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'''Tasaka Guri-Guri''' is a small, family-owned shop located in Kahului, the heart of Maui, Hawaii. They specialize in a very special treat that is popular among the residents of Hawaii, known as guri-guri. Guri-guri is a frozen dessert which is a cross between that of sherbet and ice cream. It is typically made with the mixture of guava juice, any type of lime soda and condensed milk. Tasaka Guri-Guri is very protective of their recipe and has managed to keep it a family secret for decades.
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'''Tasaka Guri-Guri''' is a shop located in [[Kahului]], [[Maui]], [[Hawaii]] that specializes in a [[sherbet (frozen dessert)|sherbet]] known as ''guri-guri''.


==Origin==
==History==
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Jokichi Tasaka first made ''guri-guri'' in the early 1900s while living in Japan.<ref name=kalani>{{cite news | newspaper = Pacific Business News | url = http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/04/27/focus2.html | title = Guri guri still makes Maui memories after 90 years | first= Nanea | last = Kalani | date = 26 April 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/08/14/news/story16.html | date = 14 August 2001 | title = Maui matriarch's family concocted guri guri treat : YOSHINO TASAKA / 1910-2001 | first = Rosemarie | last = Bernardo | newspaper = Honolulu Star-Bulletin}}</ref> Jokichi called the dessert "goodie-goodie," as in something "good" to eat.<ref name=antone>{{cite news | date = 9 September 2001 | url = http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/09/09/news/story7.html | title = Gimme-gimme some Guri-Guri: The Tasaka family's legendary sherbet keeps happy victims in its addictive grasp | first = Rod |last = Antone | newspaper = Honolulu Star-Bulletin}}</ref> His son Gunji Tasaka came to realize that it was difficult for the older Japanese people to pronounce the name, so he began to call it "''guri-guri''".<ref name="ref4">{{citation | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=oY0MBcpPaxwC&q=tasaka+guri+guri&pg=PA154 | contribution = Here's the Scoop... | page = 154 | title = Stories of Aloha: Homegrown Treasures of Hawai'i| first = Jocelyn | last = Fujii | publisher = Hula Moon Press, LLC| year = 2009 | isbn = 978-0-9794649-4-2}}</ref> Gunji Tasaka later migrated to the United States and continued to run the family business.<ref name="kalani" />
===Founding===
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Jokichi Tasaka first made guri-guri in the early 1900s while he was living in Japan.<ref name="ref2">http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2009/04/27/focus2.html</ref><ref>http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/08/14/news/story16.html</ref> Jokichi called the dessert goodie-goodie, as in something "good" to eat.<ref>http://archives.starbulletin.com/2001/09/09/news/story7.html</ref> His son, Gunji Tasaka came to realize that it was difficult for the older Japanese people to pronounce the name, so he began to call it guri-guri.<ref name="ref4">http://books.google.com/books?id=oY0MBcpPaxwC&pg=PA154&lpg=PA154&dq=tasaka+guri+guri&source=bl&ots=Qp1jizMnr8&sig=aVbrYDmD4SoXBEkOT4P711E8PT8&hl=en&ei=kcZvTovmOcPRiAKF2KDsBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBkQ6AEwADg8#v=onepage&q=tasaka%20guri%20guri&f=true</ref> Gunji Tasaka later migrated to the United States and continued to run the family business.<ref name="Interview">Interview</ref>{{Verify source|date=November 2011}}


Tasaka Guri-Guri has been around for over 100 years but has relocated their store throughout the islands of Hawaii.<ref name="Interview" />{{Verify source|date=November 2011}} The Tasaka family's business first started with a small store on Pu'unene Avenue located in Kahului, Maui.<ref name="ref2" /> From that small store, the Tasaka family relocated to a nearby city, Wailuku, where they stayed for about 1 year.<ref name="ref2" /> Jokichi Tasaka and his family then moved to The Old Kahului Shopping Center in Kahului where they continued to sell guri-guri for many years.<ref name="ref2" /> As of now, they are currently located in the Maui Mall in Kahului where they have been since 1973.<ref name="ref2" />
Tasaka Guri-Guri has operated for over 100 years. The Tasaka family's business started with a store in [[Kahului, Maui]]. <ref name=eagar/> It then moved to [[Wailuku]] for a year, before returning to Kahului to the former Kahului Shopping Center for a couple of decades. It finally relocated to the Maui Mall in Kahului, where it has been since 1973.<ref name=kalani />


Tasaka Guri-Guri was honored in 2009 by the [[Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii]] for being "one of five local businesses that have stood the test of time and become inspiring stories of success."<ref name=eagar>{{cite news | title = Tides of Commerce: Award to honor a sweet success | date = 7 September 2009 | first = Harry |last = Eagar | newspaper = The Maui News | url = http://www.mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/523358.html}}</ref>
===Owner and family relation===
The shop is considered a family business. Jokichi's great-granddaughter Gail Tasaka; Gail's sister Cindy Tasaka; Gail and Cindy's cousin Kelly Kohatsu; and Kelly's father Tony Ishikawa, are now the only people currently employed at the store.<ref name="Interview" />{{Verify source|date=November 2011}}


