Lotte - 爽 - Matcha Tiramisu & Mascarpone

Summer time means cool and refreshing dessert type snacks. I'm always browsing the frozen aisle, for new Coolish flavors as well as cool ice creams to try! I came across cool flavor that mainly sold me because of the image of the ice cream displayed in the box. It made this look more of a traditional Japanese dessert replica. 

The package has a huge "爽" displayed, and I tried researching what this said and Google Translate said "moth" Hah! Then I read it with "シャキッと爽やか", which means Crispy and Refreshing! 

This flavor is Matcha (Green Tea) Tiramisu. It also mentions that it is also Mascarpone (which is the white colored flavor). I had to look up what that was because I have never heard of it before... It is essentially an Italian cream cheese. It has a higher fat content than American cream cheese, having a much richer and creamier taste.

If you look at the background, that is what the dessert is supposed to look like inside (I didn't notice that til later).

I noticed that there is "ラクトアイス", or I'm assuming Lactose free for the Mascarpone cream cheese? Correct me if I'm wrong...

This image was close enough to what the front of the package was supposed to look like, but I expected better from Japan's perfection haha jk. 

I couldn't wait to dig right in! It looked very inviting...

The texture of this ice cream was a lot lighter than regular "ice cream", it was more "crispy" and icy like the package had said. Thus giving it that "refreshing" taste! It almost reminded me of a creamy shaved ice!

Sadly, I didn't read the packaging of the Mascarpone before trying the flavor, and I just knew it wasn't a vanilla taste, but was very rich and creamy. Since it was my first time trying it, I couldn't figure out what flavor it was. All I know is that I may or may not have enjoyed it more than my favorite matcha flavor.... 

This was very fun to eat, mixing between the two flavors or even eating the flavors alone. I think I found my new favorite summer snack! It would have been nice if they provided a spoon so this could be eaten on the go though... for now Coolish is number one in that area. I can't wait to try their other flavors and I hope this Matcha and Mascarpone flavor is not for a limited time only... Definitely try it!!