oddly enough. I haven't tasted any trees."
Maple tree: "What am I, a joke to you?"
Just kidding y'all, thanks so much for the great video! I love your work and Ive been a fan of Jun's Kitchen for a long time too, so it's fun to see a crossover 🙂
I was going to say something similar! Terry knows what at least one tree tastes like!
Cinnamon too
Sakura tree aka cherry tree
Tea leaves
most americans have only had "maple" flavoured corn syrup.
Sakura (cherry blossom) has a sweet and fruity rose flavor, almost like regular cherries, and sometimes sour depending on how genuine the taste is.
No, it taste like mix between a rose petal and a leaf. Nothing like cherry.
@Bella is correct in that Sakura translates as cherry blossom in English. I would assume that different manufacturers would lean into the flavor differently, some more floral/herbal and some more fruity. The word sakura certainly indicates the blossom more than the fruit, of course.
For those who are interested, Cherry trees have great cultural significance in Japan and their blossoming every spring has been celebrated for hundreds of years. “Sakura” is used in Japan as a girl’s name and as an endearment as well. The cherry blossom festival in Washington DC is centered around the trees gifted to the United States by Japan in 1912 and planted around the Tidal Basin.
@@VailsMomn Japan, they do use the actual blossoms. So Baldr is correct and it does have a floral flavor. I ate a cherry blossom cookie once at a ryokan/inn. It had a single petal on it with salt and a bit of cream sandwiched between two biscuits. It wasn't fruity. Japan also uses the cherry blossom leaves with sakura mochi.
Thanks for the clarification. That is certainly my understanding of how sakura-flavored confections are made. I’m not a big fan of mochi (or any marshmallow-y or gelatinous dessert, it’s a texture thing), but sakura mochi is so lovely to look at; like most all Japanese confection/pastry, there is true artistry on display. I really appreciate the widespread use of whole leaves like cherry leaf and perilla/shiso in Japanese cuisine, but then I love to use herbs myself, they’re just usually cut into chiffonade or torn, though I do use whole basil and mint, for example, as garnish.
Sakura refers to cherry blossom. I can also refer to raw horse meat.
Wow two of my favorite worlds collide! I love Rachel and Jun and their cute little kitties, and I love Hercules Candy! Glad to see you guys are enjoying Jun's tours, he does amazing kitchen videos.
Yeah, he posts some cool videos!
Yes, Jun having to warn Poki to not eat his finger - that was very expected. That cat would eat until he explodes!
Same
@@argo12nothing new
@@HerculesCandy. I’m curious what are some of your favorite candies, either old timey or modern. For example, my mom loved Mary Janes, where my teeth never loved them lol. My favorite candies are probably jels (like raspberry gels or orange gels) covered in chocolate. I also like grapefruit gummies and lime gummies which are hard to find. I also love fruit creams covered in milk chocolate, like orange cream, lemon cream and strawberry cream. And of course, I want to marry milk chocolate cherry cordials. Do you do anything like any of those, or are you hard candy only? (Only recently discovered you.). Also, besides favorite candies of yours, are there any that your customers just love, but that you personally just don’t love yourself? (Also favorite and least favorite flavors? My least favorite are ‘fake banana’, and especially ‘fake watermelon’ like Jolly Rancher! I LOVE real watermelon but fake drives me crazy. Airheads is the only flavor half way decent. Favorite flavors are lime, grapefruit, raspberry (like in jelly donuts), lemon curd, tangerine, grape, plum, juicy pear and buttered popcorn jelly belly jelly beans, etc.
I love Jun and his wife Rachel. They are one of my favorite couples that I’ve been watching for a very long time. Also Jun is pronounced like June as in the month. In the Japanese language ju is pronounced joo and the n is pronounced like the n in toon. So like joon.
Yesss! I love Rachel and Jun! Such sweet people!
Ok pronunciation police
@@NagiSeishirou-il2rr shush
@@NagiSeishirou-il2rrit's a basic respect to learn how to say someone's name properly
Asian starch syrup is usually tapioca starch. Tapioca is from Cassava root, but there are also rice starch syrups which are way expensive.
I didn't notice if you ever explained that Sakura is just the Japanese name for Cherry Blossom?
We did not explain that, we only learned it from the comments from you guys haha
A lot of people know that already. You dont even have to be an anime fan anymore to know.
