On a chilly day, how about a sweet hot drink topped with fluffy cream? BONTEMPS, a Korean cafe with locations in Osaka’s Amerikamura and Minami-Horie and in Shiga, will launch four new winter hot drinks at all of its stores from Saturday, November 14, 2026.
Four flavors: strawberry, caramel, tea and white chocolate
All four are served hot and share one signature: a generous topping of “Bontemps cream,” named after the shop. Sauces, fruit and cookies make each cup look as good as it tastes.
The “Strawberry White Latte” is a hot latte made with strawberry syrup containing real fruit pulp and white chocolate sauce. The cream is topped with freeze-dried strawberry and a fresh strawberry, for a mix of tangy and gentle sweetness.
The “Caramel Cream Latte” layers cream and caramel sauce over a hot latte with caramel syrup, finished with Lotus cookies on the side. Alongside the caramel sweetness, you get the crunch of the cookie.
The “Earl Grey Chocolat Milk Tea” pairs fragrant hot Earl Grey milk tea with chocolate sauce and a cream topping, so you can enjoy tea and chocolate together. It looks like an easy pick for anyone who is not a big coffee drinker.
The fourth drink, the “White Cafe Mocha,” is a hot latte with white chocolate, topped with cream, white chocolate sauce and shaved white chocolate for a mellow sweetness.
Kwabaegi doughnuts and drinks you can only get here in Japan
BONTEMPS is a Korean coffee and doughnut brand that opened in Japan in December 2023. Its doughnuts are based on kkwabaegi, a traditional Korean sweet, and are handmade every morning at each store. They draw their sweetness from ingredients such as potato and pumpkin, and the dough contains no sugar. There are 15 standard varieties, and with limited editions around 20 are on offer at any time, all made and sold out on the same day, the brand says.
The drink menu includes popular Korean items that, according to the brand, can only be had in Japan at BONTEMPS, such as the Salt Cream Americano and the Bontemps Cream Coffee. If you come for the new drinks, it is worth pairing one with a classic doughnut or drink.
Kansai locations
In Kansai there are two stores in Osaka and one in Shiga. If you are shopping in Minami, the Amerikamura flagship and the Minami-Horie store are the easiest to reach.
- Launch date: Saturday, November 14, 2026
- Drinks: Strawberry White Latte, Caramel Cream Latte, Earl Grey Chocolat Milk Tea, White Cafe Mocha (all hot)
- Available at: all BONTEMPS stores
- Amerikamura Flagship: 2-18-15 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka. 10:00–21:00 (last order 20:00). Irregular holidays. 06-6732-8145
- Minami-Horie: 2-4-16 Minamihorie, Nishi-ku, Osaka. 10:00–20:00. Irregular holidays. 06-6760-4772
- Shiga Heiwado: 1F Al Plaza Yokaichi, 3-1 Yokaichihamano-cho, Higashiomi, Shiga. 10:30–20:00. Closed on Al Plaza Yokaichi’s holidays. 0748-36-1428
- Website (Japanese): https://www.bontemps-seoul.com/ja
- Instagram: @bontemps_japan (Amerikamura flagship)
