Izu Matcha

This was my first time making matcha at home. I used this matcha in some muffins a couple of weeks ago with much success. I mixed up a tablespoon of matcha and some hot water with a small whisk and it frothed up quite nicely. I also whisked up some almond milk to add to it. I made enough for my brother and I to each have a latte. I added a spoonful of alfalfa honey to each.
The matcha was pretty smooth and my brother who has had more matcha then I have thought it was better than even some of the restaurants he has been to, even if it wasn’t the best of the best. I might try sifting it next time round. It had a strong, leafy green tea flavor that reminded me of green tea ice cream. I could definitely get used to these lattes.

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.