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Saturday, August 7, 2010

52Teas Loose Leaf Matcha Green Tea 'Strawberry Matcha'

Tea Information:
Tea: Strawberry Matcha
Type: Matcha Tea, Green Tea
Packaging: Loose Leaf
Company: 52Teas Company
Purchase: Here (likely out of stock)
Description: I know you guys have been waiting for this! After the success of our Mandarin Matcha, we’ve had several customers asking us for other flavored matchas, so here goes!

We blended premium matcha (stone-ground green tea) with strawberry powder (freeze dried strawberries crushed to powder) and natural strawberry flavor. This is a serious treat! Don’t miss out, this is a very limited edition blend!

Ingredients: Matcha, strawberry powder, natural flavors

Steep Information:
Amount: 1/2 tsp
Water: 12 ounces boiling
Tool: aerolatte
Served: Hot

Tasting Notes:
Dry Leaf Smell: wild strawberry (not sweet store kind), vegetal
Steeped Tea Smell: vegetal with a hint of berry
Flavor: thin, stirred more, chalky, hints of berry
Body: Light, stirred then Full
Aftertaste: vegetal
Liquor: opaque murky olive green

I keep trying and wanting to like matcha, sometimes it's good - usually when someone else (a tea shop) makes it for me, but even then not always.

This was OK, I don't think it's the matcha's fault I think it's mine.

Rating: 2/4 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




2 comments:

neojohns said...

Matcha Green Tea can be used to make a dreamy ice cream. Just scald 1/2 cup of whole milk over low heat and stir in 1/3 cup of raw cane sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves and then remove the milk/sugar from the stove. In a bowl, whisk three egg yolks together and then slowly pour about 1/4 of the milk/sugar mixture into the bowl with the egg yolks while continuing to whisk. Put the remaining milk/sugar mixture back on the stove on low heat and add your egg yolk mixture into the pot slowly. Stir continuously and wait for the mixture to thicken a little. Then remove it from the heat and pour it back into your bowl. Mix 1 tablespoons Matcha powder and 1/8 cup water together to form a paste. Mix that with 1 cup heavy cream and 1 teaspoon vanilla and add that Matcha mix to your milk/yolk mix. Whisk them together, and allow them to cool. Add this mixture to your ice cream maker and enjoy!

AmazonV said...

Thank you neojohns for sharing the recipie, I do like matcha ice cream much better than matcha (thus far).