865 Tasting Notes
It took forever, but finally trying the last 52teas matcha!
Whoa, there are a lot of very large clumps in this one- I hope it whisks well. The dry powder definitely smells like matcha and apple.
Same ratio as the other 2: 3 scoops/8oz water.
Hmmm… the flavor is almost completely matcha- there is a faint appleish sweetness, but I think it’s so faint I wouldn’t be able to point it out if I didn’t know it was there… I’m not getting the apple matcha LiberTEAS did and that makes me sad.
Winner for personal preference goes to cranberry, and accurracy goes to banana. What’s next Frank?
Wow… what a week! It was a wonderful week, but it’s nice to be able to sleep past 6:30am again. I was so busy, I didn’t even take time to make iced tea- and didn’t even have matcha every day! I had a family reunion Sat. after I came home so I didn’t take time to drink tea til yesterday afternoon. 1tsp in 1 cup of Minute Maid Heartwise OJ, James Bond style. My favorite way to have cold matcha!
Celebrating Indian Independence Day w/ a 16oz mug of this!:) This’ll be my last tasting note til Sat. Going out of town to watch an Extreme Makeover Home Edition build.
Preparation
Ok, so this is the matcha that concerned me most. I don’t like ANYTHING banana flavored other than actual bananas… but this was Lori’s 1st matcha experience yesterday so I decided to go for it.
The matcha smells exactly like banana runts. Blech. But accurate so I’ll go w/ it. In spite of my chalky matcha yesterday, I decided to make this using the same ratios: 3 scoops:8oz water.
Froths very easily! And still smells very much like banana runts. OK, here goes nothing…
Yep. Tastes exactly like runts. There’s also a slightly vegtal quality from the matcha. And it’s not chalky! :) -1 for tasting like banana candy vs. the fruit. But still pretty spot on.
Preparation
Maybe the candy just tastes remarkably like the fruit?
No, there’s a candy esque quality to it. Which is maybe good, I couldn’t figure out how it could taste like biting into a banana.
Oh and Cofftea you asked me yesterday about my expecting matcha to taste like my fish- it seems that Japanese treats usually have some sort of sea or seaweed type flavor…
lol probably cuz they actually put seaweed in it? Hmmm…. sushi matcha? (seaweed, sticky rice, wasabi blend)
This (and the other 2 new matchas) came yesterday! Unfortunately it was too disgustingly hot to get mail yesterday so I ran out this morning. Went for this one 1st since it has the highest chances of me loving it- and it’s the one that hasn’t been reviewed yet.
This smells like cranberry sweet tarts… yum!
3 scoops/8oz hot water.
What a lovely foam! I’m getting good at this:) Hmmm… the cranberry is much lighter than expected… barely there and more in the after taste. But then again I think I made it too thick, the texture was a bit chalky and it made my stomach a little funky. I’ll try it a bit thinner then rate:)
I hope my best friend gets hers soon!:)
I GET THIS NOW! I drank 32oz of this cold and I’m TOTALLY getting (or maybe more accurately understanding) the beer flavor and mouth feel now!!! It hit me like a ton of bricks when I took my 1st sip. I’m gonna see if I can get 12 infusions out of this cold like I did hot. While it’s not something I’d reach for every time I want cold tea- this is definitely my new favorite black cold tea… which makes sense cuz this is my favorite non chai or dessert flavored hot tea.
