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Matcha tea is kind of like a super-powered green tea—since you’re ingesting the whole leaf instead of just the brewed beverage, you get up to ten times the antioxidant effect and nutritional value of your standard green. Matcha’s rich in antioxidants, as well as chlorophyll and fiber, and has been found to have natural mood enhancing effects. All in all, matcha’s got no match when it comes to healthy teas.
This is a deep, dark olive green color when you add the liquid to it. It smells like leafy green when dry and a different sort of a veggie aroma after adding the liquid…almost buttered…
This is much more smooth than I thought it would be and pretty darn good. It’s more of a strong green than most flavored matchas I have had and the acai is very much in the back ground. Regardless it’s bold and strong!
This is pretty good. I am not a big fan usually of Acai, but, when done properly, I like it fine, and here, it’s done well. The Acai is more of a subtle background note. The flavor of the berry cuts through some of the bitter notes of the Matcha which leaves a very nice, sweet flavor.
Nice! I didn’t get a whole lot of froth from it, but other than that, I like it.
Thanks to TeaEqualsBliss for sending me this!
Making the tea, the cup of tea is much darker green than I have seen matcha get. It is a sweet smelling tea.
The tea is not as bitter as some matchas that I have had. The Acai berry that has been added to the tea makes it a little sweeter. The tea is sweeter sort of with a tangy after taste to it. It doesn’t taste astringent like it usually does. It is still caulky and has a vegital middle tone to it. There are hints at a dark, almost bakers chocolate undertone that sits with you after you are done drinking the tea. There are some larger chunks of the matcha still in the cup, and I suppose I should next time sift the tea through a strainer to break up those chunks, or remove the chunks that are a little too big.
Although this is most of the review, please still check out my blog post on this tea: http://teasnobbery.com/2010/08/06/acai-matcha-from-shanti-tea/
