Kyōyo Haus

Our Mochi

Made here.
Wrapped by hand.

Mochi ice cream, wrapped by hand in Harvard Square.

The Kyōyo Haus display case: six mochi ice cream flavors lined up over a small zen garden

Much of the mochi ice cream sold in this country is made in a factory and shipped frozen.

Ours is made here. The dough is made in our kitchen. The pieces are filled and wrapped by hand when you order.

The skin is thin and soft, and it gives way easily. You can taste the difference in the first bite.

Process

How it is made

01

The dough

Glutinous rice flour, milk, sugar. Mixed and steamed in our kitchen into a smooth, elastic dough. Same ratio every time, though humidity and how long it rests will move it around a little.

02

The fill

Each piece is filled with ice cream and sealed by hand. The soft serve base is made with whole milk, cream and a soft serve mix. The soft serve and the mochi contain milk and soy. The flavors - matcha, black sesame, lychee, the rest - are worked in separately, one at a time.

03

The wrap

The mochi sheet is portioned, dusted lightly, and wrapped around the filling. Nothing about the wrap is automated. The seal is pressed by hand, which is why no two pieces come out quite the same shape.

04

Wrapped to order

Your piece is wrapped by hand when you order it, whether you eat it here or take it to go. Mochi is at its best soon after it is wrapped.

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Current lineup

Six flavors.

Matcha

green tea · earthy & refined

$7.50

Strawberry yuzu pipette

Black Sesame

toasted sesame · rich · deeply roasted

$7.50

Sesame Oil pipette

Banana Milk

ripe banana · creamy · mellow

$7.50

Banana milk pipette + sliced strawberries

Peach Oolong

ripe peach · roasted oolong · fragrant

$7.50

Peach condensed milk pipette

Lychee

floral · light · delicate

$7.50

Strawberry yuzu pipette

Mango

tropical · bright · refreshing

$7.50

Mango milk pipette + coconut jelly (nata de coco)

Seasonal flavors rotate. Check seasonal drops for what is available now.

Where it started

Growing up, there was always one thing worth stopping for at the Japanese convenience store. Yukimi Daifuku. A small oval of mochi wrapped around vanilla ice cream, sold in a simple box, two pieces. Cold, soft, and better than it had any right to be.

That specific joy - finding something beautiful in an ordinary place - stayed. Kyōyo Haus is an attempt to bring that feeling here.

The mochi dough is made in our kitchen and every piece is wrapped by hand. The matcha in our lattes is single-origin, ceremonial grade, from Kagoshima, Japan.

雪見だいふく · Yukimi Daifuku

Made in Harvard Square.
Every day.

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