Finally logging this tea after it launching weeks ago! I was able to add it to the database during the Great Dashboard Freeze of Summer 2025 (dramatic but fitting, no?) but every time I’d try to review it the page would crash…
Anyway, it officially launched back when I was on vacation and during that time frame I started the routine of drinking a daily matcha every morning. On that particular morning I made it as a latte with vanilla protein milk and paired it with a bunch of different chocolate flavoured macarons: cannoli, chocolate hazelnut, and white chocolate brulee. It was rich and delicious, with a flavour that reminded me a lot of a Coffee Crisp bar.
Of course, I’ve had this tea in my tea stash for a while now waiting for it to make its debut. DAVIDsTEA has carried a Mocha matcha before, but this is our first time introducing a more straight up coffee flavour. I find it particularly roasty tasting, and overall less sweet than many of our other flavoured matchas. Part of that is the fact it is actually semi-sweetened with about 40% less sugar than our other formulations. But it’s also just a less sweet flavour in general, too. I’ve not always been the biggest fan of coffee flavoured things personally, but I appreciate a good roast note and this one does speak to me pretty well on that level.
Part of why I love this flavour is because it just overlaps so nicely with a common conversation we hear happening in our stores right now where customers want to remove or reduce their coffee intake for XYZ reasons and they’re turning to matcha as a possible alternative because it has a “cleaner” caffeine (ie. less of a spike then crash from the l-theanine). So this is an awesome option for that, especially if you do actually like the taste of coffee.
Also, for anyone who does miss Mocha Matcha, it’s pretty easy to introduce that chocolate element back into the blend either through a chocolate syrup, shavings, or chocolate milk. So, you can definitely make it a mocha. A matcha mocha!
Tea Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNbRTGJp2UU/?img_index=1 (Fifth Pic)
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCsZ2h6Xfmc&ab_channel=JORDANN
Friendly reminder that I do not numerically rate DAVIDsTEA blends as I’m currently employed there and it would be an obvious conflict of interest. Any blends you see with numerical ratings were rated prior to my employment there. These reviews are a reflection of my personal thoughts and feelings regarding the teas, and not the company’s.