@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social
2026-07-29 03:07 UTC
Reikō' (冷コー) is a shortening of 'tsumetai kōhi' (冷たいコーヒー), a name popularly used in Kansai from the Shōwa period. The word has mostly died out now, replaced by the all too familiar 'iced coffee' (アイスコーヒー)😕
It's nice this little sweet is keeping the name alive.
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@camelliakyoto@mastodon.social 2026-07-29 03:24
We are currently in a micro-season called 'taisho' (大暑)...a period that begins on July 23rd with 'kiri hajimete hana o musubu' (桐始結花 'paulownia trees produce seeds') and ends with 'taiu tokidoki furu' (大雨時行 'great rains sometimes fall') on August 7th. #Kyoto #大暑