This is the Akatsuki White Peach Sencha ($9.50; fixed ice, fixed sweetness) from Chanowa, featuring sencha green tea shaken with Akatsuki white peach purée.
The beverage presented with an ombre effect, transitioning from the pink flesh of the peach at the base to the translucent golden hue of the sencha towards the top.
Initial contact delivered vibrant notes of ripe white peach, with a well-balanced sweetness and low acidity that tasted of fresh fruit rather than sugar syrup. The floral richness intensified through the mid-palate as the soft peach purée dispersed, gradually giving way to the freshness of the sencha towards the finish. Both components came through in equal measure, with the quality of the sencha evident in its soft grassiness, providing a fresh, rounded counterpoint to the peach without bitterness or astringency. The peach purée also passed easily through the narrow straw, dispersing throughout the tea and carrying the fruit flavour through each sip rather than remaining as a separate topping. The beverage distinguished itself from other peach-flavoured green teas through the unmistakable quality of both components.
Overall, a fruit tea with a layered flavour trajectory from ripe, floral white peach to fresh, grassy sencha, and a smoothly integrated purée that carried the peach through each sip, resulting in a balanced, refreshing flavour profile without bitterness or astringency.
This Akatsuki White Peach Sencha was purchased from Chanowa in Sydney, Australia, in October 2026.