Corn syrup is technically corn STARCH syrup too
They use enzymes to break down the starches into sugars
@@HotShotLionNot everyone knows that, I had no idea what syrup they used. I just knew it wasn't glucose syrup or corn syrup
@@HotShotLiontbh I didn’t know. So I think it’s fine.
if i remember correctly, japan is a lot stricter on public filming/photography (which is why jun mentioned having trouble getting permission to film japanese candy-making before), which is why you may not see a lot of the company's employees in the video
Yes. I think is the same with Germany. That's why there's no Google Street View when you use Google Maps pointing to Germany
Wait wait I love this. Maybe I’m too used to loud CZcamsrs talking over the original video, but at the end of a long work day, I felt like I was spending time with two great friends who were also professionals in the field. The quiet attentiveness and humble conversation was honestly so healing. Love the presentation, commentary, and screen presence. You guys are great. Definitely subscribed!
Yeah it really depends on time of day and stuff for me, people always are confused as to why I watch both the chill and loud reactions to the same things but they are so different
I grew up in Japan; one of my first and favourite memories is of Sakura; the blossoms are absolutely incredible. So lovely of you to explore this! 🤍
Yeah it's always cool seeing how other countries make candy!
I grew up in the DC area and i have the same sort of memories, im so glad Japan sent over the cherry blossoms to DC
@@ConstantChaos1 Sakura's are technically native to China as Japan simply adopted them into their culture. Likewise, Sakura's are one of the most memorable things from when I lived in Japan as well.
@S1RLANC3 yes, I am familiar, Japan is actually a huge melting pot and i love that about the culture, however the ones specifically in the DC area are gifts from the Japanese government to the United States government
@@ConstantChaos1 Yes, it was more of a refferennce to other people reading the thread. Japan certainly is a melting pot for better or for worst. I just wish more people can see the fragile state Japan is actually in right now. Within our lifetime, much of the culture will be lost and where we stand now, it's inevitable. It'll take a lot to lesson the outcome and will take even longer to grow again. That'll most likely be after our lifetime though. Regardless, thank's for sharing and have a joyful rest of the week.
Sakura flavor is so nice, just a little bit sweet and floral. I've had sakura hard candies before and they were just lovely~ I hope you guys will get to try them sometime!
It sounds good!
Is it like lavender or rose
@@THEHORSELOVER235 It's closer to rose.
Jun's youtube channel became viral when he made cooked fake sushi for his cats. As for putting candies in teas, it's good especially if u want to add something like a ginger candy to it to sooth your stomach. Also use powdered/shredded lemongrass for tea and add Halls candy for sugar&citric/mint flavor.
Recently, I just experimented with putting lemon, ginger and licorice hard candies as flavoring for the Vietnamese Pho soup and it works. It's concentrated flavor replaces the regular rock sugar ingredient makes it a quick hack for seasoning the pho broth in small servings.
I'm not a fan of soft Japanese candy, but their hard candy is one of the best hard candies I've tried. Sweet, but subtle and unique flavors.
Interesting fact:
Sakura powder is made from cherry blossoms that are beautiful to eat and delicious for Japanese people.
Oh my gooooosh! Two of my favorite channels in a reaction video! Oh this makes me so happy. POOR POKI BURNED HIS LITTLE NOSE!
6:13
Her: I haven’t tasted that tree, I haven’t tasted any tree
Him: cracks a laugh and looks over 😂
Oh I love Jun. I’ve watched his channels for years.
Hmm.... Maple?
Sakura are cherry blossoms that often used in spring to flavour traditional as well as modern seasonal confectionery & savory foods. Alot of cultural signifigance with blossom viewing picnics aswell as blooming around either graduation or new school/work year begining in April.
Very happy to see this video. I love watching Jun. He also cooks and makes candy. In smaller batches. He has another channel with his wife Rachel and their 4 cats. They are very enjoyable to watch. Just like your videos. 🙂
Yes, I just started digging into his content after you guys told us about him haha
I love their cats and Rachel. ❤
There's a rice starch syrup and sugar cane starch syrup. I know my dad uses the rice starch syrup when he makes manju and rice candy. But rice starch syrup is expensive, and my dad doesn't make much anymore. He taught my mom and us kids to do it, but we don't usually do it until the Japanese New Year as a family tradition.
Stay frosty, and I loved the video.
Thank you for taking our suggestion! I also found it interesting the similarities even across the world in candy making.
Yeah it's interesting how all the way across the world they're making t candy in a very similar way!
Sakura = Cherry Blossoms. Hence the cherry trees along the platform. starch syrup = Mizuame . Mizuame is a sweetener from Japan. A clear, thick, sticky liquid, it is made by converting starch to sugars. Mizuame is added to wagashi to give them a sheen, eaten in ways similar to honey, and can be a main ingredient in sweets.
