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Pure Japanese Matcha from Vices and Spices

Ewa drank Pure Japanese Matcha by Vices and Spices

Second smoothie try today, used less matcha in general and also sifted it before blending. Much better this time around – and the color is much more appetizing as well! The taste is still much more GREEN TEA RAR than either of the other two matchas I’ve tried, so it makes for quite a different smoothie, but it’s also tasty this way, so I’m good. I will even be magnanimous and inch the rating up a bit.

2010-09-12 13:46:12 -0400

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Cofftea 2010-09-12 13:57:10 -0400

Hmmm… sifting for smoothie making… does it really make that much of a differeince? I’d think the blender would be powerful enough to blend it well enough…

Cofftea 2010-09-12 13:58:08 -0400

lol *difference… the trash button disappeared so I can’t retype my comment.

Ewa 2010-09-12 14:00:16 -0400

Well, I didn’t need to with the ceremonial DoMatcha or the 52teas matcha, but this stuff seems to enjoy clumping up on the sides. Also, I’ve taken to omitting milk so that my smoothies come out thicker, which means that the most liquid thing there is the yoghurt.

Ewa 2010-09-12 14:00:55 -0400

(I totally didn’t even notice the typo :P)

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I’m a Pole who grew up in Texas, is currently a graduate student in California studying Japan. How’s THAT for random?

Being Polish, my family has always drunk a lot of tea, and I am no different. I may drink more tea than water. On the other hand, I can’t say that I’m very particular about it; I’m generally pretty careless with steeping times and water temperature and I don’t even have a proper teapot (mostly because the lid broke during the move to California ;_;).

I always drink my tea unsweetened and I only add milk in the case of the most egregiously chai-ish of chais. (not really a big fan of milk in general)

Given that so many of my entries seem to be about my morning tea, I felt I should add something here about me and mornings: I fail at mornings. I fail at them a LOT. Therefore I often also fail at proper tea making in the mornings.