Berry Matcha Tea by Red Leaf Tea

Berry Matcha

For the ultimate experience with Mother Nature’s bountiful offerings, Berry Matcha makes the obvious choice. Filled with the unique goodness and sweet taste of selected berries combined with the unforgettable Matcha essence, Berry Matcha lends its wonderful taste into the palate. It can be the most natural choice to enliven favorite snacks or deserts like ice creams, smoothies, or syrups. The added flavor of choice berries gives these everyday treats a new exciting flavor and enhanced tanginess.

Ideal for bringing a new fruitiness to any treat, Berry Matcha is excellent for all members of the family. It is ideal in enhancing the fruit range for the growing family members and also consolidating the gains of older family members. Berry Matcha is also as an all-round treat anytime day or night for anybody who wants to experience Mother Nature’s special little gifts. It is especially ideal on special occasions where added choice and new expectations are especially appreciated.

Purchase here: http://www.redleaftea.com/matcha-tea/berry-matcha.html

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Another hit for me from Red Leaf! Now I have to say that this is NOT as yummy and delicious for me as the caramel or the cheesecake matcha but it’s still what I’d hoped for when I ordered it.

My matcha order was the following:

Size : Small
Matcha Quality: Starter (Basic Grade)
Flavor: Robust

As usual I have Red Leaf’s small tins as well, to keep all of my matcha looking the same. I also love that you can peel the label off their bags to put on the tin! Saves me having to try and make my own label.
I ordered the Berry matcha specifically so that I could use it in my smoothies in the morning. We’re heading into winter here (although some would tell you we’re already in winter! But I refuse…I’m still wearing dresses to work with bare legs!). I want to be able to have that Berry taste all winter long instead of having to fumble with frozen fruit or paying up the wazooo for fresh fruit. I also ordered this one since it hasn’t been reviewed yet, and I was hoping to return the favour for Red Leaf by getting at least one review up.

I was a bit worried with the Robust flavouring because the Pear matcha I ordered was too strong in that flavouring, but this is alright!
As usual, cutting open the bag is always exciting for me. It’s that first whiff of the delicious things to come that keeps me wanting more lol I don’t know how to place this smell…it’s like a mishmash of fruit/sweet flavouring.

Soooo even though this was purchased to have in my smoothies, I opted to make a hot latte with this one. I wish I could say that its because that’s what I really wanted, but mostly it was because we didn’t have much in the house. Coming back from vacation on thanksgiving = no stores are open except the small convenience stores!

Now this MAY turn a few people off but I didn’t mind it. This matcha reminds me of the old school Flintstone vitamins that used to be around when I was growing up (are they still?). Kids used to eat them as candy, which of course was seriously expensive candy haha. I need to have this a few more times to figure out the balance of matcha to liquid that will make this perfect. However, I’m not disappointed! Really can’t wait till I can get groceries and make a proper smoothie with this one. Perhaps a Berry Caramel smoothie…. hmmmmm

Buy it here: http://www.redleaftea.com/matcha-tea/pear-matcha.html

2012-10-09 11:59:21 -0400

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Soooo didn’t get much of a chance to drink tea this weekend. Without going in to details about work, we’re in the middle of migration hell so I’ve gotten to spend most of my weekend doing manual updates to 100’s of users. Talk about time consuming and painful! Did manage to get to the gym today to try and start that up again after our two week vacation hiatus. So opted for a delicious smoothie for my evening work – something to keep me going for a bit longer.

I reaaaaallly wanted a cheesecake smoothie but since its on back order and who knows when my order will be here, I opted to save that for Monday? Maybe and try to drink down some of the other matches I have. I’m suddenly over 10 flavours when I had at one point only intended to keep 5 at a time haha! Curse you red leaf for making such yummy matcha!

Again, the berry matcha really does give off that random berry flavour that you get when you miss a bunch of different kinds of berries together in a smoothie. I love it though. Was thinking that someday I should mix berry, pear, black cherry into one :)

2012-10-14 19:28:47 -0400

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Very nearly a sip down – only one more smoothie left I think. Which is a good thing because I’ve been staring at the matcha all weekend wiling it to jump into my shopping cart lol. However I don’t Really have the funds and expect that there will be deals on Friday I won’t want to pass up.

Once again a delicious offering from red leaf, though not my favourite by any means.

2012-11-18 10:03:36 -0500

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With my new order from Red leaf in, and another that I’m going to be placing as part of helping them with their promo, i figured that I’d better work on getting through some of the matcha in my stash while i’m stuck doing testing over the weekend. heh. Berry matcha is on sale this weekend so i figured why not! plus i had some frozen “berry” fruit in the freezer to finish up as well.
I need to do a matcha tasting day one of these days so that I can organise my favourites. I really enjoy this one though it’s totally one of those “can’t quite identify all the berries in this berry” mix. I’m ok with random berry flavour though. heh Keeps me from having to mix 12 different kinds of berry amtchas together as well.

