Kyōyo Haus

Our Mochi

Made here.
Every day.

Fresh mochi ice cream. Handmade, same-day, Harvard Square.

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

Most mochi ice cream in this country is made in a factory and shipped frozen.

Ours is made here. The dough is mixed in the morning. The pieces are filled and wrapped by hand. What we do not sell that day does not come back out tomorrow.

Fresh mochi has a texture that frozen mochi cannot replicate - soft, yielding, with a thin exterior that gives way easily. The difference is noticeable within the first bite.

Process

How it is made

01

The dough

Glutinous rice flour, milk, butter, sugar. Mixed and steamed each morning 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 and cream. 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

Same day

Made in the morning, sold the same day. Mochi firms up within hours of being made, so we do not carry inventory over.

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Current lineup

Six flavors.

Matcha

ceremonial grade · earthy & refined

$7.50

Strawberry yuzu pipette

Black Sesame

toasted sesame · rich · deeply roasted

$7.50

Sesame Oil pipette

Peach Oolong

ripe peach · roasted oolong · fragrant

$7.50

Peach condensed milk pipette

Thai Tea

spiced orange · bold & warm

$7.50

Thai tea concentrate pipette + boba

Lychee

floral · light · delicate

$7.50

Strawberry yuzu pipette

Mango

tropical · bright · refreshing

$7.50

Mango milk pipette + natadecoco jelly

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 is made in our kitchen, every day. The matcha is organic, ceremonial grade, first harvest from Kagoshima Prefecture. The yuzu comes from Shikoku.

雪見だいふく · Yukimi Daifuku

Made in Harvard Square.
Every day.

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