I stopped into Teavana looking for a gift for a friend, she saw some cup there she really loved, but I couldn’t pick it out from the ones there today. Anyway, while I was shopping, I had them make me a matcha since I had to go straight to work. I was curious about their matcha. They did not tell me which matcha they used to make my tea, and I didn’t ask because they seemed like there was only one.
It tasted funny at first, had a real bitter taste to it, and it wasn’t a “normal” bitter taste. (Not that matcha has a bitter taste, I mean an abnormal bitterness, abnormal even for bitter.) Weird. But after that, it tasted fine, not great. That could be because I am rushing around and not wanting to go to work, and I don’t have time to sit down and really relax and enjoy this. Well, so it’s really thick, gets really clumpy toward the last third of the cup. I am able to add hot water to this at work and still get a thin-ish matcha. Not once more, but twice more. Then, while there is still some matcha left, I add a tea bag of Tazo’s Lotus and add more water. And let me tell you, Lotus matcha is FANTASTIC. Calming, tasty, sweet, aromatic, just plain good! My first “on the fly” tea blend and I am calling it a success!
The score is more for the Tazo Lotus then the matcha, but I think because there is more matcha than Lotus, I need to give it to Teavana.
