Jenki Matcha

This flavour combination isn’t one I would typically order for myself, but part of the fun of being abroad is trying new things. It was very beautiful before being mixed together, and the taste wasn’t too bad either. I specifically got coconut milk as my base because I knew it would go so nicely with the turmeric/ginger and I was right. The turmeric was actually fairly mild, but the ginger was intense and so fresh, zesty and spicy. It really tasted a lot like someone had added a shot of cold pressed ginger straight to the latte which, to be fair, they might have. We didn’t really see our drinks being prepared. If I have any criticism it’s that I think a touch of sweetness would have better balanced this drink, but that kick of fiery ginger with the creamy coconut and matcha really woke me up which was good because we still had a VERY full day ahead.

You can see all our lattes in my London photo dump: https://www.instagram.com/p/DIRPrizJ6vw/?img_index=1

Next up after Dishroom was more tea/caffeination at Jenki Matcha! Our group was excited to check out the location because we’ve been getting targeted posts about the shop for months prior to this trip.

This was actually the drink that my friend/coworker ordered, but because we’re team taste test I basically tried all her bevvies throughout the trip and vice verse. The quality of the matcha in both our drinks was really good. Very fresh, creamy and umami with a subtle sort of earthiness to it. I wasn’t as big a fan of the cherry flavour in here as I thought I’d be but I think largely because it was fairly mellow and not as thick and jammy as expected for black cherry. There was also cinnamon in the drink, and it felt out of place to both of us.