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“This turns out so deeply beautifully blue. The flavor is spicy ginger plus artificial fruit. It’s strong and pretty tasty. I’m not sure I’d buy a whole bag, but I really wouldn’t mind having this...” Read full tasting note
“When I first tried this matcha a year ago I wasn’t that impressed. In my opinion I did not want to try this matcha as a latte because of the butterfly pea flowers and ginger flavor. I tried it...” Read full tasting note
“Steep: 10g (5 scoops) 16oz 185°F Whisked Tasting Notes: Dry Leaf Smell: sour Steeped Tea Smell: vegetal, sour berries Flavor: matcha with berries Liquor: dark opaque blue Comments: it is pre...” Read full tasting note
“I wasn’t sure what i was expecting but wasn’t expecting to absolutely love this tea! The sugar isn’t too sweet and the natural flavors were actually there instead of not noticing them” Read full tasting note
Mesmerize your senses with natural blue raspberry flavour. This hypnotizing matcha has notes of succulent dark berry & stomach-soothing zesty ginger. Naturally coloured by butterfly pea flower, this deep blue blend will enchant you with its look and taste.
What makes it great
Zesty ginger is known to help soothe an upset stomach.
This blue matcha isn’t all looks – it’s flavour, too! Juicy and fresh, this tea tastes as magical as it looks.
Butterfly pea flower is used in Thai and Malaysian cuisines to naturally colour sticky rice desserts and puddings. It also changes colours with the addition of lemon!
How it tastes
Naturally succulent blue raspberry flavours plays with zesty ginger and vegetal matcha flavours.
Sugar, Butterfly pea flower, Ginger powder (ginger extract, glucose syrup), Matcha green tea, Natural (acai, blackberry) flavouring.
DavidsTea is a Canadian specialty tea and tea accessory retailer based in Montreal, Quebec. It is the largest Canadian-based specialty tea boutique in the country, with its first store having opened in 2008.
When I first tried this matcha a year ago I wasn’t that impressed. In my opinion I did not want to try this matcha as a latte because of the butterfly pea flowers and ginger flavor. I tried it first with water. This time I made it iced mixed with lemonade. Wow it is so much better this way. It intensifies the flavor. The lemon turns the drink purple too. Unfortunately it is not available right now but I hope it comes back in the future.
Flavors: Floral, Ginger
Steep:
10g (5 scoops)
16oz
185°F
Whisked
Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: sour
Steeped Tea Smell: vegetal, sour berries
Flavor: matcha with berries
Liquor: dark opaque blue
Comments: it is pre sweetened
Post-Steep Additives: milk
Comments: a nice latte!
Rating: 3/4 leaves
Leaf system:
1=Bleh! not again if it were free
2=Acceptable, if it were free or there were limited other tea options
3=I might purchase this tea from time to time, or select it while out
4=A staple in our cupboard from now on, I will purchase and keep purchasing
YouTube Review – https://youtu.be/qW9t_fXk_Nc
TikTok Review – https://www.tiktok.com/@circuitswan/video/7146946891253681454
Blog Post – https://amazonv.blogspot.com/2022/09/davids-tea-loose-leaf-green-tea-blue.html
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(DavidsTea 2022: 27)
I bought this solely for the novelty of a blue matcha. It did not disappoint in that respect. However, I’m really not a big fan of the flavour – some ginger berry mix? I made it with milk and it tasted oddly… squashy? I’m not sure. Not sure that ginger + matcha work well together for me.
I was trying to place the generically fruity/berry/sweet/creamy flavour of this iced latte the whole time I drank it. I was like this reminds me of something but what? It’s definitely got a berry candy sweetness vibe but it’s also creamy so what is it? Then I read Roswell Strange’s tasting note and she hit the nail on the head when she said fruity cereal milk. Yep – like the greyish-blueish milk that’s left behind in a bowl of Trix. Nostalgic and fun and not expected. And it’s pretty. Check out the pic here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWThaygL6HS/?utm_medium=copy_link
Surprise! One last Halloween tea sneaking into the lineup for October…
So, “blue lattes” and “blue matcha” are definitely kind of a thing – usually just straight butterfly pea flower powder or spirulina powder, which is kind of gnarly tasting on its own. So, it’s honestly surprising that we’re only just now launching this seemingly quintessential blue matcha. I think we’ve done it in a fun way, though!
I’ll be honest, I don’t love this tea straight, especially hot – it has a kind of thin general fruitiness to it with hints of ginger and matcha. However, as a latte!? Well, total game changer. I especially like it as an iced latte! It turns a nice deep blue that reminds me of the blue milk from Star Wars, and the longer you take to drink it the richer the blue colour becomes as the small butterfly pea flower particles in the tea slowly begin to steep out in the suspension.
The taste gets better with milk in my opinion too. It’s still a bit generic tasting in terms of its fruitiness, but it definitely leans more berry with some blue raspberry/acai/blackberry flavours all in the general jumble. I don’t get as much ginger, which I’m personally thankful for. However, with the added creaminess of milk or a milk alternative it reminds in a super nostalgic way of fruity cereal milk enjoyed on Saturday mornings. I love this kind of Halloween twist on a sort of nostalgic flavour.
You probably wont catch me having this one hot and straight any time soon, but those iced lattes… Just delicious!
Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/CUgCvCItOBE/
Song Pairing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=989TyvhyvOY&ab_channel=bedfashion
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.