YAY for redleaf starting my morning tea time!

2012-11-03 11:07:50 -0400

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You ever have that feeling like steepster is eating your tasting notes? I’m sure i’ve had this more than 6 times(though most of my tasting notes count for twice that…even 12 seems low). Anyway sipdown for me on this one! also added some of my 50/50 caramel to this and did a sipdown for that one too! :)

2012-11-24 12:13:07 -0500

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yeah…smoothie to go with breakfast! Decided to make one anyway when i opted for breakfast heh. I really enjoy the berry flavour when blended with milk and frozen banana! sooo delicious!

2012-10-25 10:33:19 -0400

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mmm morning smoothie! though I guess it’s not technically morning anymore lol. I’m still feeling like i just got up though. Added a bit of french vanilla to this which made it even tastier!

2012-11-17 12:51:18 -0500

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So other than the disastrous peach matcha episode of a couple of weeks ago, this is the first fruity matcha I’ve tried. I was kind of concerned because it is a generic ‘berry’ flavour and not any specific type of berry, but back when I made smoothies with berries, I used to dump at least 3 different types in at a time and it always came out pretty well (unless I overdid the cranberries).

Berry matcha from Red Leaf Tea (found here: http://www.redleaftea.com/matcha-tea/berry-matcha.html) is definitely ‘generic berry’. Not to say that’s bad, exactly. It’s certainly not my favourite thing, I just got off of a batch of dessert-y matchas including the infamous caramel matcha so I have some matcha favourites pretty cemented already. But it is good. Not great, but good.

There’s a slight slight slight tinge of bitterness in the back of the throat as I drink this (as a hot latte) but it’s certainly easy to ignore and doesn’t detract much from the experience. I think if I were to buy this again, I’d pick the robust level of flavouring instead of the distinctive. I would stick with the classic grade matcha though. I don’t like this one enough to warrant a higher grade matcha. Although now that I’m thinking about it, I think I might enjoy this one more if it were made with black matcha. I’ve always enjoyed the interaction between black tea and berries.

I did add a bit of sweetener to this, about a half teaspoon of rock sugar to my 10 oz mug of milk, water, and matcha. Used about 2/3 teaspoon of matcha. I think I might use a full teaspoon of it next time. It will probably take a while for me to get through this small order.

2013-03-14 13:58:16 -0400

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2nd matcha of the day! I made a hot latte with 1/2 tsp of this berry matcha and added in 1/4 tsp (ish) of mint matcha. It tastes pretty good, although the mint is pretty strong in comparison to the berry, despite there being only half as much. I think I’m also going to have to start adding a bit extra sugar to any of my lattes that have mint in them because for me, it has a bit of a bite to it that seems to carry over even when I am mixing it with things. It was funny when I was scooping the matcha into this and comparing the colours. You wouldn’t think it, but these two matchas are completely different shades of green, the mint is much closer to neon and the berry is a little brown in comparison. Interesting.

2013-03-20 15:33:14 -0400

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I’m not having a good tasting day, I think. Everything is all muddled together when I drink it. I almost taste more matcha here than berry, despite having it before the exact same way and tasting the opposite previously. Frustrating.

2013-04-03 17:45:19 -0400

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Having a pretty bad day. Made this in an effort to make it better. Still not my favourite matcha but I chose it strictly because I didn’t drink it yesterday and I’m trying to be even-handed in my matcha drinking so they don’t feel left out. May have put a smidge too much matcha in this one, it’s a touch bitter.

2013-03-27 15:46:26 -0400

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Matcha gets so much frothier when you sift it! I had no idea. Now to just get it into my routine so I don’t forget to sift half of the time despite the little sifter being right in front of me.

This is a tasty flavour, but I made the decision this afternoon that I’m not going to restock it once I’m out. I just don’t like it enough to do that. There are too many other good flavours.

2013-04-09 15:58:14 -0400

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A little bit of this to drink this afternoon (barely, it’s 12:04pm here) with a bit of mint matcha added to it in a hot latte. Not much to say that hasn’t been said. Isn’t my favourite but tastes good.

2013-03-25 15:04:39 -0400

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Thus begins the berry matcha experiment. Do I like the generic berry better than the boysenberry? I don’t know. I wish I’d remembered to bring my raspberry in from home, but black cherry will have to do as a substitute.

2013-04-24 15:34:46 -0400

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