==Products==
==Recipe==
The typical ingredients of ''guri-guri'' are a mixture of flavored juices, [[guava juice]], [[lemon-lime soda]], and [[condensed milk]].<ref name=kalani/> Tasaka Guri-Guri is offered in two flavors, pineapple and strawberry.<ref name=eagar/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.explorationhawaii.com/2015/02/27/tasaka-guri-guri-the-cool-treat-only-found-on-maui/|title=Tasaka Guri Guri, The Cool Treat Only Found On Maui|last=Michelle|date=2015-02-28|website=Exploration: Hawaii|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>
===Guri-Guri===
Guri-guri is a frozen dessert in Hawaii. The typical ingredients of guri-guri are a mixture of flavored juices, guava juice, and condensed milk. However, Tasaka Guri-Guri's recipe has been kept a secret for over a century. The only people that currently know the recipe are Gunji Tasaka, who is currently retired from working at the shop and his 2 daughters, Gail and Cindy Tasaka, who have now taken over the family business.<ref name="Interview" />{{Verify source|date=November 2011}}


Tasaka Guri-Guri's recipe has been kept a secret for over a century. In the early 2000s only Henry Tasaka, who was retired from the shop, and his two daughters, Gail and Cindy Tasaka, who took over the family business, knew the recipe.<ref name=medb>{{cite web | title = Life is Sweet for a Fourth-Generation Family Business | date = 25 January 2012 | publisher = Maui Economic Development Board | url = http://www.focusmauinui.com/?p=1357}}</ref><ref name="antone" />
They sell 2 different flavors, pineapple and strawberry.<ref>http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1099343538872</ref> Their prices are as follows.
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2 scoops: $1.203 scoops: $1.804 scoops: $2.35
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5 scoops: $2.85
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Quart: $5.50
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2 Quart Pack: $12.00<ref name="ref4" />
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Other Merchandise
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Aside from their special frozen treat, Tasaka Guri-Guri also sells soft drinks, hotdogs and chips.<ref name="ref2" />


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Companies based in Hawaii]]
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[[Category:Frozen desserts]]
[[Category:Family-owned companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Hawaiian desserts]]

Latest revision as of 08:18, 27 December 2023

Guri-guri
Two scoops of strawberry, one scoop of pineapple guri-guri
TypeSherbet
CourseDessert
Region or stateHawaii
Created byJokichi Tasaka
Serving temperatureCold
Main ingredientsFruit juice, lemon-lime soda, condensed milk
VariationsStrawberry, pineapple

Tasaka Guri-Guri is a shop located in Kahului, Maui, Hawaii that specializes in a sherbet known as guri-guri.

History

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Jokichi Tasaka first made guri-guri in the early 1900s while living in Japan.[1][2] Jokichi called the dessert "goodie-goodie," as in something "good" to eat.[3] His son Gunji Tasaka came to realize that it was difficult for the older Japanese people to pronounce the name, so he began to call it "guri-guri".[4] Gunji Tasaka later migrated to the United States and continued to run the family business.[1]

Tasaka Guri-Guri has operated for over 100 years. The Tasaka family's business started with a store in Kahului, Maui. [5] It then moved to Wailuku for a year, before returning to Kahului to the former Kahului Shopping Center for a couple of decades. It finally relocated to the Maui Mall in Kahului, where it has been since 1973.[1]

Tasaka Guri-Guri was honored in 2009 by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii for being "one of five local businesses that have stood the test of time and become inspiring stories of success."[5]

Recipe

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The typical ingredients of guri-guri are a mixture of flavored juices, guava juice, lemon-lime soda, and condensed milk.[1] Tasaka Guri-Guri is offered in two flavors, pineapple and strawberry.[5][6]

Tasaka Guri-Guri's recipe has been kept a secret for over a century. In the early 2000s only Henry Tasaka, who was retired from the shop, and his two daughters, Gail and Cindy Tasaka, who took over the family business, knew the recipe.[7][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Kalani, Nanea (26 April 2009). "Guri guri still makes Maui memories after 90 years". Pacific Business News.
  2. ^ Bernardo, Rosemarie (14 August 2001). "Maui matriarch's family concocted guri guri treat : YOSHINO TASAKA / 1910-2001". Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
  3. ^ a b Antone, Rod (9 September 2001). "Gimme-gimme some Guri-Guri: The Tasaka family's legendary sherbet keeps happy victims in its addictive grasp". Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
  4. ^ Fujii, Jocelyn (2009), "Here's the Scoop...", Stories of Aloha: Homegrown Treasures of Hawai'i, Hula Moon Press, LLC, p. 154, ISBN 978-0-9794649-4-2
  5. ^ a b c Eagar, Harry (7 September 2009). "Tides of Commerce: Award to honor a sweet success". The Maui News.
  6. ^ Michelle (2015-02-28). "Tasaka Guri Guri, The Cool Treat Only Found On Maui". Exploration: Hawaii. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  7. ^ "Life is Sweet for a Fourth-Generation Family Business". Maui Economic Development Board. 25 January 2012.
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