Caffarel to Release Online-Exclusive “Summer Lucky Bags 2026”

Yamamoto Shoten Co., Ltd. (head office: Chuo-ku, Kobe; President and Director: Itaru Natori), which serves as the general import distributor in Japan and operates manufacturing and retail businesses for Caffarel, the long-established chocolate brand from Turin, Italy, will release the online-exclusive “Summer Lucky Bags 2026” at the official Caffarel online shop from 12:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15. The “Summer Special Set 2026” will be available from 12:00 p.m. on Friday, May 15, 2026, exclusively through the Caffarel official online shop. Quantities are limited and sales will end once sold out. The “Summer Special Set Happy” is priced at 3,900 yen including tax. It includes three uniquely designed tins and one boxed item, such as mini tins suitable for gifts and eye-catching Chocolatino packaging. The set contains products worth approximately 6,500 yen including tax and comes with four Caffarel 200th anniversary limited-edition paper bags. The “Summer Special Set Lucky” is priced at 5,900 yen including tax. It includes four items such as Caffarel’s popular orange mushroom pot and a classic girly 200th anniversary design tin, plus 10 cat chocolates popular among cat lovers. The set contains products worth approximately 13,500 yen including tax and comes with five Caffarel 200th anniversary limited-edition paper bags. The 10-piece cat foil chocolate pack includes three blue pieces, three pink pieces, three gray pieces, and one additional piece in either blue, pink, or gray. The “Summer Special Set Deluxe” is priced at 7,900 yen including tax. It includes an assorted tin of dark chocolates shaped like Caffarel’s popular chocolates, three 200th anniversary design tins, one mini box of gianduja, one chocolate tablet, and 10 Piemonte Cream chocolates. The set contains products worth approximately 16,800 yen including tax and comes with seven Caffarel 200th anniversary limited-edition paper bags. The “Summer Special Set Royal” is priced at 10,900 yen including tax. In addition to Caffarel’s popular mushroom pot and 200th anniversary design tins, it features a wide selection of items such as tablets that let customers enjoy the taste of Caffarel chocolate. The set includes four 200th anniversary design tins, one red mushroom pot, one tablet, 20 Love Gianduja pieces, and 20 Gianduja Bitter pieces. The total product value is approximately 25,000 yen including tax, and the set comes with eight Caffarel 200th anniversary limited-edition paper bags. Caffarel is a long-established chocolate brand founded in Turin, Italy, in 1826, and will celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2026. The brand invented and popularized gianduja chocolate, made by blending roasted hazelnut paste with cacao, and it continues to be loved around the world. Gianduja was born in 1865, during a cacao shortage caused by the Napoleonic Wars, when people turned their attention to local hazelnuts from Piedmont. To supplement scarce cacao and bring out flavor and richness, hazelnut paste was kneaded into cacao, creating gianduja. In 2025, gianduja marked the 160th anniversary of its creation. Company profile: Yamamoto Shoten Co., Ltd.; President and Director: Itaru Natori; address: 902 Nihon Building, 79 Kyomachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0034; founded in Meiji 44; businesses include import/export, domestic wholesale, retail, and manufacturing and sales of Western confectionery; capital: 40 million yen.