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Izu Matcha from Joy's Teaspoon

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74/100

Izu Matcha

Green Tea by Joy's Teaspoon

Matcha is way cooler than Karate Kid II made it out to be!Matcha has a very rich history in the Japanese culture spanning back centuries. The Japanese Tea Ceremony, with its’ tradition and rigidity revolves around the preparation of Japanse Matcha. With a jammy-like smoothness matcha provides a very full cup! The Gyokuro leaf base gives a light astringent finish.

2 Tasting Notes

Geoffrey Norman
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Geoffrey Norman 2 tasting notes

White it isn’t the vibrant, radioactive green bubble-frenzy that is top quality ceremonial matcha…this is a very tasty sibling. The texture is smooth, the flavor is sweetly vegetal in a seaweed-like sense, and there is no bitter finish. For a man of little means – like me – this is a good mid-grade money’s worth o’ matcha.

Second taster note on this; changed-up my approach.

Except for days when I require something stronger and maltier, I turn to matcha as my morning pick-up. That every-other-day-task has fallen on Joy’s Izu Matcha. It does what its supposed to and still tastes good. I’m apt to add that it actually fizzes up nicely when paired with 170F water as opposed to the usual 165F. When I’m in a hurry, that’s what I default to. That adds a bit of texture to an otherwise zesty cup.

Full Review: http://www.teaviews.com/2010/12/22/review-joy%E2%80%99s-teaspoon-izu-matcha/

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