Origin: Japan
Main ingredients: Glutinous rice and malt or potatoes
This was amazing. Looking forward to part 2.
I love classic candy making techniques and the amazing candies that they can produce. Having just received and sampled some of your Super Sour Hard Candy all I can say is; Bravo!. Your candy shows the love and experience through its quality and I am ever so grateful. Thank you all!
I want to see a reaction video of the Japanese hard candy maker watching Steve and crew making ribbon candy.
The crossover we all need
Thank you for sharing! This was amazing to watch!
love love love this reaction video. loved seeing their faces and learning that another candy man's story was so similar. cant wait to see them try japanesse candy.
Yall are so wonderful ❤ love your videos. I don't take sweets for granted anymore. So much care goes into making them.
I just got that Sakuraco box (actually my last one as after a year I am going on a diet lol) I'd say that the sakura candy is like a lightly sour strawberry flavor but not as pronounced as it's definitely a flower taste as well- rose candy by comparison usually has far too many floral notes but this is more subtle and subdued
This was such an awesome video! You guys looked so fantastic!!!!
This was lovely. For some reason it made me weepy and joyful, seeing talented people doing something that they love, talking about their father and showing how similar we can be across great distance and difference between cultures. Thanks for the video. I want some candy.
Yep, I’ve got to see part2!👍👏
Love these kinds of videos from you guys! ❤
I actually tried this candy through this subscription box. They are amazing. There sweet but a milder sweet than north American candies of this sort (that I've tried)... They do have a mild cherry aroma and flavor which pairs perfect with tea. I hope I'll be able to purchase them online somehow.
I saw Jun's video the other day and was thinking the same thing that you would appreciate seeing a candy factory on the other side of the world. I wonder if Hajime tells Dad jokes as well as Steve?
I wonder 🤔
🤣
This was interesting, look forward too part 2.
Looking forward to part 2!
We should reward those who maintain knolage. They awarded him because he knew what was thought to be a lost art. I'm glad he was recognized. 11:21
I love watching Juns kitchen!
I just watched this video when Jun uploaded! I also love to watch Jun And Rachel, they've got some beautiful kitties!❤
I follow Jun's kitchen , and the adventures of Rachel & Jun on you tube. Rachel and Jun are fun and and fascinating people, well worth watching. Jun's Kitchen is mostly a cooking show. Really, truly worth subscribing.
Eagerly awaiting the part 2.
I love Rachel and Jun! I'd love to see the part 2 when you guys get a hold of sakura candy!
omg I was so hoping you guys would see that video!
It was great to meet ya'll! I'm a fan of Jun's videos, so when I saw someone reacting to one of my favorite of his--we loved the craftsmen series--I just had to click. You guys looked like so much fun, and I loved seeing your reactions and observations.
sakura is cherry blossom tree. 🌸
looking forward to the future taste test vidya!
Thank you
"I haven't tasted any trees" Cinnamon is the bark of the tree so indeed you have! And don't forget the liquid of the gods: maple.
If y'all ever make Sakura candy, I'd buy it in a heartbeat!
2 of my fave channels together!
I live in Japan, and if you go to a department store over here, on one of the basement floors, they normally have a large food area, and they they have lots of different sellers who sell candies made by places like this.
very wholesome video, was awesome to see the generational talent and hard work pay off so well..
Great video super cool to see a Japanese candy maker!
Yeah there was a cool mix of similarities and differences!
The sakura colour is so pretty! 😍
Steve’s like, Oh yeah.. lol loved watching with the candy makers. I always wonder how different cultures make candy similar. It’s intriguing to see.
I soo enjoy this ..please create more
Yes please try sakura candies !!! :) thank you for the video x
Loved this
one of the highlights of Jun's Kitchen is the cats, he'll take one of them in his bike basket when getting fresh ingredients, and they're super well trained
I knew as soon as I saw the title which channel they would be watching. Lovely.
Thats cool that Jun was able to film there!
Made it to Montana thanks for coming along for the ride
The starch syrup is called mizuame which is made by converting starch into sugar, and the starch source is traditionally glutinous rice mixed with malt.
Wow! I love Jun and Rachel and thought of Hercules when I saw this video when it was released.
I really enjoyed this video
I love the way you explore candy from other countries awesome video 👍🇦🇺💜
Thanks Jacinta!
I’m so glad you’re doing this again
Hi! Would you please make an advent calendar this winter? And thanks for such delicious content :)
I love Jun's Kitchen!!
Please do a part 2 taste test! ❤
Such a beautiful video I loved it. I'm dying to know what that flavor taste like ❤
Us too!
I absolutely adore your channel! I was watching this episode and had a 💡 moment. Coffee Drops….. flavored hard candy drops like baileys, or Frangelico, Amaretto… flavors are endless! Lol 😮!
What's good about Japan is the many many small shop that create unique products for that specific area they're in. The US should do that as well, Branch out with different flavors and products that make Your shop special.
Cool! I'd try it; I do like the floral candy variations. Not everyone's preference. But I'll have to keep an eye open for it online.
I saw that when Jun released it and thought of you guys.
Need to order from candy shops around the world and do a tasting. Could bring in some new ideas and candies
Hey! I watched this one with my mom also! We reveled at the starch tank, too!
Sawahara seems like a lot of fun to be around! He seems so personable; I want to visit that shop one day.
Never had Sakura candy but I had the tea and it's good ❤
Cats do, in fact, like tea. One of my friends had to stop leaving his tea cup lying around half-finished because his cats would wander over and start drinking it. It isn't harmful or anything, it's just awkward having to pour out the cup and wash it because the cats got into it.
You should have gotten them the sakuraco box that was the sponsor for Jun's video, it has the candy and other cool treats!
I love sakura candy. Truly a delight
I used to watch JunsKitchen. Dude making food like its art. Amazing guy too.
13:10 "Won't do that again."
Yeah, he probably will. That's Poki. He's gotten himself stuck in the recycling bin several times and still tries to climb in XD
I’d like to see their reaction to your candy making. ☺️
You guys should get the box to try!
Made from 100% tapioca starch-From Cassava Root · Japan Kanpy Mizuame Starch Syrup Fruit Jam Maker Millet Jelly
Waiting to see the video of them trying some Sakura candies
Sakura is a cherry tree but you’re using the blossoms for the flavor- it’s like a cross between a rose and a sweet cherry. You have those floral notes but also a little sweetness of cherry juice - it’s not a sour variety like European/American cherry flavors
Matcha is green tea, the flavor profile is different if it’s strained leaves and different if it’s the concentrated powder altho in Japan the powder form is more prevelant and widely used. It can be almost chalky to touch the dust and the pigmentation is from the chlorophyll of the plant and it doesn’t stain but it is obvious when you spill it - like knocking over a bag of flour it’s not an issue to spill it but it’s ya know a mess and looks like a big issue.
OH MY GOD, JUN
I didn't read the title all the way, and got very pleasently surprised while watching 😂❤
This is great! I already watched the Japanese video so to see actual westerners react to it was a treat!
Pops automatically rethinking his processes
Traditional Japanese candy and sweets are something you would taste like they came from the 18th or maybe 19th century. It takes a certain taste to enjoy them, their texture is different then western candy and they sometimes have flavors that are not all too appetizing to people not from that region. I stayed a long time in Japan, over 6 years, and never got used to their traditional candies. They go for more subtle flavors then complex or sweet ones. The newer Japanese candy like Hi-Chew is like a Starburst with Nerds, some traditional candies are more like NECCO wafers, which I was never a fan of.
I got those snack boxes for a year was awesome. Worst part was finding one you love and not being able to regularly buy it at home
I get the Sakura tea from Amazon. It is amazing. It is a floral, creamy tea, hard to describe the taste. I always add a touch of cream and sugar to mine, but it wouldn’t need it. I have not tried the candy……. Yet. But after watching this, I definitely will.
I live at around 7000 feet elavation. This affects cooking times and temperatures. That might make a difference in candy making temperatures. "As atmospheric pressure decreases, water boils at lower temperatures. At sea level, water boils at 212 °F. With each 500-feet increase in elevation, the boiling point of water is lowered by just under 1 °F. At 7,500 feet, for example, water boils at about 198 °F."
It’s really cool how they got a flavor that the large incumbent manufacturers weren’t promoting and made a name for themselves to be sitting alongside such competitors on the shelves! So cool!
Sakura has a very distinct taste (one my favorite flavor). It’s s hard to describe but, it’s very fragrant and aromatic taste. Sakura soft ice cream is one if my favorite (coming from someone that does really like ice cream!).
I've been putting hard candy in my tea/coffee for years. I'm going to need to try this.
You are AWESOME candy makers PLEASE DON'T PUT YOUR SELF DOWN
Wow, this was fun! Now I want to find out what Wanna tastes like.🌺💮🌺🌸
I was going to say maybe Taro Root. Casava, ok. I loved this video! It was fascinating! Thanks for sharing!
I enjoyed this video. Looked on Amazon and they sell Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Powder. $10.87 for 4 ounces.